Undernutrition Under Attention: The Changing Approach of the UK Department for International Development to Nutrition

Abstract

DFID is paying attention to undernutrition. This is due to the global lack of progress on the nutrition indicator in Millennium Development Goal 1, the urgency of the situation created by the food price spike of 2008–09 and an increasing understanding within DFID about our potential added value. This article outlines the changing response within DFID globally and in India and reflects on the triggers for the changes and how the changes can be sustained.