Politico September 17, 2024
WORLD VIEW
If Bill Gates could wave a magic wand, he would use it to solve malnutrition.
That’s because malnutrition is linked to many other health problems, Gates said in this year’s Goalkeepers report for his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which tracks the world’s progress toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Vaccines are more effective in people who get adequate nutrients and diseases like malaria and pneumonia are less deadly in well nourished kids.
Why it matters: The World Health Organization estimates that malnutrition caused stunted growth in 148 million children globally and endangered the lives of 45 million more in the past year.
Climate change, which can lead to drought and failed crops, is projected to make...
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