Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India

In the state of Nagaland, stunting prevalence among under-five children decreased from 39 to 29 percent over the decade between the National Family Health Surveys done in 2005-06 and 2015-16 andis lower than the national average of 38 percent. Duri...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	NUTRITION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY COMMUNITIZATION VILLAGE COUNCILS
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spelling	okr-10986-321482021-05-25T10:54:42Z Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India World Bank Group NUTRITION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY COMMUNITIZATION VILLAGE COUNCILS In the state of Nagaland, stunting prevalence among under-five children decreased from 39 to 29 percent over the decade between the National Family Health Surveys done in 2005-06 and 2015-16 andis lower than the national average of 38 percent. During the same period, under-five prevalenceof wasting decreased marginally from 13 to 11 percent.1 However, within the state of Nagaland,there is significant variation in nutritional status between districts. For instance, stunting rates among under-five children range between a 19 percent in Tuensang district and 42 percent inKiphire district; wasting prevalence ranges between 2 percent in Mokokchung and 21 percent in Mon.Further, a third of all pregnant women in Nagaland are anemic and about 12 percent of all women aretoo thin. Thus, despite improvements in nutritional status by some measures, undernutrition in women and children remains a significant challenge. 2019-08-01T19:32:27Z 2019-08-01T19:32:27Z 2019-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/323431564520566559/Recommendations-for-Strengthening-Delivery-of-Nutrition-Services-through-the-Platform-of-Community-Action-for-Health-and-Nutrition-in-Nagaland-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32148 English Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief,no. 7; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India
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description	In the state of Nagaland, stunting prevalence among under-five children decreased from 39 to 29 percent over the decade between the National Family Health Surveys done in 2005-06 and 2015-16 andis lower than the national average of 38 percent. During the same period, under-five prevalenceof wasting decreased marginally from 13 to 11 percent.1 However, within the state of Nagaland,there is significant variation in nutritional status between districts. For instance, stunting rates among under-five children range between a 19 percent in Tuensang district and 42 percent inKiphire district; wasting prevalence ranges between 2 percent in Mokokchung and 21 percent in Mon.Further, a third of all pregnant women in Nagaland are anemic and about 12 percent of all women aretoo thin. Thus, despite improvements in nutritional status by some measures, undernutrition in women and children remains a significant challenge.
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title	Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India
title_short	Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India
title_full	Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India
title_fullStr	Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India
title_full_unstemmed	Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India
title_sort	recommendations for strengthening delivery of nutrition services through the platform of community action for health and nutrition in nagaland, india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/323431564520566559/Recommendations-for-Strengthening-Delivery-of-Nutrition-Services-through-the-Platform-of-Community-Action-for-Health-and-Nutrition-in-Nagaland-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32148
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Recommendations for Strengthening Delivery of Nutrition Services through the Platform of Community Action for Health and Nutrition in Nagaland, India

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