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where the number of child deaths is increasing, and the only one projected to suffer further
increases in food insecurity and absolute poverty.12
Improving nutrition among pregnant women, lactating mothers and young children, in particular, is crucial to ending preventable child deaths and to unlocking
the potential of the millions of children who face early childhood malnutrition. Malnutrition during the
critical period between pregnancy
and the second birthday, often
called the “1,000-day” window,
causes irreversible physical and
cognitive damage. In 2008, the
leading British medical journal The
Lancet declared that malnutrition
among children younger than 2 is
a global development challenge
of the greatest urgency. Nutrition
interventions during this window
have a profound impact on the
long-term economic development
and stability of entire nations.
The United States works through its global food security initiative, Feed the Future, to
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