EAPRO Meeting on Accelerating Progress to Manage Severe Wasting
Five million children in the East Asia and Pacific Region in 2019 are wasted; 80 per cent of them are under the age of two years. What can be done to address this? This was the central question that 50 participants from nine countries and UNICEF offices came together to answer in Bangkok in June 2019. Government partners from Indonesia, Malaysia,…, Country experiences in addressing severe wasting in East Asia and Pacific, The Philippines shared how they effectively used their experience in treating SAM during emergencies highlighting the need to integrate SAM treatment into mainstream health programmes. Representatives from Cambodia talked about the development of a locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), made with fish powder, that was found to be…, Ten commitments on accelerating prevention and treatment of wasting in East Asia and Pacific, We will develop national targets for wasting to drive progress in line with our national SDG targets on wasting. We will move the prevention and curative agendas for wasting as a single agenda. We will mobilize enough and sustainable financing to achieve wasting SDG goals; ensuring that our financing agenda is driven by our service targets, not…, Key Takeaways, East Asia can be a leader in integrating SAM treatment into health services. Progress is being made but not enough, and for the most part, its not at scale. Stronger advocacy is needed to focus more attention on SAM and leverage investments and commitments on stunting reduction. We need to go beyond “train and hope” approach to build skills and…
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