Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt : Investing in a Healthy Future

Malnutrition is a huge burden on the Arab Republic of Egypt's economy. Undernutrition--manifested by poor linear growth (stunting), wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies in children, and by anemia among women of reproductive age--collectively saps an estimated two percent of Egypt’s annual gr...

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Main Authors:	Herbst, Christopher H., Elshalakani, Amr, Kakietek, Jakub, Hafiz, Alia, Petrovic, Oliver
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	NUTRITION MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION STUNTING WASTING ANEMIA NUTRITION POLICY HEALTH POLICY REFORM HEALTH SPENDING
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/791181574839517438/scaling-up-nutrition-in-the-arab-republic-of-egypt-investing-in-a-healthy-future http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32599

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spelling	okr-10986-325992021-04-23T14:05:15Z Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt : Investing in a Healthy Future Herbst, Christopher H. Elshalakani, Amr Kakietek, Jakub Hafiz, Alia Petrovic, Oliver Herbst, Christopher H. Elshalakani, Amr Kakietek, Jakub Hafiz, Alia Petrovic, Oliver Akuoku, Jonathan Kweku Hu, Frank Li, Yanpiang Sakr-Ashour, Fayrouz Ljungqvist, Bjorn Robinson, Matthew de Beni, Davide Connolly, Helen C. NUTRITION MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION STUNTING WASTING ANEMIA NUTRITION POLICY HEALTH POLICY REFORM HEALTH SPENDING Malnutrition is a huge burden on the Arab Republic of Egypt's economy. Undernutrition--manifested by poor linear growth (stunting), wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies in children, and by anemia among women of reproductive age--collectively saps an estimated two percent of Egypt’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) through forgone productivity and health care costs, representing an economic hemorrhaging of billions of U.S. dollars per year. Adding to this challenge is the co-occurence of overweight and obesity among children, leading to a malnutrition double burden. Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt aims to inform the development of a nutrition policy and strategy and to guide nutrition investments over the coming years. It reviews Egypt’s nutrition situation, the interventions currently in place, and opportunities to scale up the response. In addition, it analyzes the fiscal implications of scaling up key interventions, including estimates of the costs and benefits and an assessment of the required fiscal space. It argues that any interventions to address the burden of malnutrition need to also take into account the coexistence of overweight and obesity. 2019-10-22T19:18:17Z 2019-10-22T19:18:17Z 2020 Book https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/791181574839517438/scaling-up-nutrition-in-the-arab-republic-of-egypt-investing-in-a-healthy-future 978-1-4648-1467-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32599 English International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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description	Malnutrition is a huge burden on the Arab Republic of Egypt's economy. Undernutrition--manifested by poor linear growth (stunting), wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies in children, and by anemia among women of reproductive age--collectively saps an estimated two percent of Egypt’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) through forgone productivity and health care costs, representing an economic hemorrhaging of billions of U.S. dollars per year. Adding to this challenge is the co-occurence of overweight and obesity among children, leading to a malnutrition double burden. Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt aims to inform the development of a nutrition policy and strategy and to guide nutrition investments over the coming years. It reviews Egypt’s nutrition situation, the interventions currently in place, and opportunities to scale up the response. In addition, it analyzes the fiscal implications of scaling up key interventions, including estimates of the costs and benefits and an assessment of the required fiscal space. It argues that any interventions to address the burden of malnutrition need to also take into account the coexistence of overweight and obesity.
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title	Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt : Investing in a Healthy Future
title_short	Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt : Investing in a Healthy Future
title_full	Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt : Investing in a Healthy Future
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