3. Growth monitoring: growth promotion and regular growth monitoring among children to be institutionalised in all countries by the end of the 1990s

A majority of developing countries have implemented growth monitoring and promotion activities using various approaches. However, growth monitoring information is not often used as a basis for community, family or government action. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) initiative, developed by WHO and UNICEF in 1995, focuses on promoting a set of key family and community practices which contribute to child survival and healthy growth. Awareness has grown of the critical link between women’s nutritional well-being and children’s survival, growth and development.