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GHF at World Health Assembly 2025

Malnutrition, the road to 2030: building on success, facing what's next

Presentation :

The past decade has seen notable progress in the fight against malnutrition. Exclusive breastfeeding rates have risen to nearly 50%, 40 million fewer children suffer from stunting, and wasting has slightly declined. However, major challenges remain: 148 million children are still stunted, 45 million suffer from wasting, and anaemia affects nearly one in three women globally. Malnutrition remains a leading factor in 45% of deaths among children under five.

Climate change, conflicts, economic shocks, and the COVID-19 pandemic continue to worsen food insecurity and nutrition outcomes. In 2023, 733 million people faced hunger—152 million more than in 2019—and over 2.8 billion could not afford a healthy diet.

Momentum: The WHO member states recently extended the Nutrition Decade to align with the 2030 Agenda and maintain high-level commitment. Building on this momentum and the over 400 commitments made at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the Geneva Health Forum and its partners are organizing a high-level session on nutrition.

The Geneva Health Forum will provide a plateform to present the outcomes of the recent Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit, successes and challenges from countries involved in the fight for better nutrition and a proposition of an initiative to support nutrition efforts on the Geneva International platform introduced. This session aims to strengthen cross-sector collaboration and ensure nutrition is firmly placed on the global health agenda.

Participants:

	Valérie Bellino Project Manager, Geneva Health Forum (GHF) Switzerland
	Prathit Singh Master’s student, International Development, Geneva Graduate Institute Switzerland
	Afshan Khan Assistant Secretary-General, UN Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (SUN) Canada
	David Nabarro  Strategic Director, 4SD Foundation Switzerland
	Azucena Milana-Dayanghirang  Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV, National Nutrition Council The Philippines
	Moumouni Kinda General Director, The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) Senegal
	Claudia Hudspeth Global Health Lead, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
	Nancy Aburto Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Italy
	Alina Mahy Cross-cutting Lead Partnerships, Nutrition and Food Safety department, World Health Organization (WHO) Switzerland
	Dan Irvine Global Director, Health and Nutrition, World Vision International (WVI) USA
	Francesco Branca Invited Professor, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva (UNIGE) Switzerland