Malnutrition—consisting of undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient
deficiencies—continues to afflict millions of women and children, particularly in low-income …

Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide …

Background Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few
decades and several countries have made exemplary progress. Objectives To synthesize …

Background Three large new trials of unprecedented scale and cost, which included novel
factorial designs, have found no effect of basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) …

Background In low-and middle-income countries (L&MICs), the biggest contributing factors
to the global burden of disease in childhood are deaths due to respiratory illness and …

Background Viral epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) pose a
global threat. Examples are influenza (H1N1) caused by the H1N1pdm09 virus in 2009 …

Progress has been made globally in improving the coverage of key maternal, newborn, and
early childhood interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, which has …

Stunting affects one-in-five children globally and is associated with greater infectious
morbidity, mortality and neurodevelopmental deficits. Recent evidence suggests that the …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …