Nutrition at Save the Children: Overview of Save the Children’s Portfolio (2022 – 2024)

This report offers a comprehensive overview of Save the Children’s global nutrition programming from 2022 to 2024, highlighting its strategic priorities, operational reach, and innovations. It begins by examining the global burden of malnutrition, emphasizing the urgent need for action amid rising food insecurity and climate-related shocks as a backdrop of the 2022-24 strategy period. Then it goes further to provide details about Save the Children’s global nutrition foodprint, portfolio and reach during the recently concluded Country Strategic Period 2022-24.

The report also outlines Save the Children’s approach, rooted in child rights and life-cycle nutrition, focusing on the first 1,000 days and adolescent nutrition. It explores climate-resilient programming, nutrition in emergencies, and multi-sectoral integration with health, WASH, education, and social protection.

Key sections detail policy and advocacy initiatives, including global leadership in SUN, GNR, GNC, and other coordination streams. The innovation chapter introduces tools like the M-GAD for child development and newborn foot length screening for low birth weight detection. Regional and country chapters showcase impactful country-level programmes across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

The report concludes with a rich collection of resources, publications, and tools, serving as a valuable reference for practitioners, policymakers, and donors committed to ending child malnutrition and advancing nutrition equity worldwide.