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S. Res. 260 — what changed

Recognizing the importance of sustained United States leadership to accelerating global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and supporting the commitment of the United States Agency for International Development to reducing global malnutrition through the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy.

From Reported in Senate to Agreed to Senate. 1 section amended between Reported in Senate and Agreed to Senate.

That the Senate—

(1)
recognizes that—
(A)
changed food security and good nutrition in early childhood saves lives and lays the foundation for healthy physical and cognitive growth and development;malnutrition is a universal issue that no country can afford to overlook;
(B)
changed the potential benefits of food security and good nutrition in early childhood are life-long saves lives and influence the entire future of lays the child, with entire communities foundation for healthy physical and nations ultimately prospering;cognitive growth and development; and
(C)
changed the right nutrition—potential life-long health and economic benefits of early childhood nutrition influence the future of individual children and families, as well as entire communities and countries;
(i)
removed helps children learn;
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removed helps protect children from illness;
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removed increases the productivity and earning potential of children later in life; and
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removed supports the well-being and health of the future offspring of those children who receive that nutrition;
(D)
removed women who are well-nourished and do not suffer from anemia are less likely to die in childbirth or give birth to children who are malnourished, breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition;
(E)
removed good nutrition is an economic issue that is central to reducing poverty and putting countries on a path to economic development;
(F)
removed adults who were well-nourished as children earn up to 46 percent more than adults who were malnourished as children;
(G)
removed countries with a very high burden of early childhood malnutrition have lower economic growth rates due to lost income and productivity; and
(H)
removed the cost of childhood malnutrition to countries is substantial, with—
(i)
removed estimated losses in Gross Domestic Product of 3 to 16 percent; and
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removed potential impacts to the global economy as high as $3,500,000,000,000 per year;
(2)
changed applauds acknowledges that effective programs to reduce malnutrition are not only lifesaving, but also critical to the leadership success of the United States in helping developing countries meet the nutritional needs of women foreign assistance programs to improve global health, end preventable child and children;maternal death, achieve an AIDS-free generation, reach starving children during an emergency, strengthen food security, and accelerate inclusive economic growth;
(3)
changed supports continued efforts by affirms that it is in the national interest of the United States to help developing countries build their own capacity to reduce malnutrition, address the direct and indirect causes of malnutrition, and meet the nutritional needs of women and children;
(4)
changed commends recognizes the United States Agency for International Development (referred effectiveness of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy of USAID, the U.S. Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan, and the U.S. Government Global Food Security Strategy to in this resolution as “USAID”) for recognizing that address the direct and indirect causes of malnutrition and reach, by 2025, the global nutrition interventions are among targets agreed to at the highest-impact evidence-based interventions that—World Health Assembly in 2012;
(A)
removed are lifesaving; and
(B)
removed support the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths;
(5)
changed recognizes the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy, supports the U.S. Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan, goals and principles of the Global Food Security Strategy as platforms through which Scaling Up Nutrition movement to reach, by 2025, the end global nutrition targets agreed to at the World Health Assembly in 2012;malnutrition through—
(A)
added greater collaboration between governments, civil society, international organizations, donors, the private sector, and researchers on multi-sectoral approaches;
(B)
added cost-effective and inclusive approaches; and
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added improved transparency and accountability for results;
(6)
changed recognizes the vision and goals of significant progress made in the Scaling Up Nutrition movement, a fight against global partnership supporting country-led efforts to improve maternal and child nutrition through the involvement of—malnutrition,
(A)
removed governments;
(B)
removed civil society;
(C)
removed the United Nations;
(D)
removed donors;
(E)
removed businesses; and
(F)
removed researchers;
(7)
changed recognizes that progress against global malnutrition must be accelerated using innovative, scaled up approaches recommends accelerating improvements to improve the systems that affect affecting the health and nutritional status of women and children; andchildren through innovative, scaled-up approaches;
(8)
changed calls for transformative applauds the efforts across sectors at of USAID to accelerate progress to end maternal and child malnutrition, including through—integrate effective nutrition programming across relevant development sectors; and
(9)
added calls for additional transformative efforts across relevant sectors at USAID to accelerate progress toward ending maternal and child malnutrition, including through—
(A)
renumbered was (9)(2) country development cooperation strategies that align with national nutrition plans; and
(B)
renumbered was (9)(3) improved and clear methods to track nutrition funding and outcomes across all global nutrition programs of the United States Government, especially those relating to—
(i)
renumbered was (9)(3)(2) global health;
(ii)
renumbered was (9)(3)(3) food security;
(iii)
added agricultural development;
(iii)
removed agriculture;
(iv)
renumbered was (9)(3)(5) basic education;
(v)
renumbered was (9)(3)(6) food assistance; and
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renumbered was (9)(3)(7) water, sanitation, and hygiene (also known as “WASH”).