Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey

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dc.creatorYosef, Sivan
dc.creatorGoulden, Jay
dc.date2016-06-15
dc.date2024-06-21T09:07:15Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:07:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:01:06Z
dc.descriptionPERUVIANS HAVE MUCH to celebrate in regards to the rapid progress the country has made in reducing malnutrition. In 2013, only 3.5 percent of children under five years of age in Peru were underweight. Even smaller proportions— 0.5 percent and 0.1 percent—were moderately or severely wasted. But the statistic that many nutritionists point to when lauding the country as a nutrition success is Peru’s rate of childhood stunting (Figure 14.1). In 2014, 14.6 percent of children under five years of age were stunted. While this rate is not as low as the country’s other nutrition indicators, it reflects a remarkable improvement. Less than a decade earlier, the prevalence was twice as high (29.5 percent).4 How was this rapid progress achieved—not only at a national level, but across all of Peru’s diverse regions, even poor rural ones including the Andean Highlands, and even amongst the poorest 20 percent of the population?
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146494
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92181
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceYosef, Sivan and Goulden, Jay. 2016. Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 14 Pp. 125-132. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_14.
dc.subjectmaternal and child health
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectinfants
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectnutrition policies
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectagricultural research
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectstunting
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectmicronutrient deficiencies
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectinfant feeding
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjecthygiene
dc.subjectsocial safety nets
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectwasting disease
dc.titleCommitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey
dc.typeBook Chapter

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