Transcript INTERNATINAL NUTRITION AND WORLD HUNGER

DETERMINANTS OF CHILD
MALNUTRITION IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
Yewelsew Abebe
MAGNITUDE OF MALNUTRITION
Each year 12million under five death
55% due to malnutrition
 PEM
 Vitamin A deficiency:
100mill<5yr.olds
 IDD
 Iron Deficiency Anemia
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
DETERMINANTS OF CHILD
MALNUTRITION
General Understanding:
No Single cause:
Can have many causes
Two Immediate causes:
Inadequate Diet
Infectious diseases
DETERMINANTS OF CHILD
MALNUTRITION
Lisa C. Smith & Lawrence Haddad
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Classified determinants
Data 63 developing countries
1970-1995 (25yrs. period)
For each developing region
Identified six factors
Source: IFPRI, 2000
DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION
Direct influence
Indirect influence
Women’s education
National Incom
at. Food AvailabilityB
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Women’s StatusD
Quality of H. Envir.
Democracy
DETERMINANTS:
1. Women’s Education
Key Role
 Maintain FF food security
 Caring for children
 Food Production
 Seek health care
 Protect
 Crucial for child’s nutrition
Natu
ral
DETERMINANTS
2-3.Food Availability & Health Environment.
Food Security
 Enough food
 For Active & Healthy life
Quality of health Environment
 Clean Water
 Sanitation
 Health Access
DETERMINANTS
4.National Income & Democracy.
Income Growth
 Indirect determinants
 For Public & Private Investments
 Women’s education
 Health investments
Democracy
 Encourages investment
SUGGESTED PRIORITIES
Food Availability.
1.South Asia
Food Availability.
2.Sub Saharan Africa
3.East Women’s
Asia
Education
Women’s
Education
4.Near East & North
Africa
Women’s Educati
5.Latin America & the Caribbean's
IFPRI, 2000 p89
Survival of
children depends
on mother’s
health
• 68% of
infants born
alive to dying
mothers didn’t
survive
•Siblings
<1year at time
of mother’s
death had only
3% of chance to
WHAT CAUSES MALNUTRITION?
Source: UNICEF
Thank
you