Abstract:
ethiopia has made strides in addressing
undernutrition and making nutrition a national
priority. Through two multisector nutrition
programmes that began in 2008 (National
Nutrition Programme I (NNPI), which was implemented
from 2008- 2015, and the National Nutrition
Programme II (NNP II) from 2016- 2020), it has been
able to reduce the prevalence of stunting from 58% in
2000 to 38.4% in 2016
3
. Dissatisfied, however, with
the uneven distribution of progress in reducing child
undernutrition across the country and with the lack of
focus on nutrition-sensitive interventions, the
Government launched the Seqota Declaration (SD) in
July 2015 to accelerate the pace of NNP II. The SD,
which is the Ethiopian Government’s innovation and
commitment, aims to end stunting among children
under the age of two by 2030 through accelerated
delivery of nutrition services offered by six
government sectors (agriculture; health; education;
water, electricity and energy; social affairs; and
women, youth and children). While interventions focus
on reducing all forms of undernutrition in Ethiopia,
there is a focus on tackling stunting in particular.
