In Uganda, FANTA used PROFILES, a tool for nutrition advocacy, to calculate estimates that indicated that if there is no change in nutrition by 2025, approximately:
- 568,000 lives of children under 5 years of age will be lost related to stunting
- 272,000 lives of children under 5 years of age will be lost related to wasting
- 15,000 mothers’ lives will be lost related to maternal anemia
- 221,000 lives of children under 5 years of age will be lost related to vitamin A deficiency
- 82.1 million equivalent school years of learning will be lost related to stunting
- 363,000 lives of children under 2 years of age will be lost related to poor breastfeeding practices
- 1.1 million children will be born with irreversible brain damage with a decrease in IQ related to maternal iodine deficiency
In addition, FANTA led a multi-stakeholder collaborative process to develop a National Nutrition Advocacy Plan and, using results from PROFILES and other resources, led a participatory process with key stakeholders to develop a nutrition advocacy package including fact sheets on health and nutrition; education and nutrition; economic development and nutrition; agriculture and nutrition; and the media and nutrition.
Nutrition Call to Action (December 2017) for:
Community-Based Services Officers
Civil Society Organizations Working in Food Security and Agriculture
Civil Society Organizations Working in Education
Civil Society Organizations Working in Family Planning
Development Partners (Call to Action)
Development Partners (Talking Points)
Nutrition Fact Sheets (December 2017) on:
Economic Development and Nutrition
Reducing Malnutrition in Uganda: Estimates to Support Nutrition Advocacy Uganda PROFILES 2013
