Taking action for survival, growth and development

This White Paper concerns the issue of acute malnutrition. It recommends to local, national and international actors to adopt a pragmatic approach, drawing on already existing solutions. The objective is to increase current efforts towards identifying and analysing the causes of acute malnutrition as well as determine priorities for action in each affected geographical zone and develop international plans to cure and prevent malnutrition. In particular, the document suggests that interventions to cure malnutrition in areas that are the most affected should be developed via available and already used methods. Actions should be taken that prevent the situation from getting worse and address the fundamental causes of acute malnutrition.

ACF International - May 2010