Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF/WHO/The World Bank Group joint child malnutrition estimates: key findings of the 2013 edition

Overview

On September 20, 2013 UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank updated their joint database on child malnutrition and released new global and regional estimates for 2012. For the first time, the database contains global and regional estimates of wasting and severe wasting. This note summarizes the main findings, introduces accompanying interactive data dashboards, and highlights pertinent methodological notes.