Action Review Panel on Child Wasting
Learn more about the ARP
The High-level Action Review Panel
The purpose of the Action Review Panel on Child Wasting (the ARP) is to improve the impact and sustainability of services to prevent and treat child wasting. The establishment of the Panel is consistent with the UN’s commitment to create a multistakeholder accountability and reporting mechanism to oversee implementation of key actions on child wasting, as described in the Global Action Plan on Child Wasting.
The ARP on Child Wasting is co-chaired by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell; the United Kingdom’s Minister for Development, the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell; and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, Samantha Power.
An ARP task force provides more dedicated support before, during, and after ARP annual meetings. The task force is chaired by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UNICEF and USAID and includes technical personnel from the ARP membership.
Please contact the Action Review Panel task force for more information.
What the ARP does
Panel Members provide strategic advice and insights designed to:
- Assist national governments in their efforts to reduce child wasting and achieve the associated SDG targets
- Support the scaling up of efficient and effective services and programmes for the prevention, early detection and treatment of child wasting
- Accelerate efforts to mobilize predictable, long-term financing solutions at national and global level for the prevention, early detection and treatment of child wasting
- Support national governments and partners in ensuring an appropriate and sustainable supply of key commodities (including ready-to-use therapeutic foods) and the technical assistance necessary for the treatment
ARP members come from various organizations and are represented by their principals.
The meetings
The ARP meets up to two times per year. The inaugural meeting took place on 31 May 2021, and the last meeting took place in June 2024.
Minutes of meetings:
