Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia : : an evidence-based approach for sustained results / / Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Christopher Gaukler, and Jessica Tilahun

• Autore: Rajkumar Andrew Sunil
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, , [2011]; copyright 2011
• Descrizione fisica: pages ; ; cm
• Disciplina: 362.196/3900963
• Soggetto topico: Malnutrition - Ethiopia; Malnutrition in children - Ethiopia; Cost effectiveness - Ethiopia
• Altri autori: GauklerChristopher TilahunJessica
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; Malnutrition: Definition, Causes, and Consequences; Food Security versus Nutrition Security; A Snapshot of Malnutrition in Ethiopia; Notes; CHAPTER 2. WHO IS MALNOURISHED IN ETHIOPIA AND WHY? FINDINGS FROM A DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS; Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight: Disparities by Region and Level of Wealth; Determinants of Child Stunting and Wasting; Links between Food Security Status and Malnutrition; Suboptimal Breast-Feeding Practices: Scope of the Problem and Causes ; Vitamin A Intake: A Disaggregated Focus Iodine Intake and Salt Iodization; Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Disaggregated Focus; Notes; CHAPTER 3. CURRENT PROGRAMS IN ETHIOPIA; Programs That Give Food or Cash; Programs That Do Not Give Food or Cash, Other Than Those Focusing on Community Volunteers; Programs with a Strong Community Volunteer Focus; A Closer Look at Four Programs Affecting Nutrition in Ethiopia; Notes; CHAPTER 4. ASSESSING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF NUTRITION-RELATED PROGRAMS; Methods and Limitations of Cost-Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost Analysis of Nutrition Interventions in Ethiopia ; Costing of Interventions and Effect on Mortality Nonquantitative Assessment of an Intervention's Impacts; Impact on Economic Productivity; Impact on Mental Ability; Total Impacts on Mortality, Economic Productivity, and Mental Ability; Community Volunteer Programs; The Health Extension Program: Health Extension Workers; Major Findings and Implications; Notes; CHAPTER 5. A TARGETED, MULTISECTORAL APPROACH TO COMBATING MALNUTRITION IN ETHIOPIA; The National Nutrition Program: A Harmonized, Programmatic Approach; Strengthening Coordination between Programs and with the Private Sector ; Nutrition Information and Surveillance Optimal Targeting of Nutrition-Related Programs; Targeting: A Summary; Notes; APPENDIX A. RESULTS FROM REGRESSION ANALYSES; APPENDIX B. ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE COSTING OF NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS; REFERENCES; INDEX; BOXES; 2.1 Previous Analysis of the Relationship between Nutrition Security and Food Security; 2.2 Breast-Feeding Practices in North Wollo, Ethiopia, 2002; 5.1 Program Coordination and Linkages in SNNP; FIGURES; 1 Malnutrition Rates in Under-Five Children from Households with Varying Degrees of Self-Reported Food Insecurity, 2004 ; 2 Prevalence of Underweight Children in Woredas in the First Phase of the CBN Program, by Region, 2008-103 Benefit-Cost Ratios for Current and Potential Interventions; 4 Under-Five Deaths Averted and Cost per Capita for Various Interventions; 5 Percentage of Households Reporting Food Shortage within Previous 12 Months in Woredas, by Food Security Designation; 6 Total Stunting and Wasting Rates in Woredas, by Food Security Designation, 2004; 7 Stunting and Wasting Rates in Woredas Grouped by the Number of Major Programs Affecting Nutrition, 2004 ; 1.1 Gini Coefficient in Rural and Urban Areas in Ethiopia, 1995-2005
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite recent progress, malnutrition remains a severe problem in Ethiopia, especially among young children. Many of them suffer lifelong consequences in terms of higher risk of mortality and future illness, impaired cognitive ability (including lower IQ) and educational attainment, and overall productivity loss. This report provides the findings from an in-depth data-based analysis of malnutrition in Ethiopia and its causes. It assesses various aspects of current nutrition programming in the country, noting the importance of Ethiopia's first National Nutrition Strategy and National Nutrition
• Titolo autorizzato: Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia
• ISBN: 1-283-49171-0; 9786613491718; 0-8213-8766-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789486603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.