Nutrition situation
Under five stunting (%)
41.8
Under five overweight (%)
3.8
Anaemia in women 15-49 years (%)
41
Under five wasting (%)
6.4
Low birth weight (%)
10.8
0 to 5-month-old exclusive breastfeeding (%)
53.5
Adolescent overweight (%)
Male: 5.6
/ Female: 13.4
Adult overweight (%)
Male: 18
/ Female: 32
Adult obesity (%)
Male: 3.6
/ Female: 9.7
Adult diabetes (%)
Male: 6.2
/ Female: 6.1
COVID-19 snapshot
As a result of the pandemic, certain operational tasks have been delegated to the provincial authorities, in particular the treatment and prevention of malnutrition. Community workers will deliver prevention activities in villages and neighbourhoods. The government has developed an operational action and contingency plan in partnership with stakeholders.
Institutional transformations 2019-2020
Bringing people together into a shared space for action
Due to COVID-19, the official installation of the provincial office in North Kivu, and the activities planned to strengthen the parliamentary network, had to be postponed to the following year.To strengthen leadership, the SUN DRC Executive Secretariat is planning to organise the very first meeting of the National Multisectoral Nutrition Committee, based at the Office of the Prime Minister, which will bring together all 12 nutrition-sensitive sectors.
Lastly, the private sector network has developed a budgeted workplan.
Ensuring a coherent policy and legal framework
Activities were run during World Breastfeeding Week to raise awareness of the regulations in the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, and of protection for maternity, paternity and parental leave.Activities in relation to food fortification, food security regulations and the right to food will be delivered following technical and political validation of the National Food Security and Nutrition Policy and Action Plan.
The communication and advocacy strategies are ongoing.
Aligning actions around common results
The Common Results Framework will be revised in 2021. A provisional annual operational action plan, aligned with national priorities, has been developed and adopted in the interim, following consultation and financial commitments from technical and financial partners.Data on activities run in the provinces have been entered into the DHIS2 software. Following evaluation, recommendations have been made to inform decision-making.
Financial tracking and resource mobilisation
Based on the operational action plan established at the start of each year, the government and technical and financial partners show continual commitment to financing the planned activities. Expenditure is monitored and recorded in the quarterly report on the action plan. This report is shared, with full transparency, with the other partners in the multisectoral platform.It should be noted that the National Multisectoral Strategic Plan for Nutrition (PNSMN), due to run to the end of December 2020, will be extended by one year.
2020-2021 Priorities
- Capacity-building in multisectoral approach and coordination at the national level.
- Establishment of Provincial Multisectoral Nutrition Committees in six provinces.
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