How to Protect and Promote the Nutrition of Mothers and Children in Latin America and the Caribbean

The study includes: glossary; references; and annexes. A number of countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have been severely hit by food-price crises in 2008 and are still very vulnerable to food-price volatility experienced since late 2010. Humanitarian responses to high food prices, crises, shocks, or emergency situations should help the poor avoid the consequences of the reduced affordability of a basic food basket. This is especially crucial in the first 1,000 days of life (that is, children from pregnancy until they reach 2 years of age and breastfeeding women), since most of the physical and cognitive damages due to improper nutrition in this period are irreversible. The World Bank is leading a regional study on how to improve LAC country responses so as to protect the nutritional status of the poorest and most vulnerable in times of crises and emergencies.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-12-10
Subjects:	ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ADEQUATE SANITATION FACILITIES, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT HEALTH, AGED, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANAEMIA, ANEMIA, ANEMIA PREVALENCE, BABIES, BABY, BASIC NEEDS, BIRTH DEFECTS, BLINDNESS, BREAST MILK, BREAST-MILK, BREASTFEEDING, BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES, CAREGIVERS, CHILD CARE, CHILD DEATHS, CHILD FEEDING, CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES, CHILD GROWTH, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MALNUTRITION, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD STUNTING, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILDBIRTH, CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING, COMPLEMENTARY FOODS, COMPLICATIONS, CONDOMS, CONGENITAL SYPHILIS, CRIME, CYCLE OF POVERTY, DELIVERY KITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIARRHEA, DIET, DIETS, DISABILITY, DISASTERS, DRINKING WATER, DRUGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARTHQUAKE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, ELDERLY, EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY RELIEF, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EPIDEMICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, FACT SHEET, FAMILIES, FOLIC ACID, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD PREPARATION, FOOD PRICES, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, GLOBAL ACTION, GLOBAL POLICY, GROWTH MONITORING, GYNECOLOGY, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH WORKERS, HEALTHY LIFE, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV/AIDS, HOSPITAL, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, HUNGER, HYGIENE, HYGIENE PRACTICES, IDD, ILLNESS, INFANT, INFANT FEEDING, INFANT FORMULA, INFANTS, INFECTION PREVENTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, INTERVENTION, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCY, IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS, IODINE-DEFICIENCY, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCY, IRON SUPPLEMENTS, ISOLATION, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LARGE POPULATION, LIMITED NATIONAL RESOURCES, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, LOW-INCOME COUNTRY, MALARIA, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MARKETING, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL NUTRITION, METABOLISM, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY, MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION, MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MIDWIVES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINERAL, MINERALS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MODERATE MALNUTRITION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHER, MOTHER-TO-CHILD, MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEONATAL CARE, NEWBORN, NEWBORN CARE, NEWBORN HEALTH, NEWBORNS, NURSE, NURSING, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITION STATUS, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OBESITY, OBSTETRICS, OLD CHILDREN, ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS, OVERNUTRITION, PARASITES, PEDIATRICS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PERSONALITY, POLICY CONCERN, POLICY GUIDANCE, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, PRACTITIONERS, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PROTEIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, PURCHASING POWER, RADIO, REFERRAL SYSTEM, REFUGEE, REFUGEE SETTINGS, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, RESPECT, RURAL AREAS, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFE MOTHERHOOD, SAFE MOTHERHOOD INTERVENTIONS, SAFE WATER, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SALT IODIZATION, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCREENING, SKILLED PROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, SODIUM, STUNTED CHILD, STUNTING, SUGAR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SYPHILIS, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, TELEVISION, UNDERNUTRITION, UNFPA, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND, URBAN AREAS, URBANIZATION, VIOLENCE, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION, VITAMINS, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE FAMILIES, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE GROUPS IN SOCIETY, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WASTING, WEIGHT GAIN, WORKERS, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17059216/protect-promote-nutrition-mothers-children-references-annexes-glossary-latin-america-caribbean https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23709
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