ALL AFRICA, 6 MARCH 2014: The Government of Rwanda and the European Union have signed a financing agreement worth €30 million (Frw 28 billion) that will support the country’s goal of eliminating malnutrition.

The funds will support Rwanda’s multi-sector strategy to eliminate malnutrition, emphasizing in particular chronic malnutrition in children under the age of five years and the period from pregnancy to the child’s age of two years, which is the 1,000-day window of critical growth. Nutrition interventions during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life are likely to have a high impact in reducing death, disease, and avoiding irreversible harm to health and cognitive development.

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