after excluding countries that had already achieved a low level of malnutrition the th percentile among all the rates of improvement was selected as an ambitious rate of improvement but also one that has proven to be feasible in a large number of countries this th percentile of the annual rate of improvement was then applied to the baseline prevalence globally to calculate a new target for two of the indicators low birthweight and anaemia in women of reproductive age the past rate of improvement has been too slow to achieve the wha target even by thus for these indicators the revised target is the same as the target since the level of ambition for should not be less than that agreed upon for