In 1,000 Days,

Why 1,000 days

WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE

The 1,000 days between a womans pregnancy and her childs 2nd birthday offer a unique window of opportunity to shape healthier and more prosperous futures. The right nutrition during this 1,000-day window can have a lifechanging impact on a childs ability to grow, learn, and rise out of povertyproviding the foundation for long-term economic growth and stability.

Good nutrition is essential for growth, yet poor nutrition is pervasive

Malnutrition is one of the worlds most insidious, yet least addressed, health and development challenges. Globally, it contributes to almost half of all deaths of young children. Close to 200 million children suffer from chronic nutritional deprivation that leaves them permanently stuntedunable to fulfill their genetic potential to grow and thriveand keeps families, communities, and countries locked in a cycle of hunger and poverty. The impact of malnutrition during the critical 1,000 days between a womans pregnancy and a childs 2nd birthday lasts a lifetime. Malnutrition early in life can cause irreversible damage to a childs brain development, immune system, and physical growth. This can result in a diminished capacity to learn, poorer performance in school, greater susceptibility to infection and disease, and a lifetime of lost earning potential. In turn, the damage done by malnutrition translates into a huge economic burden for countries, costing billions of dollars in lost productivity and avoidable health care costs.

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Focusing on improving nutrition during the 1,000-day window can:

Save millions of lives

each year.

Reduce the human

suffering and economic strain caused by infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. nourished children grow up to earn up to 46% more over their lifetimes. as much as 11% annually. hunger and poverty.

Build self-sufficiencywell-

Nutrition is the most cost-effective investment to drive global health and prosperity
Research has shown that $1 invested in nutrition generates as much as $138 in economic benefits. Yet despite the extraordinary returns on investment, the world spends less than 1% of development aid on lifesaving, basic nutrition solutions that have been proven to save lives.

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What We Do
The 1,000 Days partnership promotes targeted action and investment to improve nutrition for mothers and children in the 1,000 days between a womans pregnancy and her childs 2nd birthday, when better nutrition can have a life-changing impact on a childs future and help break the cycle of poverty.

1,000 Days works to: Advocate for greater action and investment in maternal and child nutrition; Communicate the importance of the 1,000-day window for impact; Catalyze partnerships among different sectors to scale up efforts to reduce malnutrition; and Support the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, which seeks to accelerate country-led efforts to combat malnutrition.

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Margaret W. Nea

1,000 Days is a partnership that brings together governments, the private sector and civil society organizations to improve nutrition for women and children during the critical 1,000-day window. To learn more about our work and how you can partner with 1,000 Days, contact us at info@thousanddays.org, and sign up for news and updates by visiting www.thousanddays.org.

1,000 Days Partners

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine ACDI/VOCA Action Against Hunger ActionAid USA African Medical and Research Foundation USA Africare Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ALAS Alliance to End Hunger The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bread for the World BreedLove Foods Inc. CARE USA Catholic Medical Mission Board Centre for Development and Population Activities ChildFund International Childrens Nutrition Program Haiti Church World Service Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Concern Worldwide Congressional Hunger Center CORE Group The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development DAI Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions Fabretto Childrens Foundation Food for the Hungry Freedom from Hunger Future Generations Peru GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Global Health Action Government of Ireland Haitian Health Foundation Heifer International Helen Keller International The Hunger Project Heartland Alliance InterAction International Center for Research on Women International Medical Corps International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization International Relief & Development International Rescue Committee IntraHealth International Irish Aid John Snow, Inc. Land OLakes, Inc. International Development Lutheran World Relief Mercy Corps Micronutrient Initiative Millennium Water Alliance NepalNUTrition ONE Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa PATH PCI Pesinet PhotoPhilanthropy Plan USA Plan International Planet Aid Project Concern International PSI RegioDev Africa RESULTS Salvation Army World Service Office Save the Children Self Help Africa Stop Hunger Now Trickle Up University Research Co., LLC U.S. Coalition for Child Survival U.S. Fund for UNICEF U.S. Government Valid Nutrition Vitamin Angels Walmart Foundation WASH Advocates WaterAid WellShare International Wellstart International Winrock International World Concern World Food Program USA World Initiative for Soy in Human Health World Relief World Renew World Vision

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