| dc.description.abstract | Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection,
and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Stunting before children are 2 years leads to irreversible diminished brain
and physical development, poor cognitive outcomes and economic consequences, and reduced productivity at
individual, household, and community levels. The Cost of Hunger in Africa-Kenya Report (COHA, 2019) revealed that
the total effect of stunting on health, education and productivity was Ksh 373.9 billion (6.9% of GDP) loss due to
child undernutrition. The government has put in place various policies to address malnutrition, but the prevalence of
stunting is still high. This policy brief seeks to initiate multi-sector dialogue among agencies that have a role in
nutrition to analyse data and generate evidence to inform policy and programme interventions focusing on high
impact nutrition interventions for reduction of stunting | en |
