Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response

This book has the potential to contribute to a reversing of this trend, whereby activities in not only the health sector but also in other sectors relevant to nutrition will gain increased support and prominence in national development planning. South Asia has by far the largest number of malnourished women and children, and no other region of the world has higher rates of malnutrition. Malnutrition in childhood is the biggest contributor to child mortality; a third of child deaths have malnutrition as an underlying cause. For the surviving children, malnutrition has lifelong implications because it severely reduces a child's ability to learn and to grow to his or her full potential. Malnutrition thus leads to less productive adults and weaker national economic performance. Therefore, the impact of malnutrition on a society's productivity and well being and a nation's long-term development is hard to underestimate. For the South Asia region of the World Bank, malnutrition is a key development priority, and in the coming years, the Bank intends to enhance dramatically its response to this challenge. As a first step, a series of country assessments such as this one are being carried out. These assessments will be used to reinforce the dialogue with governments and other development partners to scale up an evidence-based response against malnutrition. To succeed, we will need to address the problem comprehensively, which will require engaging several sectors. This assessment of malnutrition in Afghanistan lays out the scale, scope, and causes of the problem. The assessment also indicates key elements of a potential response.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Levitt, Emily, Kostermans, Kees, Laviolette, Luc, Mbuya, Nkosinathi
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011
Subjects:	ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ANEMIA, ANEMIA TREATMENT, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BIRTH DEFECTS, BIRTH INTERVALS, BIRTH SPACING, BLINDNESS, BREAST MILK, BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES, BREASTFEEDING, CALCIUM, CALORIC INTAKE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CENTER FOR HEALTH, CHILD CARE, CHILD DEATHS, CHILD FEEDING, CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES, CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS, CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILDREN NUTRITION, CHRONIC UNDERNUTRITION, CLINICS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMMUNITY NUTRITION WORKERS, COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING, COMPLEMENTARY FOODS, CONTRACEPTIVES, DEPRESSION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DIARRHEA, DIET, DIETS, DIPHTHERIA, DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DRIED FRUIT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, ENERGY METABOLISM, EPIDEMIOLOGY, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FEEDING PROGRAMS, FLOUR, FOLIC ACID, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD FORTIFICATION, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD POLICY, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, FOOD SUPPLY, FORTIFIED FOODS, GLOBAL ACTION, GOITER, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH PROMOTION, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH WORKERS, HEMORRHAGE, HIV/AIDS, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUNGER, HYGIENE, HYGIENE PRACTICES, IMCI, IMMUNIZATION, INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE, INFANT, INFANT FEEDING, INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANTS, INFECTION, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS, INTERVENTION, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCIES, IODINE DEFICIENCY, IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCY, LACK OF AWARENESS, LBW, LEGAL STATUS, LIVE BIRTHS, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, MALARIA, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION, MARKETING, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MATERNAL NUTRITION, MATERNITY LEAVE, MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY, MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION, MICRONUTRIENT INTERVENTIONS, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MILLS, MINERAL, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MISCARRIAGE, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RISK, MOTHER, MUNG BEANS, NATIONAL ACTION, NATIONAL AGENDAS, NATIONAL CAPACITY, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL SECURITY, NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS, NUTRIENTS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION AWARENESS, NUTRITION COMPONENTS, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION IN EMERGENCIES, NUTRITION INDICATORS, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION POLICIES, NUTRITION POLICY, NUTRITION PROBLEMS, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITION SECTOR, NUTRITION SECTOR STRATEGY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTS, PEDIATRICS, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL GROWTH, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLIO, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY STATUS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROTEIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, REFUGEES, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, RESEARCH METHODS, RICKETS, RISK FACTORS, RIVERS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFE WATER, SALT IODIZATION, SANITATION, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SCURVY, SMOKING, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL SERVICES, STILLBIRTH, STUNTING, SUGAR, SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING, TETANUS, TRANSPORTATION, TRAUMA, UNDERNUTRITION, VACCINATION, VEGETABLES, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMIN C, VITAMIN D, VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE FAMILIES, WALKING, WASTING, WATER SUPPLY, WORKERS, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, XEROPHTHALMIA, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION, YOUNG CHILDREN, ZINC DEFICIENCY,
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