Resource Library for Wasting
Guidance, tools and resources
This Resource Library for Wasting is a comprehensive repository of key guidelines and tools related to wasting strategy, policies and programming, developed at global, regional and country level.
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Joint Statement for Nutrition for Growth Summit on Child Wasting
Joint Statement for Nutrition for Growth Summit on Child Wasting
The Joint Statement on Child Wasting (March 2025) emphasizes the urgent need for action to combat child wasting, a severe form of malnutrition that affects 45 million children under five globally. While progress has been made, with 9.3 million children receiving life-saving treatment in 2023—a 27% increase from the previous year—wasting remains a persistent challenge. The document highlights the economic rationale for investing in nutrition, stating that for every $1 spent on addressing undernutrition, a $23 return can be expected, while malnutrition costs the global economy $2.1 trillion annually. The statement underscores the importance of the Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) as a platform for bold commitments to achieve the World Health Assembly’s target of reducing child wasting to below 5% by 2025.The statement issues a call to action for governments, donors, and stakeholders to integrate child wasting interventions into national health and nutrition plans. It encourages increased funding, policy updates in line with WHO guidelines, and the strengthening of health and social protection systems. The document outlines specific recommendations, such as expanding social transfer programs for vulnerable women, enforcing breastfeeding protections, improving complementary feeding access, and integrating nutrition into climate-sensitive resilience strategies. The statement is endorsed by a coalition of international organizations, including UNICEF, WHO, WFP, and Save the Children, urging global leaders to take decisive steps at N4G 2025 to end child wasting and improve the well-being of millions of children worldwide.Signatories of statement: Action Against Hunger, Concern Worldwide, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children, World Vision International (WVI), Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Gates Foundation, Government of Ireland, Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Health Organization (WHO) and World Food Programme (WFP)
A Brief Guide to Updating National Guidelines on Child Wasting
A Brief Guide to Updating National Guidelines on Child Wasting
This brief guide provides suggestions on how to effectively update a national acute malnutrition guideline, highlighting key aspects to reflect upon at each stage of the update process. Presented in 10 clear steps, it is designed for use by anyone involved in the update of national acute malnutrition guidelines, including UNICEF technical staff and other relevant personnel, technical partners and stakeholders supporting and/or involved in the update process, and implementing organizations developing their own guidelines.
The IYCF-E hub
The IYCF-E hub
The IYCF-E Hub is a global portal to the most relevant resources related to infant and young child nutrition in humanitarian contexts. , Publisher, Save the Children , Language, English, French, Spanish, Arabic
Concern CMAM Surge site
Concern CMAM Surge site
This page was initially created as a point of reference on the ‘CMAM Surge’ approach, to support practitioners to adapt, set-up, and implement the approach., Publisher, Concern Worldwide, Language, English
GNC Resource Centre
GNC Resource Centre
This webpage is intended to serve as a repository of relevant resources for Nutrition Cluster Coordinators and partners working at country and global levels, Publisher, GNC, Language, English, French, Spanish, Arabic
Simplified Approaches
Simplified Approaches
The term simplified approaches refers to a number of simplifications to the existing national and global protocols for the treatment of child wasting. These simplifications are designed to improve effectiveness, quality, coverage and reduce the costs of caring for children with uncomplicated wasting. The website is a repository for documents and…, Publisher, UNICEF, Language, English
Scaling Up Nutrition Resource Library
Scaling Up Nutrition Resource Library
The SUN Movement curates a wide range of resources for SUN Members, in support of achievement of SUN Country nutrition targets. This includes objective, independent, high-quality research, including briefs, reports, and other materials covering nutrition-related and sustainable development themes. Sources of this material include SUN Countries,…, Publisher, SUN, Language, English
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III
For more than 15 years, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA)-funded by USAID- worked to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities in developing countries by strengthening food security and nutrition policies, programs, and systems. The FANTA project ended in September 2018. The…, Publisher, USAID, Language, English
UNICEF Nutrition Webpage
UNICEF Nutrition Webpage
UNICEF's nutrition webpage., Publisher, UNICEF, Language, English
World Vision resource centre
World Vision resource centre
An online repository of World Vision's publications., Publisher, World Vision, Language, English
USAID Advancing Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition
A curated collection of publications, tools, and technical resources from USAID and its projects, Publisher, USAID, Language, Over 20 languages
CMAM Coverage Monitoring Website
CMAM Coverage Monitoring Website
CMAM Coverage Monitoring website., Publisher, ACF, Language, English