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USAID
Releases Plan to Address Global Malnutrition
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Photo Credit:
Naziru Muzungu/Malaika Media for JSI
In
October 2022, President Biden signed the Global
Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act (GMPTA), which
directs USAID to prevent and treat malnutrition globally. The GMPTA
further codifies USAID’s leadership on advancing nutrition globally,
with a focus on evidence-based interventions across health systems
and food systems, in both development and humanitarian
settings.
Robust
leadership from the U.S. Government is now more important
than ever to buffer shocks and stressors stemming from COVID-19,
climate change, and conflict. USAID is committed to addressing
these global challenges and preventing further backsliding on nutrition.
This
week, USAID released the GMPTA Implementation Plan, which
serves as a roadmap for USAID’s investments in the prevention and
treatment of malnutrition.
The
Plan presents USAID’s key focus areas in nutrition and outlines the
approach USAID will take to coordinate and collaborate internally,
with priority countries, other federal agencies, and partners to
achieve nutrition goals. The plan also details the mechanisms to
which USAID will will maintain accountability to ensure we can
achieve our goals by tracking progress against targets through
annual reporting.
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Through our
partnerships and programs, USAID helps ensure that all mothers, newborns, and
children have a chance of a healthy life, regardless of where they are born.
USAID’s Office Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition within the Bureau for Global Health plays a leading role in supporting the Agency’s
commitment of preventing maternal and child deaths: investing in affordable,
high-quality interventions that save lives and allow women, children, and
families to thrive.
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