Tracking progress on child and maternal nutrition. A survival and development priority

The report provides information of the nutrition situation of children in the Global South. Based on an analysis of the prevalence of causes of undernutrition in different countries and regions of the world, the authors look at how this situation can best be tackled.

They report on different types of interventions and their impact on undernutrition, based on documented experience. The report then looks at the factors needed to ensure good programming of interventions to combat malnutrition. In a second part, the report profiles 24 countries where 80% of the world's stunted children live. They provide recent information on the incidence of undernutrition factors, medium-term trends and current interventions in these countries.

 UNICEF - November 2009