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Reducing malnutrition is a cornerstone of poverty reduction. General malnutrition and specific micronutrient deficiencies contribute to infant, child, and maternal morbidity; decreased learning capacity; lower productivity and higher mortality. Because malnutrition is often due to a combination...
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The objectives of the nutrition sensitive social protection are: 1) target activities to the most nutritionally … vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children less than 24 months; 2) include nutrition education and counseling …) integrate nutrition services into Social Protection (SP) interventions; and 4) reduce the acute and long-term negative financial …
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is best placed to influence food production and the consumption of nutritious foods necessary for healthy and active …Nutrition sensitive agriculture aims to maximize the impact of nutrition outcomes for the poor, while minimizing the … children. It is agriculture with a nutrition lens, and should not detract from the sector's own goals. The agriculture sector …
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widespread but with significant urban-rural differences (52 percent versus 74 percent). Health, nutrition, and the fight against … population's health and nutrition status by linking health outcomes, household/individual behaviors, community factors …
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This report explores the importance of nutrition for Tanzania. It demonstrates that the prevalence of malnutrition is … malnutrition for infant mortality, education outcomes, the health system and labor productivity. For nutrition to be successfully … advanced high level support is needed. Efforts to advance nutrition in Tanzania have made before, with the earliest attempts …
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Nigeria's sheer size and complexity present large challenges to health policymakers. Not only is the population large, but it is also very diverse: there are nearly 300 ethnic groups in the country, more than 500 languages, and two major religious groups (Islam and Christianity). This complexity...
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