The past decade has seen an unprecedented increase in attention to undernutrition, and
drastically reducing child stunting has become a global development objective. The strong …

Globally, more than 5 million people die annually from lack of access to critical treatments for
kidney disease—by 2040, chronic kidney disease is projected to be the fifth leading cause of …

Despite numerous journalistic accounts, systematic quantitative evidence on economic
conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains scarce for most low-and middle …

In the last two decades, the global community has made significant progress in saving the
lives of children< 5 y of age. However, these advances are failing to help all children to …

Background Socioeconomic development is widely regarded as contributing to improved
nutrition in children. We aimed to assess the association between socioeconomic indicators …

Background Lead exposure is a worldwide health risk despite substantial declines in blood
lead levels following the leaded gasoline phase-out. For the first time, to our knowledge, we …

This year's report presents evidence that the absolute number of people who suffer from
hunger continues to slowly increase. The report also highlights that food insecurity is more …

Background Faltering in linear growth and neurobehavioural development during early
childhood are often assumed to have common causes because of their consistent …

The acceleration of stunting reduction in Indonesia is one of the priority agendas in the
health sector, its implementation being through various regional and tiered approaches. This …

Background: Globally, the prevalence of child stunting has been decreasing over the past
decades. However, in low-and middle-income countries such as Mexico, stunting is still the …