Publication:
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) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 |
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