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ReviewLancet (London, England)2021

Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action.

Rebecca A Heidkamp, Ellen Piwoz, Stuart Gillespie, Emily C Keats, Mary R D'Alimonte, Purnima Menon, Jai K Das, Augustin Flory, Jack W Clift, Marie T Ruel and 3 more

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Review in Lancet (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
124citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
20.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 225 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Preventing malnutrition within the first 1000 days of life in under-resourced communities: An integrative literature review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2024
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  17. Exclusive Breastfeeding and Growth Trajectories Until 5 Years of Age Among Children Monitored in Primary Health Care in Brazil.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Rebecca A HeidkampJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ellen PiwozBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Stuart GillespieInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Emily C KeatsCentre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mary R D'AlimonteResults for Development, Washington, DC, USA.
Purnima MenonInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi, India.
Jai K DasDivision of Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Augustin FloryResults for Development, Washington, DC, USA.
Jack W CliftResults for Development, Washington, DC, USA.
Marie T RuelInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Stephen VostiDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and Institute for Global Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Jonathan Kweku AkuokuWorld Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
Zulfiqar A BhuttaCentre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health and Institute for Global Health and Development, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: zulfiqar.bhutta@aku.edu.
Results for Development Institute · USAga Khan University · PKInternational Food Policy Research Institute · USBill & Melinda Gates Foundation · USHospital for Sick Children · CAInternational Management Institute · INJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of California, Davis · USWorld Bank · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide remain undernourished (underweight, stunted, and deficient in micronutrients), despite evidence on effective interventions and increasing political commitment to, and financial investment in, nutrition. The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled health systems, exacerbated household food insecurity, and reversed economic growth, which together could set back improvements in undernutrition across low-income and middle-income countries. This paper highlights how the evidence base for nutrition, health, food systems, social protection, and water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions has evolved since the 2013 Lancet Series on maternal and child nutrition and identifies the priority actions needed to regain and accelerate progress within the next decade. Policies and interventions targeting the first 1000 days of life, including some newly identified since 2013, require renewed commitment, implementation research, and increased funding from both domestic and global actors. A new body of evidence from national and state-level success stories in stunting reduction reinforces the crucial importance of multisectoral actions to address the underlying determinants of undernutrition and identifies key features of enabling political environments. To support these actions, well-resourced nutrition data and information systems are essential. The paper concludes with a call to action for the 2021 Nutrition for Growth Summit to unite global and national nutrition stakeholders around common priorities to tackle a large, unfinished undernutrition agenda-now amplified by the COVID-19 crisis.

Indexed as

Health PolicySustainable DevelopmentAdolescentAdultChildChild Nutrition DisordersCOVID-19Developing CountriesFemaleFood InsecurityHumansMalnutritionPandemicsSocial Determinants of Health

Identifiers

PMID33691095
OpenAlexW3135767280

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