Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sum, it is crucial to alter the perception that undernutrition is part of the normal order of things. Advocacy groups should generate a perception of crisis related to undernutrition in order to foster significant, urgent, high-profile action by government. Although a perception of nutritional cr...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2008
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| description | In sum, it is crucial to alter the perception that undernutrition is part of the normal order of things. Advocacy groups should generate a perception of crisis related to undernutrition in order to foster significant, urgent, high-profile action by government. Although a perception of nutritional crisis cannot be sustained in the long term, it should be possible to exploit incremental changes in the perception of the undernutrition issue to promote more effective actions to assist the undernourished. Given that undernutrition is a solvable problem that, in part, requires public action, governments can and should be held accountable for the persistent presence of undernourished women and children in the population, the unnecessary suffering that they experience, and the limited potential that they have to live long, healthy, productive, and creative lives. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1605232025-11-06T03:48:00Z Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa Benson, Todd nutrition policies developing countries malnutrition nutrition security policies In sum, it is crucial to alter the perception that undernutrition is part of the normal order of things. Advocacy groups should generate a perception of crisis related to undernutrition in order to foster significant, urgent, high-profile action by government. Although a perception of nutritional crisis cannot be sustained in the long term, it should be possible to exploit incremental changes in the perception of the undernutrition issue to promote more effective actions to assist the undernourished. Given that undernutrition is a solvable problem that, in part, requires public action, governments can and should be held accountable for the persistent presence of undernourished women and children in the population, the unnecessary suffering that they experience, and the limited potential that they have to live long, healthy, productive, and creative lives. 2008 2024-11-21T09:51:01Z 2024-11-21T09:51:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160523 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benson, Todd. 2008. Improving nutrition as a development priority. Research Report Abstract 156. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160523 |
| spellingShingle | nutrition policies developing countries malnutrition nutrition security policies Benson, Todd Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | improving nutrition as a development priority addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in sub saharan africa |
| topic | nutrition policies developing countries malnutrition nutrition security policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160523 |
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