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Executive Summary Shining a light to spur action on nutrition Malnutrition is a universal issue holding back development with unacceptable human consequences. Yet the opportunity to end malnutrition has never been greater. The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016–2025 and the Sustainable...

This was the resolution adopted by the General Assembly on April 1, 2016 which set a UN Decade of Action on Nutrition from 2016 to 2025. Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 April 2016 70/259. United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016– 2025)

This document analyses the Internet of Things, blockchain and artificial intelligence, and their transformative potential. It studies two enablers of these technologies: global digital platforms and training for upgrading human resources. The publication also analyses the impact of these and other...

In 2017, conflicts and disasters around the world left an estimated 201 million people in need of the ‘last resort’ of international humanitarian assistance in order to cope and survive. The conflicts in Syria, Yemen and South Sudan continued to cause suffering and displacement for many millions of...

Report on strategies and actions to make technology an effective means of Agenda 2030. We live at a time of technological change that is unprecedented in its pace, scope and depth of impact. Harnessing that progress is the surest path for the international community to deliver on the 2030 agenda for...

Executive Summary The largest generation of adolescents and young people in human history (1·8 billion) demands more attention and action. Adolescents and young adults face unprecedented social, economic, and cultural change. The Lancet is dedicated to creating discussion around this critical topic...

The new education agenda places an unprecedented demand on countries to produce more and better data. Efforts to build stronger and more reliable national statistical systems are already underway in many countries, but the new indicators and level of detail required create significant challenges at...

Executive Summary In many low- and middle-income countries, deficiencies in the quality of paediatric care at district hospitals are a major factor limiting reductions in child mortality. In 2012, the Russian Federation funded a US$ 3.7 million three-year tripartite initiative with the World Health...