TY - JOUR
T1 - The global nutrition report 2014
T2 - Actions and accountability to accelerate the world's progress on nutrition
AU - Haddad, Lawrence
AU - Achadi, Endang
AU - Bendech, Mohamed Ag
AU - Ahuja, Arti
AU - Bhatia, Komal
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar
AU - Blössner, Monika
AU - Borghi, Elaine
AU - Colecraft, Esi
AU - De Onis, Mercedes
AU - Eriksen, Kamilla
AU - Fanzo, Jessica
AU - Flores-Ayala, Rafael
AU - Fracassi, Patrizia
AU - Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth
AU - Koukoubou, Eunice Nago
AU - Krasevec, Julia
AU - Newby, Holly
AU - Nugent, Rachel
AU - Oenema, Stineke
AU - Martin-Prével, Yves
AU - Randel, Judith
AU - Requejo, Jennifer
AU - Shyam, Tara
AU - Udomkesmalee, Emorn
AU - Srinath Reddy, K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Society for Nutrition.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In 2013, the Nutrition for Growth Summit called for a Global Nutrition Report (GNR) to strengthen accountability in nutrition so that progress in reducing malnutrition could be accelerated. This article summarizes the results of the first GNR. By focusing on undernutrition and overweight, the GNR puts malnutrition in a new light. Nearly every country in the world is affected by malnutrition, and multiple malnutrition burdens are the "new normal." Unfortunately, the world is off track to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) targets for nutrition. Many countries are, however, making good progress onWHA indicators, providing inspiration and guidance for others. Beyond the WHA goals, nutrition needs to be more strongly represented in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework. At present, it is only explicitlymentioned in 1 of 169 SDG targets despite the many contributions improved nutritional status will make to their attainment. To achieve improvements in nutrition status, it is vital to scale up nutrition programs. We identify bottlenecks in the scale-up of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches and highlight actions to accelerate coverage and reach. Holding stakeholders to account for delivery on nutrition actions requires a well-functioning accountability infrastructure, which is lacking in nutrition. New accountability mechanisms need piloting and evaluation, financial resource flows to nutrition need to bemade explicit, nutrition spending targets should be established, and some key data gaps need to be filled. For example, many UN member states cannot report on their WHA progress and those that can often rely on data > 5 y old. The world can accelerate malnutrition reduction substantially, but this will require stronger accountability mechanisms to hold all stakeholders to account.
AB - In 2013, the Nutrition for Growth Summit called for a Global Nutrition Report (GNR) to strengthen accountability in nutrition so that progress in reducing malnutrition could be accelerated. This article summarizes the results of the first GNR. By focusing on undernutrition and overweight, the GNR puts malnutrition in a new light. Nearly every country in the world is affected by malnutrition, and multiple malnutrition burdens are the "new normal." Unfortunately, the world is off track to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) targets for nutrition. Many countries are, however, making good progress onWHA indicators, providing inspiration and guidance for others. Beyond the WHA goals, nutrition needs to be more strongly represented in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework. At present, it is only explicitlymentioned in 1 of 169 SDG targets despite the many contributions improved nutritional status will make to their attainment. To achieve improvements in nutrition status, it is vital to scale up nutrition programs. We identify bottlenecks in the scale-up of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches and highlight actions to accelerate coverage and reach. Holding stakeholders to account for delivery on nutrition actions requires a well-functioning accountability infrastructure, which is lacking in nutrition. New accountability mechanisms need piloting and evaluation, financial resource flows to nutrition need to bemade explicit, nutrition spending targets should be established, and some key data gaps need to be filled. For example, many UN member states cannot report on their WHA progress and those that can often rely on data > 5 y old. The world can accelerate malnutrition reduction substantially, but this will require stronger accountability mechanisms to hold all stakeholders to account.
KW - Accountability
KW - Indicators
KW - Malnutrition
KW - Progress
KW - SDGs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928551104&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3945/jn.114.206078
DO - 10.3945/jn.114.206078
M3 - Article
C2 - 25740908
AN - SCOPUS:84928551104
SN - 0022-3166
VL - 145
SP - 663
EP - 671
JO - Journal of Nutrition
JF - Journal of Nutrition
IS - 4
ER -