Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis

Despite remarkable economic growth in the past decade, undernutrition remains a serious public health problem in Angola. High rates of child stunting and micronutrient deficiencies are contributing to an under-five mortality rate of 161 deaths per...

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Main Authors:	McDonald, Christine, Hyder, Ziauddin, Albino Cossa, Humberto
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACUTE MALNUTRITION ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ARI BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BLINDNESS BREAST MILK BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD STUNTING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHRONIC DISEASE CIVIL WAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLICATIONS DELIVERY CARE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIET DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GENDER INEQUALITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY LIFE HEMORRHAGE HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN BODY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN RIGHT HYGIENE IDD ILLITERACY ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON JOB TRAINING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY JUVENILE JUSTICE LAND MINES LARGE POPULATION LBW LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COMPONENTS NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION ORPHANS ORS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICIANS PLAN OF ACTION POLICY DOCUMENT POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION MOVEMENTS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRETERM BIRTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROGRESS PROVISION OF SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF LIFE RATES OF URBANIZATION REFERRAL HOSPITALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RURAL AREAS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SECURITY SITUATION SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER 5 MORTALITY UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN MIGRATION VIOLENCE VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMINS VULNERABILITY WASTING WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN
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topic	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACUTE MALNUTRITION ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ARI BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BLINDNESS BREAST MILK BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD STUNTING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHRONIC DISEASE CIVIL WAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLICATIONS DELIVERY CARE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIET DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GENDER INEQUALITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY LIFE HEMORRHAGE HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN BODY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN RIGHT HYGIENE IDD ILLITERACY ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON JOB TRAINING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY JUVENILE JUSTICE LAND MINES LARGE POPULATION LBW LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COMPONENTS NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION ORPHANS ORS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICIANS PLAN OF ACTION POLICY DOCUMENT POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION MOVEMENTS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRETERM BIRTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROGRESS PROVISION OF SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF LIFE RATES OF URBANIZATION REFERRAL HOSPITALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RURAL AREAS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SECURITY SITUATION SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER 5 MORTALITY UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN MIGRATION VIOLENCE VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMINS VULNERABILITY WASTING WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACUTE MALNUTRITION ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ARI BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BLINDNESS BREAST MILK BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD STUNTING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHRONIC DISEASE CIVIL WAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLICATIONS DELIVERY CARE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIET DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GENDER INEQUALITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY LIFE HEMORRHAGE HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN BODY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN RIGHT HYGIENE IDD ILLITERACY ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON JOB TRAINING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY JUVENILE JUSTICE LAND MINES LARGE POPULATION LBW LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COMPONENTS NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION ORPHANS ORS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICIANS PLAN OF ACTION POLICY DOCUMENT POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION MOVEMENTS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRETERM BIRTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROGRESS PROVISION OF SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF LIFE RATES OF URBANIZATION REFERRAL HOSPITALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RURAL AREAS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SECURITY SITUATION SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER 5 MORTALITY UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN MIGRATION VIOLENCE VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMINS VULNERABILITY WASTING WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN McDonald, Christine Hyder, Ziauddin Albino Cossa, Humberto Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis
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description	Despite remarkable economic growth in the past decade, undernutrition remains a serious public health problem in Angola. High rates of child stunting and micronutrient deficiencies are contributing to an under-five mortality rate of 161 deaths per 1,000 live births, limiting the growth and development of children, hindering productivity, and preventing the country from reaching millennium development goals one and four. In response to this situation, the objectives of this report are to: a) synthesize available information on the nutrition situation in Angola; b) discuss the three main determinants of undernutrition using the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) conceptual framework; c) summarize existing nutrition policies and programs in the country; and d) propose next steps for action. Nutrition policy agenda is slowly gaining momentum in the country. The national food security and nutrition strategy released in 2009 include nutrition actions for children under five. The national nutrition policy is in the process of being finalized. High priority problems include the dearth of up-to-date, reliable, and comprehensive information on the nutrition situation in the country, severe shortages of trained nutritionists, and an exclusion of nutrition from community-based health activities. The following recommendations are proposed as next steps: 1) incorporate the collection of nutrition data into routine, planned surveys; 2) finalize the national nutrition policy, conduct a rigorous gap analysis, and develop a costed implementation plan to effectively scale-up nutrition activities in the country; 3) enhance capacity building efforts in the field of nutrition; 4) improve nutrition surveillance and screening activities and; 5) incorporate nutrition into community-based activities.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	McDonald, Christine Hyder, Ziauddin Albino Cossa, Humberto
author_facet	McDonald, Christine Hyder, Ziauddin Albino Cossa, Humberto
author_sort	McDonald, Christine
title	Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis
title_short	Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis
title_full	Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis
title_fullStr	Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis
title_sort	angola nutrition gap analysis
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/12/16261240/angola-nutrition-gap-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13582
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spelling	okr-10986-135822021-04-23T14:03:08Z Angola Nutrition Gap Analysis McDonald, Christine Hyder, Ziauddin Albino Cossa, Humberto ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACUTE MALNUTRITION ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ARI BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BLINDNESS BREAST MILK BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD STUNTING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHRONIC DISEASE CIVIL WAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLICATIONS DELIVERY CARE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIET DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GENDER INEQUALITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY LIFE HEMORRHAGE HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN BODY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN RIGHT HYGIENE IDD ILLITERACY ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON JOB TRAINING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY JUVENILE JUSTICE LAND MINES LARGE POPULATION LBW LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COMPONENTS NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION ORPHANS ORS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICIANS PLAN OF ACTION POLICY DOCUMENT POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION MOVEMENTS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRETERM BIRTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROGRESS PROVISION OF SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF LIFE RATES OF URBANIZATION REFERRAL HOSPITALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RURAL AREAS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SECURITY SITUATION SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER 5 MORTALITY UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN MIGRATION VIOLENCE VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMINS VULNERABILITY WASTING WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN Despite remarkable economic growth in the past decade, undernutrition remains a serious public health problem in Angola. High rates of child stunting and micronutrient deficiencies are contributing to an under-five mortality rate of 161 deaths per 1,000 live births, limiting the growth and development of children, hindering productivity, and preventing the country from reaching millennium development goals one and four. In response to this situation, the objectives of this report are to: a) synthesize available information on the nutrition situation in Angola; b) discuss the three main determinants of undernutrition using the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) conceptual framework; c) summarize existing nutrition policies and programs in the country; and d) propose next steps for action. Nutrition policy agenda is slowly gaining momentum in the country. The national food security and nutrition strategy released in 2009 include nutrition actions for children under five. The national nutrition policy is in the process of being finalized. High priority problems include the dearth of up-to-date, reliable, and comprehensive information on the nutrition situation in the country, severe shortages of trained nutritionists, and an exclusion of nutrition from community-based health activities. The following recommendations are proposed as next steps: 1) incorporate the collection of nutrition data into routine, planned surveys; 2) finalize the national nutrition policy, conduct a rigorous gap analysis, and develop a costed implementation plan to effectively scale-up nutrition activities in the country; 3) enhance capacity building efforts in the field of nutrition; 4) improve nutrition surveillance and screening activities and; 5) incorporate nutrition into community-based activities. 2013-05-28T20:11:59Z 2013-05-28T20:11:59Z 2011-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/12/16261240/angola-nutrition-gap-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13582 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Angola

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