PARIS, March 27, 2025: Save the Children's reaction to the UK Government not making a financial pledge at a major global summit on nutrition, Nutrition for Growth, held in Paris.
Hannah Stephenson, Head of Hunger and Nutrition at Save the Children UK, said:
"As the founder of the Nutrition for Growth Summit over a decade ago, it is deeply disappointing that the UK has failed to make a financial pledge. Child malnutrition is rising at an alarming rate, and the UK’s lack of response is striking.
"Our latest analysis reveals that 1.12 billion children lack access to a healthy diet, while the Standing Together For Nutrition consortium warns that global aid cuts will leave 2.3 million children under five untreated for severe acute malnutrition. This could lead to over 350,000 preventable child deaths every year."
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