Enhancing EC’s contribution to address child and maternal undernutrition and its causes

Alternative title:	Background paper for the seminar
Year of publication:	2008-05-01
Other Persons:	Chastre, Claire (contributor)
Institutions:	Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung
Subject:	Entwicklungshilfepolitik \| development aid policy \| Ernährung \| nutrition

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I. Introduction
II. Undernutrition
Regions most affected by undernutrition and trends
Undernutrition: the result of a complex interplay of factors
Impact of undernutrition and the “crucial window of opportunity”
III. National level systems to address undernutrition and its causes
Nutrition information and systems: some of the issues
A conducive policy/strategy environment for nutrition?
Institutional arrangements and the challenge of a multi-sectoral approach
Actions to address undernutrition: the dilemma of where to invest
IV. International nutrition community
Shortcomings of the international community
Major donor funding and EC positioning
Annexes
ANNEX 1. Acronyms and abbreviations
ANNEX 2. Glossary
ANNEX 3. The 36 countries with childhood stunting prevalence > 20% covering 90% of the 178 million globally estimated number of stunted children
ANNEX 4. Framework of the relations between poverty, food insecurity and other underlying and immediate causes to maternal and child undernutrition and its short-term and long-term consequences
ANNEX 5. Various types of nutrition information sources
ANNEX 6. Interventions with demonstrated impact on maternal and child undernutrition amongst “traditional” nutrition programmes
ANNEX 7. Examples of partners supporting nutrition
ANNEX 8. Aid from developed countries to nutrition and related issues
ANNEX 9. Bilateral investment in direct and indirect interventions by the top ten donors and the EC to tackle stunting
ANNEX 10. Comparison of funds dedicated to basic nutrition and food aid/food security versus HIV/AIDS 2000-05
ANNEX 11. Key reference documents

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