Standing Tall : Peru's Success in Overcoming its Stunting Crisis
Stunting is a silent killer. It deprives a child of its right to grow, to thrive and to prosper. Today, stunting snatches away the opportunity of 156 million children to reach their full potential worldwide. It holds back the development of childre...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/815411500045862444/Standing-tall-Perus-success-in-overcoming-its-stunting-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28321 |
| Summary: | Stunting is a silent killer. It deprives
a child of its right to grow, to thrive and to prosper.
Today, stunting snatches away the opportunity of 156 million
children to reach their full potential worldwide. It holds
back the development of children, communities and countries.
The price of stunting can be measured in cents and
centimeters. The inexcusably high rates of childhood
stunting in middle-and-low-income countries are one of the
most serious threats to humankind that has escaped the
world’s attention for far too long. How will countries
compete in what will certainly be a more digitalized global
economy in the future when one out of four of their children
do not have as many neuronal connections in their brains as
children in other countries that they must compete with?
Peru has shown to the world that the reduction in stunting
can be accelerated through a country-wide engagement. And
accelerating the reduction in stunting globally is what we
need to ensure a bright future for all children. This report
details how Peru’s strong political commitment and good
policies, coupled with economic growth, were the recipe
behind breaking the cycle of poverty perpetuated by
stunting. This experience demonstrates that investing in
nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child is critical to
crack the world’s stunting crisis. |
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