Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future
This review was published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [© 2012 © International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh] and the definite version is available at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312353/
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10361-76862017-01-29T08:51:15Z Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future Ahmed, Tahmeed Mahfuz, Mustafa Ireen, Santhia Ahmed, A. M. Shamsir Rahman, Sabuktagin Islam, M Munirul Alam, Nurul Hossain, Md Iqbal Rahman, S M Mustafizur Ali, M Mohsin Choudhury, Fatima Perveen Cravioto, Alejandro James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Anaemia Bangladesh Child nutrition Maternal nutrition Nutrition disorders Review literature This review was published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [© 2012 © International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh] and the definite version is available at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312353/ Although child and maternal malnutrition has been reduced in Bangladesh, the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <-2) among children aged less than five years is still high (41%). Nearly one-third of women are undernourished with body mass index of <18.5 kg/m2. The prevalence of anaemia among young infants, adolescent girls, and pregnant women is still at unacceptable levels. Despite the successes in specific programmes, such as the Expanded Programme on Immunization and vitamin A supplementation, programmes for nutrition interventions are yet to be implemented at scale for reaching the entire population. Given the low annual rate of reduction in child undernutrition of 1.27 percentage points per year, it is unlikely that Bangladesh would be able to achieve the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal to address undernutrition. This warrants that the policy-makers and programme managers think urgently about the ways to accelerate the progress. The Government, development partners, non-government organizations, and the academia have to work in concert to improve the coverage of basic and effective nutrition interventions, including exclusive breastfeeding, appropriate complementary feeding, supplementation of micronutrients to children, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, management of severe acute malnutrition and deworming, and hygiene interventions, coupled with those that address more structural causes and indirectly improve nutrition. The entire health system needs to be revitalized to overcome the constraints that exist at the levels of policy, governance, and service-delivery, and also for the creation of demand for the services at the household level. In addition, management of nutrition in the aftermath of natural disasters and stabilization of prices of foods should also be prioritized. 2017-01-29T05:23:13Z 2017-01-29T05:23:13Z 2012 Review 16060997 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/7686 en https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312353/ © 2012 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition |
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This review was published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [© 2012 © International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh] and the definite version is available at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312353/ |
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Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future |
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