Abbott is investing $45 million annually to help identify, treat and prevent malnutrition
Abbott has recently announced the creation of the Abbott Center for Malnutrition Solutions, an innovation hub focused on reducing malnutrition around the world.
The center, a collaboration between Abbott and external nutrition experts and partners, will focus on the identification, treatment and prevention of malnutrition for the most vulnerable populations in the world, including mothers, infants and young children; aging adults; and people without access to good nutrition.
The work of the center will contribute to Abbott’s 2030 Sustainability Plan ambition to transform care for malnutrition, chronic disease and infectious diseases, with a goal to improve the lives of more than 3 billion people by decade’s end.
’’Malnutrition affects 1 in 3 people around the world, and it’s not only a result of extreme poverty,” said Daniel Salvadori, executive vice president of Abbott’s nutrition business. “It affects people of all ages, all geographies and all socioeconomic classes. Progress to address malnutrition is slow and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The Abbott Center for Malnutrition Solutions will follow four key principles in its efforts to reduce malnutrition:
- Convening the experts
- Co-creating solutions
- Leveraging science and innovation
- Designing for sustainability