The report highlights the worrying prevalence and universality of malnutrition in all its forms. Further, it provides a concrete overview of progress made and highlights solutions from around the globe calling on all stakeholders to act now to address malnutrition.
The 2018 Global Nutrition Report highlights that solutions already exist but finds effective ideas are not being adopted at scale. To translate solutions into action, the report’s authors urge critical steps in the following areas:
• Breaking down existing silos to tackle malnutrition in all its forms;
• Prioritising and investing in data to identify key areas of action;
• Scaling up and diversifying funding for nutrition programmes;
• Immediately taking action on healthy diets by making healthy foods affordable across the globe;
• Implementing more ambitious commitments that are designed for impact through SMART targets.
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