Stop Stunting Regional Conference 2014
About the Conference, Recent global data indicate that 26% of children under five years of age (i.e. 165 million) have stunted growth. The same sources show that stunting is the cause of an estimated one million child deaths annually. For survivors, the short- and long-term consequences of stunting include: impaired health, growth, cognitive development, school…, Background and objectives, The Regional Conference on Stop Stunting (10-12 November 2014) provided a knowledge-for-action platform where state-of-the-art evidence, better practices and innovations were shared to accelerate sectoral and cross-sectoral policies, programmes and research in Nutrition and Sanitation to reduce the prevalence of child stunting in South Asia. The…, Guest Speakers, Sandy looks at the camera with books in the background, Sandy Cairncross, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Download Presentation Watch interview Headshot of Kathryn Dewey, Kathryn Dewey, University of California, Davis Download Presentation Watch Interview Meera Shekar smiles, Meera Shekar, World Bank Download Presentation Watch Interview A bust photo of Subu, S V Subramanian, Harvard University Download Presentation Watch Interview Bust of Sheila Vir, Sheila Vir, New Delhi Public Health Nutrition and Development Centre Download Presentation Watch Interview Bust shot of Jean Humphrey, Jean Humphrey, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Download Presentation Watch Interview Bust shot of Francesco Branca, Francesco Branca, World Health Organization Download Presentation Watch Interview Bust shot of Tina Sanghvi, Tina Sanghvi, Alive and Thrive Bangladesh Download Presentation Purnima Menon's bust shot, Purnima Menon, International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, India Download Presentation Bust shot of Shawn Baker, Shawn Baker, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Download Presentation Watch Interview Nancy Haselow Bust, Nancy Haselow, Hellen Keller International Watch Interview