Nutrition situation
Under five stunting (%)
25.3
Under five overweight (%)
3
Anaemia in women 15-49 years (%)
44.4
Under five wasting (%)
14.3
Low birth weight (%)
n.a.
0 to 5-month-old exclusive breastfeeding (%)
5.3
Adolescent overweight (%)
Male: 7.8
/ Female: 16.6
Adult overweight (%)
Male: 20.3
/ Female: 35.9
Adult obesity (%)
Male: 3.9
/ Female: 12.3
Adult diabetes (%)
Male: 7.4
/ Female: 6.2
COVID-19 snapshot
A COVID-19 response coordination committee was established. It is led by the Prime Minister and works in coordination with the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the Ministry of Health. Measures have been imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19. Health systems are being strengthened and communications on COVID-19 improved.
Institutional transformations 2019-2020
Bringing people together into a shared space for action
Nutrition has been institutionalised through the engagement of the Government, SUN secretariat and a range of platforms such as interministerial committee, SUN Networks, Parliament sub-committee on food security and nutrition, nutritional cluster meetings, and Head of Nutrition. These partners coordinate and provide technical support for stakeholders to strengthen and embed the strategic nutrition agenda in the work of government and private sector.Ensuring a coherent policy and legal framework
Somalia has progressively developed, established and sustained policies and high-level political goodwill in support of relevant legal framework for nutrition to guide the nutrition agenda across multisectoral platforms. This is reflected by the joint development of a Food Security and Nutrition Bill seeking to provide coherent legislative frameworks for nutrition in the country and a food security and nutrition policy coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture.Aligning actions around common results
There has been continued alignment of all nutrition stakeholders’ plans and actions with the Somalia National Development Plan (NDP) and nutrition strategy targets at national and subnational level. This has improved coordination and harmonisation of the multistakeholder platform. Currently, nutrition actors continue to align their programmes with targets in the nutrition chapter of the NDP. The Common Results Framework (CRF) translates NDP and other legal and policy frameworks into clear outputs.Financial tracking and resource mobilisation
There has been a significant improvement in planning and budgeting for nutrition interventions and financial tracking tools across the MSPs in 2020. An achievement has been observed in government allocation to nutrition through the line sectors to more than 3 per cent of the budget. A key challenge has been prioritisation of nutrition interventions in nutrition-sensitive sectors at both national and subnational levels. The costed NDP and CRF have been significant tools for improving allocations.2020-2021 Priorities
- Operationalise key policies and legal frameworks on nutrition.
- Conduct multistakeholder and multisectoral learning workshops to review the key nutrition policies and strategies.
- Strengthen multisectoral coordination, nutrition advocacy and capacity development across networks.
- Establish a center of excellence for nutrition to provide training and knowledge management services.
- Institutionalise budget tracking and analysis for nutrition funding.
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