Extraordinary momentum is building for Nepal’s social movement towards total sanitation, with nearly 7 million people now living in open-defecation free (ODF) environments across 11 districts, 12 municipalities, and 1,056 villages.the Government of Nepal with support from UNICEF, the Finnish Government, UN Habitat and other development partners, the movement is spreading to the densely populated lowlands where sanitation coverage is less than 35 per cent.Nepal continued to demonstrate strong leadership in implementing its ground-breaking Mulch-Sector Nutrition Plan initially in six districts, with UNICEF spearheading the technical support in coordination with Renewed Efforts Against Child Hunger (REACH) and other partners. In 15 of the most disadvantaged districts, UNICEF’s nutrition-system-strengthening approach led to 100 per cent vitamin A coverage among children 6-59 months (2012 baseline 91 per cent), 92 per cent of households using iodides salt (2012 baseline 65 percent), and use of multiple micro nutrient powders among children 6-23 months reaching 71 per cent (2012 baseline 10 per cent). UNICEF advocacy and technical advice resulted in important budget increases for nutrition within the health sector and key non-health sectors as well as production of a new, fully- coated Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Strategy.
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Annual Report
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Keywords:
SHORTCOMINGS, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP, ECONOMICS AND POLICY, INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK, BUDGET CONSTRAINS, EXPENDITURE, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, SERVICE DELIVERY AND FACILITIES, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, GENDER EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, FOOD SECURITY CRISIS, GUIDELINES, AGENT TRAINING
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Thematic Group:
UNICEF
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Children Fund
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02.04.00
- Development
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