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Table 4 Cost-effective expansion pathways for stunting, wasting and anaemia in prevalence in children under five. Values in parentheses represent uncertainty bounds

From: Ending malnutrition in all its forms requires scaling up proven nutrition interventions and much more: a 129-country analysis

  

Additional cases averteda when intervention was added, 2019-2030 (million)

Percentage of total impact (i.e. impact with all interventions)

Additional cost to expand to 95% coverage 2019-2030 (billion US$)

Average cost per impact (cost per case averted when intervention was added to package)

Order

Stunting intervention

    

1

IPTp

1.00 (0.64 - 1.31)

2.3%

US$0.10 (0.04 - 0.17)

US$103

2

IYCF education

28.22 (17.95 - 39.04)

64.2%

US$7.52 (6.77 - 8.27)

US$267

3

Vitamin A supplementation

4.04 (3.61 - 4.48)

9.2%

US$2.24 (0.35 - 4.14)

US$556

4

Lipid-based nutrient supplements

5.50 (1.06 - 9.71)

12.5%

US$9.88 (9.61 - 10.15)

US$1,795

 

Cumulative

38.76 (23.25 - 54.53)

88.1%

US$19.75 (16.77 - 22.72)

 

Order

Wasting intervention

    

1

Vitamin A supplementation

1.13 (0.98 - 1.29)

7.4%

US$2.24 (0.35 - 4.14)

US$1,989

2

Cash transfers

14.09 (12.66 - 15.52)

92.6%

US$273.73 (246.35 - 301.10)

US$19,427

 

Cumulative

15.22 (13.64 - 16.81)

100.0%

US$275.97 (246.71 - 305.23)

 

Order

Anaemia intervention

    

1

IPTp

11.42 (4.62 - 17.76)

2.7%

US$0.10 (0.04 - 0.17)

US$9

2

IFA supplementation for non-pregnant women

210.51 (38.98 - 343.05)

49.3%

US$7.28 (5.03 - 9.53)

US$35

3

Multiple micronutrient supplementation

140.43 (62.93 - 177.88)

32.9%

US$6.55 (5.90 - 7.21)

US$47

4

Iron fortification of salt

2.97 (0.00 - 4.54)

0.7%

US$0.21 (0.19 - 0.23)

US$71

5

IFA fortification of staple foods

14.61 (0.00 - 22.20)

3.4%

US$2.83 (2.55 - 3.12)

US$194

 

Cumulative

379.94 (106.54 - 565.44)

89.0%

US$16.98 (13.70 - 20.25)

 
  1. aMeasured as difference in cumulative number of children turning age five stunted or wasted between 2019-2030, and difference in the sum of anaemic women per year between 2019-2030
  2. Abbreviations: IFA iron and folic acid, IPTp Intermittent preventative treatment of malaria during pregnancy, IYCF infant and young child feeding