Scaling Up Nutrition : What Will it Cost?

Horton, Susan; Shekar, Meera; McDonald, Christine; Mahal, Ajay; Krystene Brooks, Jana

Scaling Up Nutrition : What Will it Cost?

2010

Horton, Susan | Shekar, Meera | McDonald, Christine | Mahal, Ajay | Krystene Brooks, Jana

Undernutrition imposes a staggering cost worldwide, both in human and economic terms. It is responsible for the deaths of more than 3.5 million children each year (more than one-third of all deaths among children under five) and the loss of billions of dollars in forgone productivity and avoidable health care spending. Individuals lose more than 10 percent of lifetime earnings, and many countries lose at least 2-3 percent of their gross domestic product to undernutrition. The current economic crisis and its potential impact on the poor make investing in child nutrition more urgent than ever to protect and strengthen human capital in the most vulnerable developing countries. This report offers suggestions on how to raise these resources. It is an investment we must make. It will yield high returns in the form of thriving children, healthier families, and more productive workers. This investment is essential to make progress on the nutrition and child mortality Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to protect critical human capital in developing economies. The human and financial costs of further neglect will be high. This call for greater investment in nutrition comes at a time when global efforts to strengthen health systems provide a unique opportunity to scale up integrated packages of health and nutrition interventions, with common delivery platforms, and lower costs. The report has benefited from the expertise of many international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and research institutions. The cooperation of so many practitioners is evidence of a growing recognition of the need to invest in nutrition interventions, and a growing consensus about how to deliver effective programs.

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Washington, DC: World Bank

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Intervention; Care for children; Primary health care; Low birth weight; Center for health; Health impacts; Child survival; Health organization; Policy research; International food policy research institute; Child mortality; Acute malnutrition; Feeding programs; Nutrition components; Development efforts; Progress; Health problems; Nutrition improvement; Millennium development goal; Infant mortality rates; Behavior change; Underweight children; Child deaths; Indoor air pollution; Wasting; Official development assistance; Iodine supplements; Health care coverage; Resource requirements; Conditional cash transfers; Healthier families; Health outcomes; Expenditures; Resource needs; Complementary feeding; Breastfeeding promotion; Infant mortality; International assistance; Practitioners; Neonatal mortality; Nutrition outcomes; Micronutrient deficiencies; Early childhood; Growth promotion; Micronutrient interventions; Community health; Infant mortality rate; Health sector; Nutrition interventions; Antenatal care; Young children; Safety net; Flour; Growth monitoring; Nutrition programs; National governments; Complications; Management systems; Technical assistance; Survival of children; Oral rehydration therapy; Food policy; Global health; Salt iodization; Severe malnutrition; Patient care; Human development; Dissemination; Fewer children; Applied nutrition; Micronutrient malnutrition; Vulnerable groups; Nutrition services; Diarrheal disease; Global action; Health of mothers; Stunted children; Vitamin a supplements; Nutrient; Mother; Health care spending; Personal communication; Disability; Moderate malnutrition; Delivery care; Safe motherhood; Deworming programs; Health interventions; Health systems strengthening; Provision of services; Service delivery; Safety nets; Health systems; Complementary foods; Imr; Child survival interventions; Health system; Primary health care system; National strategies; Malnutrition rates; United nations high commissioner for refugees; Global development; Complementary food; Labor markets; First child; Counseling; Direct nutrition interventions; Individual households; Social marketing; Malnourished children; Malnutrition in children; Primary health services; Births; Malnutrition among children; Delivery costs; Vitamin a supplementation

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