Despite improvements in recent years, the prevalence of undernutrition among women and children in Myanmar remains unacceptably high. One in three children are stunted and about 8% are acutely malnourished. Micronutrient deficiencies are common among infants, young children and pregnant women. In fa...ct, more than 80% of children 6 to 23 months of age and 70% of pregnant women are anemic. To better understand the determinants of undernutrition and the linkages between food security, livelihoods and nutrition in Myanmar as a whole as well as in specific geographic areas where programs supported by the Livelihoods, Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) are being implemented, the LEARN project has reviewed food and nutrition security data from the past five years and synthesized relevant findings into this report.
Following the Introduction, Section 2 presents national level data on the food and nutrition security situation in Myanmar in the past five years. Sections 3, 4 and 5 present data on food and nutrition security from the various agro-ecological zones that are of interest to LIFT, namely the Coastal/Delta, Dry, and Uplands.
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The KMC implementation strategy targets a broad audience. These include policy-makers and programme managers at national, regional and local levels, government and nongovernmental organizations working in the area of maternal and newborn care, global and national professional associations, public an...d private hospital management at all levels of care, and facility- and community-based maternal and infant care providers.
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2006-07 Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey
The toolkit presents step-by-step guidance that district health teams (DHTs), district leaders, MOH/UNEPI, immunisation partners, and civil society organisations (CSOs) can use to engage NHS and maximise the benefits of their participation in strengthening RI through activities such as community dia...logue meetings. Tables and annexes outline this process
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Action on behalf of unaccompanied and separated children should be guided by principles enshrined in international standards. The validity of these principles has been confirmed by experience and lessons learnt from conflicts and natural disasters in recent years. The objective of the present public...ation is to outline the guiding principles which form the basis for action in this regard.
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Nigeria is committed to end preventable newborn deaths, making life-saving interventions available to all mothers and babies who need them.
Prenant pour socle la vision Bénin 2025 Alafia, le Plan National de Développement 2018-2025 intègre les nouveaux enjeux de développe-ment économique et social au plan national, africain et international. Son élaboration a été un défi majeur que nous avons relevé, avec la contri-bution de t...ous les acteurs à divers niveaux : secteur public, secteur privé, institutions de la République, organisations de la société civile, parte-naires sociaux, Association Nationale des Communes du Bénin (ANCB), universitaires, Gouvernement et partenaires techniques et financiers. En unissant les efforts, le peuple béninois vient de se doter d’un outil ma-jeur de développement dont la mise en œuvre réussie offrira au Bénin l’opportunité triplement gagnante d’atteindre la Vision Bénin 2025 et de se mettre sur le sentier des Objectifs de Développement Durable (ODD) à l’horizon 2030 et de la Vision Africa 2063.
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Children in Kabwe are especially at risk because they are more likely to ingest lead dust when playing in the soil, their brains and bodies are still developing, and they absorb four to five times as much lead as adults. The consequences for children who are exposed to high levels of lead and are no...t treated include reading and learning barriers or disabilities; behavioral problems; impaired growth; anemia; brain, liver, kidney, nerve, and stomach damage; coma and convulsions; and death. After prolonged exposure, the effects are irreversible. Lead also increases the risk of miscarriage and can be transmitted through both the placenta and breastmilk.
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