Editing Human nutrition (section)

=== Eastern and Southern Africa ===
The Eastern and Southern African nations have shown no improvement since 1990 in the rate of underweight children under five.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> They have also made no progress in halving hunger by 2015, the most prevalent [[Millennium Development Goal]].<ref name="Progress for Children" /> This is due primarily to the prevalence of famine, declined agricultural productivity, food emergencies, drought, conflict, and increased poverty.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> This, along with [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]], has inhibited the nutrition development of nations such as [[Lesotho]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[Swaziland]], [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]].<ref name="Progress for Children" /> [[Botswana]] has made remarkable achievements in reducing underweight prevalence, dropping 4% in 4 years, despite its place as the second leader in HIV prevalence amongst adults in the globe.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> [[South Africa]], the wealthiest nation in this region, has the second-lowest proportion of underweight children at 12%, but has been steadily increasing in underweight prevalence since 1995.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> Almost half of [[Ethiopian]] children are underweight, and along with [[Nigeria]], they account for almost one-third of the underweight under five in all of [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref name="Progress for Children" />