The global nutrition report shows enormous strides bear been made to tackle stunting in under-fives. Nutritionists must now unite to end malnutrition in all its formsOne of the welcome and surprising headline findings from the 2015 global nutrition report is that 39 out of 114 countries with data are on course to meet the World Health Assembly goals for under-five stunting.This represents a real achievement. One year ago,the number of countries set to meet the goals was only 24. The increase to 39 is immense. And even countries that are not on course are accelerating the pace at which stunting reduction is happening, among them India, and Bangladesh and Ethiopia. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com