The Cost of Hunger in Africa: Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition on Ghana’s Long-Term Development - SUMMARY REPORT

This report assists member states in establishing the social and economic impact of undernutrition on children and by extension national development.  The study sought to estimate in a given year the additional cases of morbidity, mortality, school repetition, drop-out rates, and reduced physical capacity that could be associated with a person’s undernutrition status before age 5. This is the summary report.