Ending the Scourge of Child Malnutrition in Africa: Causes, Consequences and a Call for Urgent Action; A Review

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Olufadewa Isaac Iyinoluwa; Adesina Miracle Ayomikun; Odusanya Anuoluwapo Esther; Olufadewa Mayokun Samuel; Adedeji Adeyemi Emmanuel; Ayorinde Toluwase Ayobola; Oladele Ruth Ifeoluwa

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Journal: International Journal of Nutrition Sciences Year:2020 | Volume:5 | Issue:3 Page(s): 113-115

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Ending the Scourge of Child Malnutrition in Africa: Causes, Consequences and a Call for Urgent Action; A Review

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Child

Malnutrition

Africa

Obesity

Stunting

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With over one-third of the global under 5 Stunting cases and a quarter of both the under 5 wasting and overweight cases in 2018, Africa is disproportionately affected by all forms of Malnutrition. Furthermore, despite a reduction of Childhood Stunting in other regions of the world between 2000 and 2018, Africa is the only continent, where the number has increased from about 50 million in 2000 to almost 59 million under 5 Stunting cases in 2018. The Global Nutrition Report in 2018 also revealed that 30 of the 41 countries worldwide with a high burden of the three types of Malnutrition are from Africa. Economic consequences are estimated 11% of African countries’ GDP lost every year due to unacceptably high levels of Malnutrition. For African countries to end all forms of Malnutrition, there is a need for political commitment and increased financial investment in nutrition interventional programs, strengthening the evidence-base on key nutrition indicators is also important. Also, bolstering the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs tackling Malnutrition while building the research and leadership capacity of workers in this sector is crucial. International partners must also identify shared drivers of the double burden and establish comprehensive ‘ double-duty’ interventions that simultaneously address the double burden of Malnutrition. African countries must boost intersectoral actions through the strengthening of their security, agricultural, environmental, economic, and housing sectors while concurrently drive international and grassroots support for comprehensive evidence-informed nutritional interventions to put an end to all forms of Malnutrition by 2030.

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Olufadewa, Isaac Iyinoluwa, Adesina, Miracle Ayomikun, Odusanya, Anuoluwapo Esther, Olufadewa, Mayokun Samuel, Adedeji, Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayorinde, Toluwase Ayobola, & Oladele, Ruth Ifeoluwa. (2020). Ending the Scourge of Child Malnutrition in Africa: Causes, Consequences and a Call for Urgent Action; A Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUTRITION SCIENCES, 5(3), 113-115. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/770434/en

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Olufadewa Isaac Iyinoluwa, Adesina Miracle Ayomikun, Odusanya Anuoluwapo Esther, Olufadewa Mayokun Samuel, Adedeji Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayorinde Toluwase Ayobola, Oladele Ruth Ifeoluwa. Ending the Scourge of Child Malnutrition in Africa: Causes, Consequences and a Call for Urgent Action; A Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUTRITION SCIENCES[Internet]. 2020;5(3):113-115. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/770434/en

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Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Anuoluwapo Esther Odusanya, Mayokun Samuel Olufadewa, Adeyemi Emmanuel Adedeji, Toluwase Ayobola Ayorinde, and Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, “Ending the Scourge of Child Malnutrition in Africa: Causes, Consequences and a Call for Urgent Action; A Review,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUTRITION SCIENCES, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 113–115, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/770434/en

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