UNICEF REPORT ON NUTRITION SHOWS PROGRESS IN COMBATING CHILDHOOD STUNTING

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UNICEF REPORT ON NUTRITION SHOWS PROGRESS IN COMBATING CHILDHOOD STUNTING
New York, Apr 15 2013 2:00PM
A United Nations nutrition
<"http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Nutrition_Report_final_lo_res_8_April.pdf">report
released today shows that progress has been made in recent years in
addressing stunting in children, and calls for increased efforts to
accelerate a response to a condition that affects some 165 million
children across the world.

"Stunting can kill opportunities in life for a child and kill
opportunities for development of a nation,"
<"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68734.html">said the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Anthony Lake. "Our
evidence of the progress that is being achieved shows that now is the
time to accelerate it."

One in four of all children less than five years of age is stunted
because of chronic under-nutrition in crucial periods of growth. The
damage done to a child's body and brain by stunting is irreversible.
It drags down performance at school and later at work, and puts
children at a higher risk of dying from infectious diseases.

The UNICEF report, 'Improving Child Nutrition: The achievable
imperative for global progress' notes that a key to success against
stunting is focusing attention on pregnancy and the first two years of
a child's life.

An estimated 80 per cent of the world's stunted children live in just
14 countries. The report highlights successes in scaling up nutrition
and improving policies in 11 countries: Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nepal,
Peru, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka,
Kyrgyzstan, the United Republic of Tanzania and Viet Nam.

Stunting is reduced through a series of simple and proven steps such
as improving women's nutrition, early and exclusive breastfeeding,
providing additional vitamins and minerals as well as appropriate food
– especially in pregnancy and the first two years of a child's life.

In the Maharashtra state in India, the percentage of stunted children
dropped from 39 per cent in 2005 to 23 per cent in 2012 largely
because of support to frontline workers who focus on improving child
nutrition.

In Peru, stunting fell by a third between 2006 and 2011 following an
initiative that lobbied political candidates to sign a commitment to
reduce stunting in children under five by five per cent over the span
of five years and to lessen inequities between urban and rural areas.

Ethiopia cut stunting from 57 per cent to 44 per cent between 2000 and
2011 by implementing a national nutrition programme, providing a
safety net in the poorest areas and boosting nutrition assistance
through communities.

The report says that existing solutions and the work of new
partnerships represent an unprecedented opportunity to address child
under-nutrition through countries accelerating progress through
national projects coordinated with donor support and measurable
targets.
Apr 15 2013 2:00PM
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