NITI Aayog and UNICEF India signed a Statement of Intent to support strategic interventions in Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks. This collaboration aims at strengthening collaborative efforts for improving nutrition and health outcomes in these underserved regions
Highlights of NITI Aayog and UNICEF Collaboration
- Objective: To leverage the strengths of both institutions to advance efforts toward improved maternal and child nutrition outcomes in underserved regions.
- It will support the promotion of multi-stakeholder engagement and strengthen implementation systems for nutrition and health interventions at the block level.
- UNICEF India, through the IMPAct4Nutrition (I4N) platform, to channel CSR investments into nutrition-focused initiatives will provide technical expertise and support engagement with
- Businesses
- Public sector enterprises
- Industry associations
- Focus Areas of the Partnership: It will focus on strengthening Anganwadi infrastructure, enhancing nutrition literacy, improving uptake of ICDS services and building the capacity of frontline workers.
IMPAct4Nutrition (I4N):
- It is a multi-stakeholder platform in India that mobilizes the private sector to actively support national nutrition goals, specifically the POSHAN Abhiyaan(National Nutrition Mission).
- Incubated by UNICEF Indiain 2019.
- It serves as a brand-agnostic, non-financial commitment-based coalition aimed at improving the nutritional and health status of all Indians.
Key activities under the collaboration include
- Mobilising CSR partners to support health and nutrition interventions
- Promoting community engagement and supporting knowledge sharing platforms to identify
- Disseminate scalable best practices across Aspirational Districts and Blocks.