Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryPeru
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PE
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.creator.identifierSivan Yosef: 0000-0001-6121-6241
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_14en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Director General's Office
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Transform Nutrition
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Stories of Change in Nutrition
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - compact2025
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorYosef, Sivanen
dc.contributor.authorGoulden, Jayen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:07:15Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:07:15Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146494
dc.titleCommitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journeyen
dcterms.abstractPERUVIANS 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?en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationYosef, 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.en
dcterms.extent8 pagesen
dcterms.issued2016-06-15
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/130409en
dcterms.subjectmaternal and child healthen
dcterms.subjecteducationen
dcterms.subjectinfantsen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectnutrition policiesen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjectagricultural researchen
dcterms.subjectsocial protectionen
dcterms.subjectwateren
dcterms.subjectstuntingen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectmicronutrient deficienciesen
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjecttrace elementsen
dcterms.subjectinfant feedingen
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjecthygieneen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.subjectobesityen
dcterms.subjectwasting diseaseen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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