These examples show multisectoral, community-anchored approaches that sustain gains as stunting reduction slows globally.
Senegal: Cut stunting from over 30% (pre-2000) to ~18% via a community-based program with local government, district health services, and civil society. Results show targeted nutrition investments can deliver even when growth is uneven.
Peru: Reduced stunting from 28% (2007) to 13% (2016) through political commitment, results-based budgeting that tracked financing, the Juntos conditional cash transfer program, and coordinated multisectoral delivery.
Ethiopia: Reduced stunting from 44% (2011) to 38% (2016) under the Seqota Declaration, backed by community health extension workers and multisectoral programming. A US$445 million World Bank Program for Results is strengthening primary health care to sustain and accelerate progress.
Indonesia: Accelerated reductions after 2018 under its national strategy, supported by the World Bank. Stunting fell from 30.8% to 21.5% by 2023, with presidential leadership, coordinated action across ministries, and village-level Human Development Workers across 514 districts.
Rwanda: Reduced stunting from 37.9% (2015) to 33.1% (2020) with World Bank support and co-financing from the Power of Nutrition and the Global Financing Facility. In intervention districts, the minimum acceptable diet for children 6–23 months rose from 34.6% to 59.5%.
Uganda: The Multisectoral Food Security and Nutrition Project, implemented by four ministries in 15 districts, reduced stunting in project areas from 29% to 22.8% (2016–2022). Anemia fell from 53% to 43.6%, dietary diversity improved, and an impact evaluation confirmed results now informing Uganda’s Fourth National Development Plan.