Progress for Children (No. 4)
Undernutrition contributes to the deaths of about 5.6 million children under five in the developing world each year. It can lead to poor school performance and dropout, it threatens girls' future ability to bear healthy children and it perpetuates a generational cycle of poverty. This volume of Progress for Children reports on the world's…, Get the latest data, research and analysis on the issues affecting children around the world, Browse all UNICEF publications, Discover our latest reports and explore by topic. May 2006, PROGRESSFOR CHILDRENA REPORT CARD ON NUTRITION NUMBER 4, MAY 2006 35714Uni.indd a135714Uni.indd a1 3/15/06 5:23:15 PM3/15/06 5:23:15 PM CONTENTS NutritionTHE FOUNDATION OF SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT Latin America/CaribbeanON TRACK, BUT SEVERE DISPARITIES REMAIN CEE/CISHIDDEN HUNGER A CONCERN Industrialized CountriesDISPARITIES AMID ACHIEVEMENT…