Scaling Up Nutrition : What Will it Cost?

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Horton, Susan, Shekar, Meera, McDonald, Christine, Mahal, Ajay, Krystene Brooks, Jana
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2010
Subjects:	NUTRITION, ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ADOLESCENTS, AGE DISTRIBUTION, AGED, ANTENATAL CARE, APPLIED NUTRITION, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BIRTHS, BREAD, BREASTFEEDING, BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION, CARE FOR CHILDREN, CENTER FOR HEALTH, CHILD DEATHS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD GROWTH, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD STUNTING, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILD SURVIVAL INTERVENTIONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING, COMPLEMENTARY FOOD, COMPLEMENTARY FOODS, COMPLICATIONS, CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS, COUNSELING, CS, DELIVERY CARE, DELIVERY COSTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DEWORMING, DEWORMING PROGRAMS, DIARRHEA, DIARRHEAL DISEASE, DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, DISABILITY, DISEASE CONTROL, DISSEMINATION, DRUGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, EDEMA, EMERGENCIES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EXPENDITURES, FAMILIES, FEEDING PROGRAMS, FEWER CHILDREN, FIRST CHILD, FLOUR, FOLIC ACID, FOOD AID, FOOD FORTIFICATION, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD POLICY, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, FORTIFIED FOODS, GLOBAL ACTION, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL HEALTH, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH MONITORING, GROWTH PROMOTION, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, HEALTH CARE SPENDING, HEALTH COMMUNICATION, HEALTH ECONOMICS, HEALTH IMPACTS, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH OF MOTHERS, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING, HEALTHIER FAMILIES, HIV/AIDS, HOSPITAL, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUNGER, HYGIENE, IMR, INCOME, INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFANTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERVENTION, IODINE, IODINE SUPPLEMENTS, IRON, LABOR MARKETS, LEGAL STATUS, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION RATES, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MASS MEDIA, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENT INTERVENTIONS, MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINERAL, MINERALS, MODERATE MALNUTRITION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MOTHER, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL STRATEGIES, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NUTRIENT, NUTRITION COMPONENTS, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITION SERVICES, OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY, ORT, OVERNUTRITION, PATIENT, PATIENT CARE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, POLICY RESEARCH, POLLUTION, POPULATION ESTIMATES, PRACTITIONERS, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICES, REFUGEES, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, RESOURCE NEEDS, RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS, RICE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFE MOTHERHOOD, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SALT IODIZATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEVERE MALNUTRITION, SOCIAL MARKETING, STAPLE FOODS, STUNTED CHILDREN, SURVIVAL OF CHILDREN, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UNDERNUTRITION, UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMINS, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WASTING, WORKERS, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG CHILDREN,
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