DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES

• Yewelsew Abebe

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MAGNITUDE OF MALNUTRITION

• Each year 12million under five death
• 55 due to malnutrition
• PEM
• Vitamin A deficiency 100milllt5yr.olds
• IDD
• Iron Deficiency Anemia

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CHILD MALNUTRITION

• Problem in Developing Countries
• Malnourished child
• Requires intensive care
• Less active as adult
• Intellectually
• Physically

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DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION

• What causes child malnutrition?
• Strong debate
• Required for policy
• To reduce child malnutrition

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DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION

• General Understanding
• No Single cause
• Can have many causes
• Two Immediate causes
• Inadequate Diet
• Infectious diseases

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DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION

• Lisa C. Smith Lawrence Haddad
• Classified determinants
• Data 63 developing countries
• 1970-1995 (25yrs. period)
• For each developing region
• Identified six factors
• Source IFPRI, 2000

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DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION
Direct influence
Indirect influence
Womens education
National Income
Nat. Food Availability
BD
Democracy
UND
Womens Status
Quality of H. Envir.
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DETERMINANTS

• 1. Womens Education
• Key Role
• Maintain FF food security
• Caring for children
• Food Production
• Seek health care
• Protect
• Crucial for childs nutrition

Natural
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DETERMINANTS

• 2-3.Food Availability Health Environment.
• Food Security
• Enough food
• For Active Healthy life
• Quality of health Environment
• Clean Water
• Sanitation
• Health Access

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DETERMINANTS

• 4.National Income Democracy.
• Income Growth
• Indirect determinants
• For Public Private Investments
• Womens education
• Health investments
• Democracy
• Encourages investment

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SUGGESTED PRIORITIES

• 1.South Asia
• 2.Sub Saharan Africa
• 3.East Asia
• 4.Near East North Africa
• 5.Latin America the Caribbean's

Food Availability.
Food Availability.
Womens Education
Womens Education
Womens Education
IFPRI, 2000 p89
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• Survival of children depends on mothers health
• 68 of infants born alive to dying mothers
  didnt survive
• Siblings lt1year at time of mothers death had
  only 3 of chance to survive to age 5years.
• Rush, D. Nutrition Maternal Mortality in the
  developing world.American Journal of Clinical
  nutrition,Vol 72, No1, 212-240s, July 2000.

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WHAT CAUSES MALNUTRITION?
Source UNICEF
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