Expanding the Coverage of Nutrition Interventions Across the Continuum of Care: A Call to Action

Coverage of essential nutrition interventions is sub-optimal: The highest coverage for mothers were observed for the early initiation of breastfeeding (78%) and receiving tetanus toxoid during pregnancy (67%). In contrast, only 17% of women received 90 or more iron/folate tablets during pregnancy. For children, vaccination interventions had the highest coverage.