World Bank Blogs published an article stating that Machu Picchu is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. However, another phenomenon has pulled public health experts and scientists, including World Bank experts, to Peru – that of childhood stunting. One project trying to create solutions is the Gates Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in partnership with organizations like the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), launched Exemplars in Global Health to facilitate South-South learning as a pathway to accelerating progress in health outcomes. The program has leading health researchers around the world working with in-country experts from the geographies that have made the most progress, and topic-specific partners like Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement and IFPRI on key health topics to identify the policies, strategies, and programs that have helped drive their success.
Lessons from Peru: how to save children from stunting and other exemplars in global health (World Bank Blogs)
September 16, 2020