Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response

This book has the potential to contribute to a reversing of this trend, whereby activities in not only the health sector but also in other sectors relevant to nutrition will gain increased support and prominence in national development planning. So...

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Main Authors: Levitt, Emily, Kostermans, Kees, Laviolette, Luc, Mbuya, Nkosinathi
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
LBW
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topic ACUTE MALNUTRITION
ANEMIA
ANEMIA TREATMENT
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BIRTH DEFECTS
BIRTH INTERVALS
BIRTH SPACING
BLINDNESS
BREAST MILK
BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES
BREASTFEEDING
CALCIUM
CALORIC INTAKE
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTER FOR HEALTH
CHILD CARE
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD FEEDING
CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES
CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS
CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDREN NUTRITION
CHRONIC UNDERNUTRITION
CLINICS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY NUTRITION WORKERS
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
COMPLEMENTARY FOODS
CONTRACEPTIVES
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DIARRHEA
DIET
DIETS
DIPHTHERIA
DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
DISEASES
DISSEMINATION
DRIED FRUIT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY METABOLISM
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FEEDING PROGRAMS
FLOUR
FOLIC ACID
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD FORTIFICATION
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD POLICY
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
FOOD SUPPLY
FORTIFIED FOODS
GLOBAL ACTION
GOITER
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH PROMOTION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HEMORRHAGE
HIV/AIDS
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUNGER
HYGIENE
HYGIENE PRACTICES
IMCI
IMMUNIZATION
INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
INFANT
INFANT FEEDING
INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS
INTERVENTION
IODINE
IODINE DEFICIENCIES
IODINE DEFICIENCY
IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS
IRON
IRON DEFICIENCY
LACK OF AWARENESS
LBW
LEGAL STATUS
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALARIA
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MALNUTRITION
MARKETING
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL NUTRITION
MATERNITY LEAVE
MENTAL
MENTAL HEALTH
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION
MICRONUTRIENT INTERVENTIONS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MILLS
MINERAL
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MISCARRIAGE
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RISK
MOTHER
MUNG BEANS
NATIONAL ACTION
NATIONAL AGENDAS
NATIONAL CAPACITY
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL SECURITY
NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION AWARENESS
NUTRITION COMPONENTS
NUTRITION EDUCATION
NUTRITION IN EMERGENCIES
NUTRITION INDICATORS
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION POLICIES
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION PROBLEMS
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITION SECTOR
NUTRITION SECTOR STRATEGY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTS
PEDIATRICS
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL GROWTH
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLIO
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY STATUS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROTEIN
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY CONTROL
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
REFUGEES
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESEARCH METHODS
RICKETS
RISK FACTORS
RIVERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SAFE WATER
SALT IODIZATION
SANITATION
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCURVY
SMOKING
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL SERVICES
STILLBIRTH
STUNTING
SUGAR
SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING
TETANUS
TRANSPORTATION
TRAUMA
UNDERNUTRITION
VACCINATION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION
VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS
VITAMIN C
VITAMIN D
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE FAMILIES
WALKING
WASTING
WATER SUPPLY
WORKERS
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
XEROPHTHALMIA
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION
YOUNG CHILDREN
ZINC DEFICIENCY
spellingShingle ACUTE MALNUTRITION
ANEMIA
ANEMIA TREATMENT
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BIRTH DEFECTS
BIRTH INTERVALS
BIRTH SPACING
BLINDNESS
BREAST MILK
BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES
BREASTFEEDING
CALCIUM
CALORIC INTAKE
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTER FOR HEALTH
CHILD CARE
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD FEEDING
CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES
CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS
CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDREN NUTRITION
CHRONIC UNDERNUTRITION
CLINICS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY NUTRITION WORKERS
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
COMPLEMENTARY FOODS
CONTRACEPTIVES
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DIARRHEA
DIET
DIETS
DIPHTHERIA
DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
DISEASES
DISSEMINATION
DRIED FRUIT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY METABOLISM
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FEEDING PROGRAMS
FLOUR
FOLIC ACID
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD FORTIFICATION
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD POLICY
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
FOOD SUPPLY
FORTIFIED FOODS
GLOBAL ACTION
GOITER
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH PROMOTION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HEMORRHAGE
HIV/AIDS
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUNGER
HYGIENE
HYGIENE PRACTICES
IMCI
IMMUNIZATION
INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
INFANT
INFANT FEEDING
INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS
INTERVENTION
IODINE
IODINE DEFICIENCIES
IODINE DEFICIENCY
IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS
IRON
IRON DEFICIENCY
LACK OF AWARENESS
LBW
LEGAL STATUS
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALARIA
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MALNUTRITION
MARKETING
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL NUTRITION
MATERNITY LEAVE
MENTAL
MENTAL HEALTH
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION
MICRONUTRIENT INTERVENTIONS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MILLS
MINERAL
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MISCARRIAGE
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RISK
MOTHER
MUNG BEANS
NATIONAL ACTION
NATIONAL AGENDAS
NATIONAL CAPACITY
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL SECURITY
NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION AWARENESS
NUTRITION COMPONENTS
NUTRITION EDUCATION
NUTRITION IN EMERGENCIES
NUTRITION INDICATORS
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION POLICIES
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION PROBLEMS
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITION SECTOR
NUTRITION SECTOR STRATEGY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTS
PEDIATRICS
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL GROWTH
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLIO
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY STATUS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROTEIN
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY CONTROL
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
REFUGEES
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESEARCH METHODS
RICKETS
RISK FACTORS
RIVERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SAFE WATER
SALT IODIZATION
SANITATION
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCURVY
SMOKING
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL SERVICES
STILLBIRTH
STUNTING
SUGAR
SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING
TETANUS
TRANSPORTATION
TRAUMA
UNDERNUTRITION
VACCINATION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION
VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS
VITAMIN C
VITAMIN D
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE FAMILIES
WALKING
WASTING
WATER SUPPLY
WORKERS
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
XEROPHTHALMIA
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION
YOUNG CHILDREN
ZINC DEFICIENCY
Levitt, Emily
Kostermans, Kees
Laviolette, Luc
Mbuya, Nkosinathi
Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response
geographic_facet South Asia
South Asia
Asia
Afghanistan
relation Directions in Development; human development
description This book has the potential to contribute to a reversing of this trend, whereby activities in not only the health sector but also in other sectors relevant to nutrition will gain increased support and prominence in national development planning. South Asia has by far the largest number of malnourished women and children, and no other region of the world has higher rates of malnutrition. Malnutrition in childhood is the biggest contributor to child mortality; a third of child deaths have malnutrition as an underlying cause. For the surviving children, malnutrition has lifelong implications because it severely reduces a child's ability to learn and to grow to his or her full potential. Malnutrition thus leads to less productive adults and weaker national economic performance. Therefore, the impact of malnutrition on a society's productivity and well being and a nation's long-term development is hard to underestimate. For the South Asia region of the World Bank, malnutrition is a key development priority, and in the coming years, the Bank intends to enhance dramatically its response to this challenge. As a first step, a series of country assessments such as this one are being carried out. These assessments will be used to reinforce the dialogue with governments and other development partners to scale up an evidence-based response against malnutrition. To succeed, we will need to address the problem comprehensively, which will require engaging several sectors. This assessment of malnutrition in Afghanistan lays out the scale, scope, and causes of the problem. The assessment also indicates key elements of a potential response.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Levitt, Emily
Kostermans, Kees
Laviolette, Luc
Mbuya, Nkosinathi
author_facet Levitt, Emily
Kostermans, Kees
Laviolette, Luc
Mbuya, Nkosinathi
author_sort Levitt, Emily
title Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response
title_short Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response
title_full Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response
title_fullStr Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response
title_full_unstemmed Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response
title_sort malnutrition in afghanistan : scale, scope, causes, and potential response
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20101115233235
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2518
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spelling okr-10986-25182021-04-23T14:02:02Z Malnutrition in Afghanistan : Scale, Scope, Causes, and Potential Response Levitt, Emily Kostermans, Kees Laviolette, Luc Mbuya, Nkosinathi ACUTE MALNUTRITION ANEMIA ANEMIA TREATMENT BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH DEFECTS BIRTH INTERVALS BIRTH SPACING BLINDNESS BREAST MILK BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES BREASTFEEDING CALCIUM CALORIC INTAKE CAPACITY BUILDING CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDREN NUTRITION CHRONIC UNDERNUTRITION CLINICS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY NUTRITION WORKERS COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOODS CONTRACEPTIVES DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DIARRHEA DIET DIETS DIPHTHERIA DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRIED FRUIT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ENERGY METABOLISM EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FEEDING PROGRAMS FLOUR FOLIC ACID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOOD SUPPLY FORTIFIED FOODS GLOBAL ACTION GOITER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEMORRHAGE HIV/AIDS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE HYGIENE PRACTICES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INFANT INFANT FEEDING INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCIES IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LACK OF AWARENESS LBW LEGAL STATUS LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL CAPACITY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MARKETING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL NUTRITION MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION MICRONUTRIENT INTERVENTIONS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MILLS MINERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MISCARRIAGE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RISK MOTHER MUNG BEANS NATIONAL ACTION NATIONAL AGENDAS NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL SECURITY NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION NUTRITION AWARENESS NUTRITION COMPONENTS NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION IN EMERGENCIES NUTRITION INDICATORS NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION SECTOR NUTRITION SECTOR STRATEGY NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTS PEDIATRICS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL GROWTH POLICY FORMULATION POLICY FRAMEWORK POLIO PREGNANCY PREGNANCY STATUS PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REFUGEES RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESEARCH METHODS RICKETS RISK FACTORS RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE WATER SALT IODIZATION SANITATION SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCURVY SMOKING SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SERVICES STILLBIRTH STUNTING SUGAR SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING TETANUS TRANSPORTATION TRAUMA UNDERNUTRITION VACCINATION VEGETABLES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS VITAMIN C VITAMIN D VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE FAMILIES WALKING WASTING WATER SUPPLY WORKERS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION XEROPHTHALMIA YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION YOUNG CHILDREN ZINC DEFICIENCY This book has the potential to contribute to a reversing of this trend, whereby activities in not only the health sector but also in other sectors relevant to nutrition will gain increased support and prominence in national development planning. South Asia has by far the largest number of malnourished women and children, and no other region of the world has higher rates of malnutrition. Malnutrition in childhood is the biggest contributor to child mortality; a third of child deaths have malnutrition as an underlying cause. For the surviving children, malnutrition has lifelong implications because it severely reduces a child's ability to learn and to grow to his or her full potential. Malnutrition thus leads to less productive adults and weaker national economic performance. Therefore, the impact of malnutrition on a society's productivity and well being and a nation's long-term development is hard to underestimate. For the South Asia region of the World Bank, malnutrition is a key development priority, and in the coming years, the Bank intends to enhance dramatically its response to this challenge. As a first step, a series of country assessments such as this one are being carried out. These assessments will be used to reinforce the dialogue with governments and other development partners to scale up an evidence-based response against malnutrition. To succeed, we will need to address the problem comprehensively, which will require engaging several sectors. This assessment of malnutrition in Afghanistan lays out the scale, scope, and causes of the problem. The assessment also indicates key elements of a potential response. 2012-03-19T09:35:30Z 2012-03-19T09:35:30Z 2011 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20101115233235 978-0-8213-8441-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2518 English Directions in Development; human development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia Asia Afghanistan