USAID Releases Plan to Address Global Malnutrition. August 21, 2023

 

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   Subscribe     USAID Releases Plan to Address Global Malnutrition   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.

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.