1,000 Days Partnership
Future Fortified is working closely with the 1,000 Days partnership to raise the profile of the critical 1,000 day window – the period from a woman’s pregnancy to a child’s second year of life in which good nutrition is essential for a child’s ability to grow, learn and rise out of poverty. Together we are advocating for increased awareness and increased investments in this window, as evidence shows that good nutrition in the first 1,000 days can:
- save more than one million lives each year;
- significantly reduce the human and economic burden of diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS;
- reduce the risk for developing various non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, and other chronic conditions later in life;
- improve an individual’s educational achievement and earning potential; and,
- increase a country’s GDP by at least 2-3 percent annually.
To learn more about 1,000 Days, visit www.thousanddays.org
