This report highlights the global nature of malnutrition and the successes and bottlenecks in addressing it. Malnutrition continues to affect the lives of millions of children and women worldwide. Every country is affected by some form of nutrition problem. This calls for countries to put in place appropriate strategies to overcome the problem in a concerted manner. But it isn’t an easy task. We all have many priorities and concerns that compete for our attention, our resources, our energy, and our political commitment. Ethiopia strongly believes that for a country to achieve sustainable human and economic growth, it must give special attention to the early stages of life as the foundation of human capital. We also believe that aligning and harmonizing partners’ plans with the government is critical to delivering results in the most efficient and effective manner. This necessitates not only more money for nutrition, but also more value for money.


KESETEBIRHAN ADMASU BIRHANE MINISTER OF HEALTH, FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA


I congratulate the authors of the Global Nutrition Report and welcome their clear and decisive recom- mendations for action. The data and the evidence encourage us to become more ambitious and more accountable. There is no one solution for all, but many countries are showing that progress is achievable. The Scaling Up Nutrition Movement will continue to provide an open space for everyone that truly cham- pions nutrition.


TOM ARNOLD SCALING UP NUTRITION (SUN) MOVEMENT COORDINATOR AD INTERIM


Ending malnutrition throughout the world requires action on many fronts. The health sector cannot do it alone. But political commitment is growing. More and more countries know what they need to do to en- sure access to healthy diets for all. This report will help us track progress toward global nutrition targets and understand where greater investments are needed.


MARGARET CHAN DIRECTOR-GENERAL, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION


The Global Nutrition Report is timely and inspiring. Its overview of under- and overnutrition taps the mo- mentum and urgency for achieving better nutrition, as encompassed by the Scaling Up Nutrition Move- ment and the Zero Hunger Challenge. It highlights areas for action, contributes to strengthened nutrition accountability, and guides as well as provides a yardstick for alliances across the supply chains for food and health, work with which WFP is intimately involved.


ERTHARIN COUSIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME


As this report reminds us, good nutrition is a foundation for sustainable development. Malnutrition affects all countries—North, South, East, and West—so all of us have a strong interest in working together to end this scourge. We know much about what must be done to improve nutrition, but we need to keep building political support to allow these actions to be scaled up. This report helps that scale-up by identifying where progress is lagging, by suggesting actions to accelerate it, and by making recommendations to ensure all stakeholders are more accountable for taking action to end malnutrition.


SHENGGEN FAN DIRECTOR GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE


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