Lara Adejoro The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has honoured remarkable leaders advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with innovative solutions to keep people healthy and nourished in a rapidly warming world at “Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress.” The event, which took place during the United Nations General Assembly week, highlighted opportunities to ensure better nutrition for everyone to reach their full potential. In a press statement released on Thursday, the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mark Suzman, said, “Goalkeepers is about bringing together a community of global changemakers who champion the Sustainable Development Goals to energise and inspire each other to continue making progress.
“This year, we’re focused on the more than 400 million children who aren’t getting the nutrients they need to grow and thrive. While climate change is making that challenge harder to solve, progress is possible. By scaling up existing tools, investing in promising research, and lifting up champions like the ones we’re celebrating today, we can help ensure all children can reach their full potential—and build global resilience as the world gets hotter.
” In 2023, the World Health Organisation estimated that 148 million children experienced stunting, a condition where children fail to grow to their full potential mentally or physically, and 45 million children experienced wasting, a condition where children beco.