Stuart Gillespie, IFPRI

www.transformnutrition.org

IMPROVING CHILD NUTRITION: The achievable imperative for global progress. UNICEF 2013 3

Most stunting is in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Consequences of malnutrition

• Child death and illness– 25,000 under-fives die every day (11,000 due to malnutrition

ie 45%)• By far the biggest driver of the global burden of disease• Cognitive impairment• Lost income-earning potential• Annual GDP losses in Africa 11%• Intergenerational transmission of stunting• Double burden of over- and undernutrition• Global epidemic of non-communicable disease (NCDs)

Lancet 2013 conceptual framework

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Focus countries

• India• Bangladesh• Kenya• Ethiopia

Transform Nutrition Consortium Partners

International Food Policy Research Institute

Institute for Development Studies

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Public Health Foundation of India

Save the Children

Transform Nutrition’s Theory of Change

Developing and sustaininga robust enabling

environment

Improved capacity to maximise nutrition sensitivity

of indirect interventions

Actionable evidence on scaling direct

interventions

PURPOSEUnlock puzzles to

transform thinking and action on nutrition

Strong network of nutrition champions

Increased profile of nutrition in public

policy through communication

processes

Accelerated reduction in undernutrition

Nutrition moved higher up development agenda

Transformed thinking and action for

undernutrition reduction

OUTCOMES

OUTPUTS

Core Research Themes

1. Transforming delivery– How to choose the best interventions and delivery strategies to scale

up nutrition?

1. Transforming agriculture and social protection – How to maximize the impacts of investments in agriculture and social

protection on nutrition?

1. Transforming leadership, commitment and accountability – How can we build commitment to, and accountability for, scaling up

nutrition-relevant actions?

Core Research Themes

1. Transforming delivery– How to choose the best interventions and delivery strategies to scale

up nutrition?

1. Transforming agriculture and social protection – How to maximize the impacts of investments in agriculture and social

protection on nutrition?

1. Transforming leadership, commitment and accountability – How can we build commitment to, and accountability for, scaling up

nutrition-relevant actions?