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Situational Analysis Improving Economic Outcomes by Expanding Nutrition Programming in Tajikistan

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.contributor.author UNICEF
dc.date.accessioned 2013-03-29T13:07:50Z
dc.date.available 2013-03-29T13:07:50Z
dc.date.issued 2012-02-08
dc.description.abstract Undernutrition in Tajikistan remains an important public health challenge, albeit a hidden problem. Stunting, iodine deficiency, and maternal and child anemia represent the largest burden of undernutrition in Tajikistan. In 2009, around 29 percent of children in all regions of the country were stunted. Iodine deficiency was observed in 53 percent of children and in 58.6 percent of women. The national prevalence of anemia in children was 28.8 percent; however, rates were as high as 39.8 percent in Ghorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and in 32 percent directly ruled districts (DRD). The prevalence of anemia among mothers was 24.2 percent. The long-term effects of these conditions negatively affect the health of adults throughout their life, as well as their potential productivity in the work force and possible economic contribution to the nation. The highest priority interventions will improve infant and young child feeding. Strengthening and scaling up breastfeeding promotion will save lives and help to reduce stunting as would complementary feeding for babies six months and older. Promoting exclusive breastfeeding for infants under six months is the most efficacious intervention to save lives, averting nearly 20 percent of deaths in children under-five. Effective programs need to be designed to make more women aware of the benefits of breastfeeding and sound nutrition. A comprehensive, multi-sector approach is needed to ensure success of these interventions. This report also makes several other recommendations including: supplementing pregnant women with either iron folic acid or multiple micronutrients, maintain twice-annually vitamin A supplementation, implementing a deworming program, support for flour fortification, scale up and maintain zinc for the management of diarrhea, and address the underlying and basic causes of undernutrition through other sectors. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16332711/tajikistan-situational-analysis-improving-economic-outcomes-expanding-nutrition-programming-tajikistan
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13058
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABORTION
dc.subject ABORTION COMPLICATIONS
dc.subject ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject ACUTE MALNUTRITION
dc.subject AGED
dc.subject ANEMIA
dc.subject ANTENATAL CARE
dc.subject ARI
dc.subject BABIES
dc.subject BABY
dc.subject BEHAVIOR CHANGE
dc.subject BREASTFEEDING
dc.subject BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION
dc.subject BULLETIN
dc.subject CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
dc.subject CARE CENTERS
dc.subject CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject CHILD CARE
dc.subject CHILD DEATHS
dc.subject CHILD FEEDING
dc.subject CHILD GROWTH
dc.subject CHILD GROWTH MONITORING
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject CHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject CHILD NUTRITION
dc.subject CHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subject CHILDBEARING
dc.subject CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
dc.subject CIVIL WAR
dc.subject CLINICS
dc.subject COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
dc.subject COMPLEMENTARY FOOD
dc.subject COST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject CYCLE OF POVERTY
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DELIVERY COSTS
dc.subject DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
dc.subject DIARRHEA
dc.subject DIARRHEAL DISEASE
dc.subject DIET
dc.subject DISABILITY
dc.subject DISEASES
dc.subject DISSEMINATION
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject EDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subject EMERGENCY CARE
dc.subject EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE
dc.subject EMERGENCY RELIEF
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subject EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject FOLIC ACID
dc.subject FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FREQUENT PREGNANCIES
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject GLOBAL CONSENSUS
dc.subject GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subject HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject HEALTH PROBLEMS
dc.subject HEALTH REFORM
dc.subject HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject HEALTHY LIFE
dc.subject HEMORRHAGE
dc.subject HOSPITAL
dc.subject HOSPITAL BEDS
dc.subject HOSPITALS
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject HYGIENE
dc.subject HYGIENE PRACTICES
dc.subject IDD
dc.subject ILL HEALTH
dc.subject IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject INFANT
dc.subject INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject INFANTS
dc.subject INFECTION
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject IODINE
dc.subject IODINE DEFICIENCY
dc.subject IRON
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LARGE FAMILIES
dc.subject LBW
dc.subject LEADING CAUSES
dc.subject LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject LIVE BIRTHS
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MALARIA
dc.subject MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE
dc.subject MATERNAL DEATHS
dc.subject MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subject MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
dc.subject MATERNAL NUTRITION
dc.subject MATERNITY HOSPITALS
dc.subject MEASLES
dc.subject MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
dc.subject MEDICAL PERSONNEL
dc.subject MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
dc.subject MIDWIVES
dc.subject MIGRANTS
dc.subject MIGRATION
dc.subject MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject MORTALITY REDUCTIONS
dc.subject MOTHER
dc.subject NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject NEEDS ASSESSMENT
dc.subject NEONATAL MORTALITY
dc.subject NEWBORN
dc.subject NEWBORNS
dc.subject NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject NURSES
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject NUTRITION EDUCATION
dc.subject NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject NUTRITION OUTCOMES
dc.subject NUTRITION PROGRAMS
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject OBESITY
dc.subject OLD AGE
dc.subject PARASITES
dc.subject PATIENT
dc.subject PATIENT SATISFACTION
dc.subject PENSIONS
dc.subject PERINATAL MORTALITY
dc.subject PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject PHYSICAL GROWTH
dc.subject POLICY BRIEF
dc.subject POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject POLIO
dc.subject POOR HEALTH
dc.subject POPULATION MOVEMENTS
dc.subject PREGNANCY
dc.subject PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject PREMATURE DEATH
dc.subject PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject PUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject QUALITY OF CARE
dc.subject QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
dc.subject QUALITY SERVICES
dc.subject REMITTANCES
dc.subject REPRODUCTIVE AGE
dc.subject REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subject REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
dc.subject RICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subject RISK FACTORS
dc.subject RISK OF INFECTION
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject SCHOOL CURRICULA
dc.subject SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SKILLED PERSONNEL
dc.subject SOCIAL MARKETING
dc.subject STUNTING
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject UNDERNUTRITION
dc.subject UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject VICIOUS CYCLE
dc.subject VITAMIN A
dc.subject VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
dc.subject VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION
dc.subject VITAMIN DEFICIENCY
dc.subject VITAMINS
dc.subject VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject WASTING
dc.subject WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE
dc.subject WORK FORCE
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.subject WORKFORCE
dc.subject WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject YOUNG CHILD
dc.subject YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.title Situational Analysis Improving Economic Outcomes by Expanding Nutrition Programming in Tajikistan en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2012-06-05
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16332711/tajikistan-situational-analysis-improving-economic-outcomes-expanding-nutrition-programming-tajikistan
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000427087_20120605102707
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 16332711
okr.identifier.report 69348
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/06/05/000427087_20120605102707/Rendered/PDF/693480ESW0P1150Final000Feb08020120.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country Tajikistan
okr.sector Finance :: Non-compulsory health finance
okr.sector Health and other social services :: Health
okr.theme Human development :: Nutrition and food security
okr.topic Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Health Systems Development and Reform
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Nutrition
okr.topic Health
okr.topic Nutrition and Population
okr.unit Human Development Sector Unit (ECSHD)
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