USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition
Summary: Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition reports that undernutrition in mothers and children is a factor in a third of all deaths of children younger than five years. At the same time, the global financial crisis and rising food prices have left many more families struggling to put nutritious food on the table. The report draws attention to the fact that 200 million children younger than five in the developing world suffer from chronic undernutrition.