Malnutrition: How Much Is Being Spent? An analysis of nutrition funding flows 2004 - 2007

How much is the world spending on the treatment and prevention of childhood malnutrition? This Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report aims to answer this complex question.

An understanding of the precise levels of funding dedicated to malnutrition is essential for two reasons:

• to assess the trends in the financing of malnutrition, the only costing exercise previously undertaken only covered the years 2000-2004
• to compare what is being spent with what is needed

Summary of findings

• Funding levels are flat and insufficient
• Money is not being spent on the right things
• Money can be spent more efficiently
• Data collection and reporting need to be improved