Seqota Declaration: Impact of the Expansion Phase and Potential Impact of the Scale-Up Phase on Child Stunting and Mortality

Abstract

Childhood malnutrition represents one of the most for- midable challenges to achieving health goals and eco- nomic success. The Ethiopian government has made a

unique commitment to eradicate child stunting by 2030

through the Seqota Declaration (SD), which is a multi- phase and multi-sectoral approach. Childhood stunting

is an indicator of malnutrition and deprived growth and brain development of a child. However, the impact of the expansion phase and the potential impact of the scale-up phases on key performance indicators, such as the number of stunting cases averted and the number

of under-five deaths averted, have not been docu- mented. The purpose of this analysis is to determine the

potential effects of expanding SD interventions to 700

woredas (2021-2025) and scaling up similar interven- tions across all woredas in Ethiopia.