Progress towards the Global WHA targets
| WHA Target | Baseline (years) | Baseline Status | Target for 2025 | Required average annual rate of change at global level | Globally On course? | Comments* | Number of countries above (below) required global rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stunting 40% reduction in the number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted† | 2012 | 162 million | ∼100 million (∼15%) | 3.9% AARR | No | Current pace projects 130 million (20%) by 2025 | 21 countries above or equal to required AARR; 89 countries less than required AARR |
| Anaemia 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age (WRA) | 2011 | 29% | 15% | 5.2% AARR | No | Very little movement (was 32% in 2000) | |
| Low birth weight 30% reduction in low birth weight | 2008–12 | 15% | 10% | 2.74% AARR | No | Little progress globally | |
| Under-5 overweight No increase in childhood overweight | 2012 | 7% | 7% | No | Upward trajectory is not checked | In 50 countries the annual average rate of reduction (AARR) is constant or decreasing In 51 countries, the AARR is increasing | |
| Exclusive breastfeeding Increase in the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50% | 2008–12 | 38% | 50% | 2.11% AARI | No | 37% in 2000, 41% in 2012 | In 59 countries, the annual average rate of increase (AARI) is equal to or greater than required‡ In 48 countries, the AARI is below required |
| Wasting Reduce and maintain childhood wasting to <5% | 2012 | 8% | <5% | No | No progress (globally, 8% in 2013. JMC 2014) | In 73 countries, rate is constant or decreasing;In 51 countries, rate is increasing (see table 5) |
*Assessment based on WHO 2014. http://www.who.int/nutrition/targets_indicators_may2014v2.pdf
†For more on the methods behind the WHA stunting target, see de Onis et al 2013.14
‡Note that these are AARI estimated by the writing team based on the last two available estimates for exclusive breastfeeding in the Unicef Global database. Formal AARIs from Unicef/WHO are not available at this time. JMC, the Joint Child Malnutrition data set from UNICEF, World Bank and WHO; WHA, World Health Assembly. Source: Independent Expert Group. Global Nutrition Report. http://ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/gnr14.pdf13