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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791131403321

Titolo

Scaling up nutrition : : what will it cost? / / Sue Horton ...[and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010

ISBN

1-282-42218-9

9786612422188

0-8213-8078-8

Descrizione fisica

xxx, 100 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

HortonSusan

Disciplina

363.8/56

Soggetti

Malnutrition

Nutrition policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-92) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : why scale up? -- Methodology : estimating the costs -- What will it cost and what are the potential benefits? -- Phasing the scale-up.

Sommario/riassunto

Action against malnutrition is needed more than ever. An additional US10.3 billion a year is required from public resources to mount a successful attack against undernutrition on a worldwide scale. This would benefit over 360 million children in the 36 countries with the highest burden of undernutrition-home to 90 percent of the stunted children worldwide-and prevent 1.1 million child deaths. Since early childhood offers a special window of opportunity to improve nutrition, the bulk of the investment needs to be targeted between pre-pregnancy until two years of age.Scaling Up Nutrition: What