Nutrition is the foundation of human development, at all stages of life. The first 1,000 days, from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday, are a particularly critical window for growth and for a lifetime of good health. Failure to act early can have devastating consequences, for undernutrition is the underlying cause of nearly half of all deaths of children under five years of age.
Nutrition for Growth (N4G) is the only global initiative where governments, multilateral organizations, philanthropies, bilateral donors, and the private sector make financial and policy commitments to exclusively improve nutrition, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The Paris N4G summit in March 2025 can set bold ambition and put the community on track for achieving both the World Health Assembly updated global nutrition targets and the SDG 2 by 2030.
Donors and high-burden countries must act to make the Paris N4G Summit a critical moment for accelerating progress on malnutrition and global health more broadly, especially targeting the populations most affected by malnutrition.