World Health Assembly: Establish a global framework for maternal and infant nutrition monitoring

The 67th World Health Assembly, which is being held in Geneva, approved the establishment of a global monitoring framework for maternal, infant and young child nutrition to help further scientifically and comprehensively measure global maternal and infant nutrition. The issue of maternal and infant nutrition has become a key issue of concern to many parties at this World Health Assembly. According to information from the WHO Global Database on the Implementation of Nutrition Actions, there are currently only more than 30 countries and regions with short-term plans on maternal, infant and young child nutrition that can fully address nutritional challenges. According to reports, the global maternal and infant nutrition monitoring framework will cover multiple indicators such as maternal hemoglobin, newborn weight, height and weight of children under 5, and exclusive breastfeeding of infants under 6 months of age. Improvement and monitoring of progress. The WHO stated that at the request of member states, the WHO Secretariat will further improve the indicators for measuring global maternal and infant nutritional status, formulate guidelines to deal with improper marketing of complementary food products for infants and young children, and help member states take measures to address undesirable industries Influence etc. In addition, in November this year, WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will jointly host the second International Nutrition Conference to encourage countries to formulate a global policy framework for the next 10 years to deal with malnutrition, micronutrient deficiency, obesity, and unbalanced diets. Major nutritional challenges such as infectious diseases. According to WHO data, the number of stunted children under 5 in the world has dropped from 167 million in 2010 to 162 million in 2012. At the same time, the number of overweight children in this age group has dropped from 4,100 in 2010. Million to 4.4 million in 2012. Shelf production