We are observing the third Action Against Stunting Day on Friday 8 September 2023, holding policy-level discussions to identify key challenges and opportunities, share best practice and formulate actionable recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders. We invite you to join and listen to the discussion.
We are observing the third Action Against Stunting Day on Friday, 8 September 2023, holding policy-level discussions to identify key challenges and opportunities, share best practices and formulate actionable recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders. We invite you to join and listen to the discussion.
Blogposts
E-dialogue Series Ep. 1: Equity & Context in WASH
On Wednesday, 2nd August 2023, UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub launched the Connected E-dialogue series highlighting the power of interdisciplinarity in solving stubborn challenges, such as stunting, facing the…
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Success Story from Rural Tanzania: Reduced Stunting Prevalence by 57% with Reaching Children’s Potential Program
In April 2017, volunteers and staff went around the village of Ipalamwa to enrol families with a woman of childbearing age or children under two years of age. The team…
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Researchers and the public: why bother, what works?
Rachel Mason is Associate Director for Science Made Simple – the Action Against Stunting Hub’s public engagement partner. Working with the Hub’s research groups to translate their science messages for…
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Understanding Stunting: not all in the height
Our genetics play a significant role in how long a height we attain. But can we always ignore short stature as mere genetics? What if there is some sinister intergenerational…
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Why does a nation need to be nutrition literate?
When individuals and communities can recognise the sources of good nutrition, they step into the world of nutrition literacy. Such ability to critically analyse their nutrition situation promotes dietary diversity…
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Notes from the field: a day at the assessment centre
Globally, 149.2 million under-five children suffer from stunting (UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition). Stunting affects a child’s capacity to think clearly, do well in school and work well as an…
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Notes from the field: Community-centric approach to interviewing local retailers
Over the past year, I have had the fortune of travelling to Hyderabad multiple times to work on various components of the Action Against Stunting Hub’s ‘Food Systems’ theme with…
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Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger by Shareefa Energy A mother rocks her child He sobs into her arms Hunger pangs Stomach pains Cupboards empty No goat stood outside for milk Waiting…
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Child stunting and supermarkets: a positive influence?
Diets are not only about nutrition. Multiple factors influence what an individual eats, including their food environment. The physical presence of food around an individual defines their food environment. It…
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The end of the silver bullet: A holistic approach to stunting research
The end of the silver bullet: A holistic approach to stunting research Stunting a significant public health problem worldwide, affects over 144 million children under five[1]. In 2015, WHO’s World…
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