The Match Window
Doubling investments for essential nutrition supplies
The Match Window is a transformative financing mechanism that empowers national governments to mobilize a 1:1 match of domestic resources dedicated to procuring essential nutrition supplies. By incentivizing co-investment, this model reinforces national ownership while doubling the scale and reach of life-saving interventions.
Funding for the procurement of essential nutrition supplies (both domestic funding and match funding) must include funding for the implementation of the programme that will deliver the supplies.
The multiplier effect
1. Financing pledge and application
A government commits domestic resources for nutrition supplies and submits a funding request to the CNF
2. CNF issues confirmation
The CNF approves the application with a 1:1 match ratio
3. Match financing takes place
The government transfers funds to UNICEF Procurement Services and the CNF matches the contribution
4. Supplies reach the country
UNICEF procures and delivers the nutrition supplies
Our achievements
To date, the Match Window has unlocked US$74 million in co-financed resources (combined CNF and domestic funding) for 18 countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Zambia.
Some of the life-changing results for children and women include:
1.2 million children
with severe wasting treated with RUTF
389,000 children
received Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS)
323,000 children
reached with two annual doses of vitamin A
59,700 pregnant women
received multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS)
