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| Global Nutrition Report | |
|---|---|
| Name | Global Nutrition Report |
| Formation | 2014 |
| Type | International monitoring initiative |
| Headquarters | London |
| Region served | Worldwide |
Global Nutrition Report
The Global Nutrition Report is a recurring international assessment that monitors malnutrition, undernutrition, overweight, and micronutrient deficiencies across countries. It synthesizes data from multilateral institutions and research centres to inform policy decisions and track progress against targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Sunrise Movement, Paris Agreement, World Health Assembly and Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. Major stakeholders include agencies like World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Bank Group and research organisations such as Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, International Food Policy Research Institute and Lancet.
The Report provides country-level and global assessments, accountability dashboards, and policy recommendations drawing on datasets from Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Global Burden of Disease Study, UNICEF and World Bank Group indicators. It addresses forms of malnutrition highlighted in forums including the United Nations General Assembly, G7 Summit, G20 Summit, African Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations dialogues. The publication targets audiences ranging from national ministries (e.g., Ministry of Health (United Kingdom), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India), Ministry of Health and Social Services (Namibia)) to multilateral funders like Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Wellcome Trust.
Founded amid calls for greater accountability at meetings such as the 2013 World Health Assembly and initiatives linked to the Nutrition for Growth Summit (2013), the Report evolved through collaboration between organisations like International Food Policy Research Institute, World Health Organization, UNICEF and private partners including Rockefeller Foundation. Early editions were shaped by academic contributors from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and University of Oxford. Subsequent iterations incorporated commitments announced at events such as the Nutrition for Growth Summit (2016), the UN High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, and regional conferences hosted by African Union and Pan American Health Organization.
The Report is overseen by a steering group composed of representatives from organisations such as World Health Organization, UNICEF, World Bank Group, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and independent experts affiliated with institutions like Imperial College London, University College London, University of Cambridge, Yale School of Public Health and University of São Paulo. Operational functions have been hosted by entities including Development Initiatives, International Food Policy Research Institute and ad hoc secretariats drawing on advisory input from committees with members from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Rockefeller Foundation and national research councils such as the National Institutes of Health and Medical Research Council (United Kingdom).
Reports have documented persistent stunting in regions covered by Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, alongside rising overweight and obesity in countries like United States, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Analyses link malnutrition burdens to drivers discussed at summits such as the UN Climate Change Conference and examined in studies from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund. The Report highlights intersections with disease burdens monitored by Global Burden of Disease Study, neonatal and child mortality priorities advanced by UNICEF and maternal health agendas championed at the World Health Assembly.
The Report combines indicators from household surveys such as Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys with modeled estimates from Global Burden of Disease Study and administrative data from World Bank Group databases and UNICEF country profiles. Analytical methods draw on statistical techniques used by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, econometric frameworks disseminated by International Food Policy Research Institute and guidelines from World Health Organization. It also incorporates coverage metrics aligned with Sustainable Development Goals targets endorsed at the United Nations General Assembly.
Findings have influenced national nutrition plans adopted in countries represented at the Nutrition for Growth summits and investments by funders such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. The Report has been cited in policy documents from World Bank Group country strategies, UNICEF country programmes, and technical guidance from World Health Organization. Civil society groups including Action Against Hunger, Save the Children, CARE International and Oxfam International have used the Report to advocate in forums like the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and regional policy dialogues organized by African Union and Pan American Health Organization.
Critiques have come from academics and advocacy organisations associated with Tufts University, University of Oxford, SOAS University of London and independent analysts who question reliance on modeled estimates from sources such as Global Burden of Disease Study and the representativeness of Demographic and Health Surveys in conflict-affected areas like Yemen, Syria, and South Sudan. Concerns echo debates in journals like The Lancet and BMJ about indicator selection, data transparency, and the influence of major funders including Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on agendas. Operational challenges include harmonizing diverse datasets from agencies such as Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Health Organization, UNICEF and national statistical offices like Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Mexico) and Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom).
Category:Nutrition