Reducing stunting globally by 40% would cost an additional $8.50 per child under 5 annually, totaling $42 billion. A package of interventions like improving nutrition for pregnant women, supplementation, breastfeeding promotion, and complementary feeding could achieve this target. Additional financing is needed for 37 high burden countries over 10 years, as current approaches will not meet resource needs. "Global Solidarity" generating resources from all countries proportionate to their means could fund reaching the stunting reduction goal.

1. 1
Reducing stunting by 40% globally would cost an additional
$8.50 per child under 5
Package of interventions:
• Improving nutrition for women during
pregnancy
• Iron & Folic acid supplementation
• Improving infant and young child
feeding practices
• Breastfeeding promotion
• Complementary feeding education &
targeted food provision
• Improving child nutrition
• Micronutrient supplementation
• Systems strengthening
• Policy coordination
• Capacity building
• M&E
ANNUAL
ADDITIONAL
COST PER CHILD
UNDER-5
$8.50
$42 billion
Additional financing for 37
highest burden countries over
10 years
Stunting
Business as Usual will not fulfill these resource needs

2. “Global Solidarity” could generate the resources to achieve
the global stunting reduction target
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2.9
1.6
1.2
2018
5.6
2.9
1.0
0.9
2017
4.6
2.9
0.8
0.6
2016
3.8
2.9
2015
2.9
2023
8.8
2.9
2.0
2.7
0.8
2022
8.7
2.9
2.3
2.3
0.7
2021
8.6
2.9
2.6
2.0
0.6
2020
7.5
2.9
2.1
1.6
0.56.5
9.0
2.9
1.3
3.3
1.0
20242019
0.9
8.9
2.9
1.7
3.0
2025
0.4
Additional householdInnovative sources Additional assistance BaselineAdditional domestic
Countries increase
spending to income
group medians
Donors and countries
share remaining gap in
proportion to income
Scale-up phase
Maintenance phase
Stunting