A Decade of World Bank Support to Senegal’s Nutrition Program : Analysis and Perspective - 15 Years of Experience in the Development of Nutrition Policy in Senegal
At the start of the new millennium, malnutrition in Senegal was of great concern. Among children under five years of age almost one-third (30 percent) were stunted (low height for age), 10 percent were wasted (low weight for height), and 20 percent...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820791537178867436/Analysis-and-Perspective-15-Years-of-Experience-in-the-Development-of-Nutrition-Policy-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30483 |
| Summary: | At the start of the new millennium,
malnutrition in Senegal was of great concern. Among children
under five years of age almost one-third (30 percent) were
stunted (low height for age), 10 percent were wasted (low
weight for height), and 20 percent were underweight (weight
for age), each of these levels categorized as high severity
by the World Health Organization (WHO). Rates vary greatly,
with the poor and rural, and residents of the north, south
and central zones, suffering disproportionately.
Malnutrition contributes to child and maternal mortality and
morbidity, undermines children’s prospects of reaching their
physical and intellectual potential, and undercuts
income-earning potential for households and overall
productivity and economic development. Its two principal
causes are inadequate food intake and illness. In 2001, the
government of Senegal issued a new nutrition policy,
supporting a 10-year goal to improve nutrition through a
community-based, multisectoral approach. The policy was
translated into the 10-year Nutrition Enhancement Program
(NEP), financed by the government of Senegal, the World
Bank, and eventually others. This report assesses the
performance of three projects: (1) the NEP, (2) the
Nutrition enhancement project in support of the second phase
of the NEP, and (3) the Rapid response child-focused social
cash transfer and nutrition security project |
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