In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed global targets to improve maternal and child nutrition by 2025. These targets were integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals, where nutrition feeds into 12 of the 17 SDGs, as well as dozens of indicators used to track them.
Even before the SDGs were finalized, the international development community pursued several key initiatives on nutrition.
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Patricia Sarmenta
Patricia Sarmenta is a development analyst at Devex’ surveys and advisory services team. She contributes to custom research projects and surveys commissioned by leading companies and development institutions. Patricia has a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of the Philippines, as well as degrees in sociology, global politics and cultural heritage from Ateneo de Manila University.
