Stop stunting: situation and way forward to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition in Afghanistan.

The authors discuss the rates of under-nutrition, stunting and wasting in Afghanistan, which remain among the highest worldwide focusing on the need to address their immediate and underlying causes. Topics include the two national nutrition surveys in the country, the problems with equity and major disparities in nutritional status in Afghanistan, and the need for renewed commitments for reductions in stunting and increased coverage of evidence-based interventions.