Nutrition situation
Under five stunting (%)
32.4
Under five overweight (%)
2.2
Anaemia in women 15-49 years (%)
46.8
Under five wasting (%)
9.7
Low birth weight (%)
12.1
0 to 5-month-old exclusive breastfeeding (%)
65.2
Adolescent overweight (%)
Male: 12.4
/ Female: 8.2
Adult overweight (%)
Male: 18.6
/ Female: 24.2
Adult obesity (%)
Male: 2.7
/ Female: 4.8
Adult diabetes (%)
Male: 7.4
/ Female: 6.9
COVID-19 snapshot
Despite the challenges, the multi-stakeholder platforms have continued to operate and have strengthened the work in assessing the impacts of COVID-19 and contributing to the policy response. Social assistance and cash transfers were expanded for access to food.
Institutional transformations 2019-2020
Bringing people together into a shared space for action
The Prime Minister called on all ministries, development partners and civil society to support the actions laid out in the second National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition 2019–2023 (NSFSN). Youth involvement in policy dialogues was supported by the Deputy Prime Minister. Provincial Working Groups for coordinating food security and nutrition are being piloted. The Technical Working Group for Social Protection and Food Security and Nutrition operated at national level.Ensuring a coherent policy and legal framework
The Prime Minister called on all ministries, development partners and civil society to support the actions laid out in the second National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition 2019–2023 (NSFSN). Youth involvement in policy dialogues was supported by the Deputy Prime Minister. Provincial Working Groups for coordinating food security and nutrition are being piloted. The Technical Working Group for Social Protection and Food Security and Nutrition operated at national level.Aligning actions around common results
NSFSN 2019–2023 have been used to align SUN Movement members’ actions and to rank priorities in all provinces. COVID-19 joint responses included strengthening supply chains. Programme alignment by SUN Movement Networks includes the Cambodia Nutrition Project and investments by donors, UN and SUN Movement CSA. Work is under way for improvement of the information systems for food security and nutrition and for the creation of a reporting dashboard and for collection and sharing of reports.Financial tracking and resource mobilisation
Progress has been made in financial tracking for nutrition and used as a basis for resource mobilisation. The SUN Movement CSA and all networks are moving to a common framework for reporting. Substantial disruptions to budget allocations during 2020 created challenges for financial tracking although all relevant records have been made available for analysis. Challenges lie in identifying the nutrition-related expenditure items for the many ministries potentially involved.2020-2021 Priorities
- Dissemination of information, capacity-building and mobilisation of efforts at subnational level and investment in ICT expansion of provincial coordination platforms.
- Establish action plans for priority actions and track sector-led contributions.
- Expansion of activities for youth engagement and gender equality.
- Establish the SUN Movement Business Network.
- Information systems for food security and nutrition.
- Conduct second round of analysis of budgets and expenditure for nutrition.
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