Childhood malnutrition remains a significant challenge to achieving health and economic development goals.To address this, the Government of Ethiopia made a bold commitment to end child stunting by 2030 through the Seqota Declaration (SD) a multi-phase, multisectoral initiative.

School Feeding Programs (SFPs) are essential for im-proving the nutritional, health, and educational out-comes of schoolchildren. However, challenges re-main in ensuring these programs are both affordable and sustainable.

Data sources identified: We identified a total of 62 data sources. The main types of data sources were surveys (87%), randomized controlled trials and longi tudinal follow-up studies (8%), and routine monitoring information systems (5%). The majority of the data sources identified were only representative at the pro ject or study implementation areas. Less than a fifth of the data sources were nationally and regionally repre sentative.

This rapid review brings together global research evidence (from systematic reviews) and local evi dence to inform deliberations/decision makers about improving adolescent undernutrition in Ethiopia. We searched for relevant evidence describing the prob lem, and possible options for addressing the prob lem, from systematic reviews.

Accelerate SD intervention expansion (pace) combined with the introduction of new non-SD inter ventions (e.g., Zn supplementation) could result in a closer estimate to the target and promising stunting reduction rates. - If SD interventions can be rapidly expanded with strong financial investment and fully scaled, there is a chance that stunting will be reduced to the point that it is no longer a public health concern in Ethi opia.

SBCC interventions were found to be effective in improving IYCF practices in Ethiopia when im plemented at scale. These interventions were more effective compared to traditional nutrition education interventions that only focus on individual behavior change.

Economic growth and urbanization have increased demand for edible oil, wheat flour and sugar in Ethiopia1. An assessment of consumption patterns of these commodities across regions and by resi dence can reflect demand. This information can also inform policy and planning to forecast future needs. Thus, this analysis aims to present the coverage of edible oil and wheat flour use.

131 documents reviewed of which 73 docu ments included policy outputs (policies, strate gies, plans, programs etc.,) • Most policy outputs were from the health sec tor (18), followed by multisectoral outputs (10) issued by the federal government and the Min istry of Agriculture

Although stunting in children is declining, Ethiopia is not on track to achieve the NNP II target of re ducing stunting rates to 26% by 2020. Stunting de cline stagnated between 2016 and 2019, with large differences in stunting rates across regions, residence, and wealth status. Stunting remains a public health concern in Ethiopia and more interventions are need ed to accelerate its reduction.

Another unique advantage of biofortification is sus tainability. After an initial investment in developing biofortified varieties, the seeds fortify themselves BIOFORTIFICATION DOES NOT CHANGE FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS Foods biofortified with iron and zinc have no noticea ble change in color, taste, odor, texture, or cooking qualities. Thus, no modification in food consumption