Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool

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WHO Member States endorsed six global nutrition targets for improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition in 2012.

The translation of the global targets into national ones needs to consider nutrition profiles, risk factor trends, demographic changes, experience with developing and implementing nutrition policies, and health system development.

WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF and the EC, developed the Tracking Tool to help countries set their national targets and monitor progress towards the 2025 global nutrition targets. In 2018, WHO and UNICEF proposed their extension to 2030 to align with 2030 timeline. The new version of the tool allows users to explore scenarios taking into account different rates of progress for the six targets and the time left to both 2025 and 2030.

The tool is available in English, French, Russian and Spanish.

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e-Learning course

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An e-Learning course for the Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool is available through OpenWHO, WHO’s free open-access learning platform. The course provides the background and rationale for the development of the Tool, key concepts underlying the outputs of the Tool, main features and functions with accompanying demos, and a final evaluation to assess the learner’s comprehension of the course contents.  A Certificate of Achievement is available upon course completion. 

 

Global targets indicators

WHO and partners built an online tracking tool to help countries adapt the six global nutrition targets to national contexts and monitor indicator progress. The comparable country indicator estimates come from internationally recognized sources. This interactive platform allows users to:

  • produce country indicator profiles on the current status and required progress
  • explore alternative rates of change and their impact (what-if analysis)
  • map latest target indicator estimates globally and for country groups
  • access summary reports on the six nutrition targets
  • visualize global target status and trends

 

Sub-national Monitoring

The sub-national tracking Excel Tool helps users explore the global nutrition targets translated to the sub-national levels and support the development of actionable plans at the local level.

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Policy briefs

Global nutrition targets 2025: policy brief series
20 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: policy brief series

Recognizing that accelerated global action is needed to address the pervasive and corrosive problem of the double burden of malnutrition, in 2012 the World...

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Global nutrition targets 2025: stunting policy brief
30 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: stunting policy brief

Childhood stunting is one of the most significant impediments to human development, globally affecting approximately 162 million children under the age...

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Global nutrition targets 2025: anaemia policy brief
30 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: anaemia policy brief

Anaemia impairs health and well being in women and increases the risk of maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Anaemia affects half a billion women of...

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Global nutrition targets 2025: low birth weight policy brief
30 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: low birth weight policy brief

Low birth weight is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g (5.5 lb). Low birth weight continues to be a significant...

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Global nutrition targets 2025: childhood overweight policy brief
30 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: childhood overweight policy brief

There has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of children under 5 years of age who are overweight. According to the new 2013 United Nations Children’s...

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Global nutrition targets 2025: breastfeeding policy brief
30 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: breastfeeding policy brief

Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) –...

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Global nutrition targets 2025: wasting policy brief
30 December 2014

Global nutrition targets 2025: wasting policy brief

The global target for 2025 will be achieved if high burden countries take stock of their current prevalence, projected population growth, underlying causes...

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Publications

Global nutrition monitoring framework: operational guidance for tracking progress in meeting targets for 2025
20 December 2017

Global nutrition monitoring framework: operational guidance for tracking progress in meeting targets...

In 2012, the World Health Assembly (WHA) approved a Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition that identified six...

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Methodology for monitoring progress towards the global nutrition targets for 2025: technical report
14 September 2017

Methodology for monitoring progress towards the global nutrition targets for 2025: technical report

As part of the WHO and UNICEF collaboration in global monitoring and reporting on nutrition indicators, the joint WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory...

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Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition
19 May 2014

Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition

Adequate nutrition, beginning in early stages of life, is crucial to ensure good physical and mental development and long-term health. This action plan...

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Team

Acknowledgements

The Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool was developed jointly by WHO, UNICEF and the European Commission, and supported by Global Affairs Canada, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the 1000 Days Partnership, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the Department for International Development – United Kingdom, the International Food Policy Research Institute, the Scaling up Nutrition Movement, the German Federal Government through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, and the World Bank.