The South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) have endorsed the 2030 global nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2). Efforts are underway in the region to implement global recommendations on nutrition actions to address all forms of malnutrition along the life-course. Despite these efforts, the South Asia region continues to have the…
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Let’s make a plan!
Last month the Micronutrient Forum (MNF) released a Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative Strategic Plan—a comprehensive strategy for how to fill long-standing gaps in data on the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies across low- and middle-income countries. The strategy is noteworthy on multiple levels, but in particular for its theory of change which describes the steps and enabling factors required to achieve…