Nutrition: Scaling It UpEach year 2.8 million children under 5 die from undernutrition. Scaling up spending on simple proven nutrition interventions can help stop this.

Complementary / Therapeutic Feeding

Behavioural Change

Micronutrients and Deworming

Capacity Development

If we spent $ 11.8 (US) billion a year we could:

Save 1.1 millionchildren’s lives + 52 %

25 %

$42*

Focus On Families

13 %

10 %

Prevent stunting in150 million children

= 15 000 children

Rich countries’ current spend of $ 171 million saves just 15 000 children

Sources: Black, R.E. et al., 2008. Maternal and Child Undernutrition: Global and Regional Exposures and Health Consequences. The Lancet , 371 (9608), 243–260. Download: http://bit.ly/oZrR2U Horton, S., 2010. The World Bank. Scaling Up Nutrition — What Will It Cost? Download: http://bit.ly/nDJLQp Médecins Sans Frontièrs, 2009. Malnutrition: How Much is Being Spent? An Analysis of Nutrition Funding Flows 2004–2007. Download: http://bit.ly/nLOOHD

Taken from ‘The Best Start’ by World Vision International www.childhealthnow.org

Just $ 42 per family stops child undernutrition before it starts. In severe cases, however, costs can increase by up to 5 times as therapeutic feeding is required.

$ 11.8 BILLION Would Be Spent On

1.2 Billion people get iodised salt

We could also improve the nutrition of billions

34 Million children get multiple micronutrient powders

40 Million women get iron folic acid supplements

72 Million children get complementary food

103 Million children get vitamin A supplements

319 Million children get therapeutic zinc

2.8 Billion people get iron fortification of staple foods

$10.44

$15.00

$10.80

$0.25

$4.40

$2.00Micronutrient powders

Deworming

Vitamin A and zincsupplementation

Iron Folic Acid

Iodised oil capsules and salt, iron fortification of staples

Community nutrition programmes (breastfeedingpromotion, nutrition education, complementary feeding support)

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