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civil services chronicle Published this article page no  30 Financing for nutrition Current levels of nutrition financing are no longer increasing and remain far below the levels required to deliver on global targets. o There is a growing funding gap for addressing malnutrition related to overweight and noncommunicable diseases in poorer countries. About Global Nutrition Report 2020  It is a multistakeholder initiative that assesses progress in meeting 2025 Global Nutrition Targets established by World Health Assembly (WHA).  The report aims to inspire governments civil society and private stakeholders to act to end malnutrition in all its forms.  It also plays the important role of helping hold stakeholders to account on the commitments they have made towards tackling malnutrition. Global Nutrition Targets  In 2012 the World Health Assembly Resolution endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal infant and young child nutrition.  It specified a set of six global nutrition targets that by 2025 aim to o achieve a 40% reduction in the number of children under5 who are stunted (low height for age) o achieve a 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age o achieve a 30% reduction in low birth weight o ensure that there is no increase in childhood overweight o increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50% o reduce and maintain childhood wasting (low weight for height) to less than 5%. 59 India specific findings civil services chronicle buy.

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