Global Targets 2025: To improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition
WHO's Member States have endorsed global targets for improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition and are committed to monitoring progress. The targets are vital for identifying priority areas for action and catalysing global change.
TARGET: 40% reduction in the number of children under-5 who are stunted
Anaemia
TARGET: 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age
Low birth weight
TARGET: 30% reduction in low birth weight
Childhood overweight
TARGET: No increase in childhood overweight
Breastfeeding
TARGET: Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50%
Wasting
TARGET: Reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%
Policy briefs
Global nutrition targets 2025: policy brief series
Recognizing that accelerated global action is needed to address the pervasive and corrosive problem of the double burden of malnutrition, in 2012 the World...
Global nutrition targets 2025: stunting policy brief
Childhood stunting is one of the most significant impediments to human development, globally affecting approximately 162 million children under the age...
Global nutrition targets 2025: anaemia policy brief
Anaemia impairs health and well being in women and increases the risk of maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Anaemia affects half a billion women of...
Global nutrition targets 2025: low birth weight policy brief
Low birth weight is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g (5.5 lb). Low birth weight continues to be a significant...
Global nutrition targets 2025: childhood overweight policy brief
There has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of children under 5 years of age who are overweight. According to the new 2013 United Nations Children’s...
Global nutrition targets 2025: breastfeeding policy brief
Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) –...
Global nutrition targets 2025: wasting policy brief
The global target for 2025 will be achieved if high burden countries take stock of their current prevalence, projected population growth, underlying causes...
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The extension of the 2025 Maternal,
Infant and Young Child nutrition targets to 2030
Discussion paper [pdf 275kb]