Policy Brief: Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Investments in Kakamega County, Kenya

The brief highlights the county's progress in addressing undernutrition, with stunting rates decreasing from 26% to 18% nationwide and 11.5% in Kakamega County. It emphasizes the need for increased funding, strengthened partnerships, and critical nutrition evidence to guide planning and budgeting for nutrition in the county. The brief also estimates the economic cost of malnutrition, highlighting the significant health and human capital consequences, and economic losses due to malnutrition in Kakamega County.