Published in:Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Papers World Bank E-Library Archive
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1 Online-Ressource
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English
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10.1596/28496
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This paper builds on global experience and Zambia's specific context to identify aneffective nutrition approach along with costs and benefits of key nutrition interventions. It isintended to help guide the selection of the most cost-effective interventions as well as strategiesfor scaling these up. The paper considers both relevant "nutrition-specific" interventions, largelydelivered through the health sector, and multisectoral "nutrition-sensitive" interventions, delivered through other sectors such as agriculture, education, and water and sanitation. We estimate that the costs and benefits of implementing 10 nutrition-specific interventions would require an annual public investment of