Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services

Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which allows them to realize their potential as productive members of society. The productivity of a country is affected by the quality...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	HUMAN CAPITAL MATERNAL HEALTH CHILD HEALTH NUTRITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577851611644580684/Enhancing-Human-Capital-in-Malawi-The-Role-of-Maternal-and-Child-Health-and-Nutrition-Services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35089

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spelling	okr-10986-350892021-04-23T14:02:15Z Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services World Bank HUMAN CAPITAL MATERNAL HEALTH CHILD HEALTH NUTRITION Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which allows them to realize their potential as productive members of society. The productivity of a country is affected by the quality and availability of maternal and child health services more generally. Simply put, countries which invest heavily in maternal and childhood interventions, together with high-quality nutritional support, are more productive. Recognizing this, the government of Malawi is implementing its ambitious Second Health Sector Strategic Plan (2017-2022) and an aligned National Multi-Sector Nutrition Policy, which promote a range of evidence-based interventions to improve maternal and child health. This policy brief draws on Malawi’s 2018-2019 Harmonised Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) to identify the key health sector service gaps that stand in the way of children growing up healthy and being productive members of their communities and country. 2021-02-02T14:35:35Z 2021-02-02T14:35:35Z 2020-11 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577851611644580684/Enhancing-Human-Capital-in-Malawi-The-Role-of-Maternal-and-Child-Health-and-Nutrition-Services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35089 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Malawi
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description	Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which allows them to realize their potential as productive members of society. The productivity of a country is affected by the quality and availability of maternal and child health services more generally. Simply put, countries which invest heavily in maternal and childhood interventions, together with high-quality nutritional support, are more productive. Recognizing this, the government of Malawi is implementing its ambitious Second Health Sector Strategic Plan (2017-2022) and an aligned National Multi-Sector Nutrition Policy, which promote a range of evidence-based interventions to improve maternal and child health. This policy brief draws on Malawi’s 2018-2019 Harmonised Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) to identify the key health sector service gaps that stand in the way of children growing up healthy and being productive members of their communities and country.
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title	Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services
title_short	Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services
title_full	Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services
title_fullStr	Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services
title_sort	enhancing human capital in malawi : the role of maternal and child health and nutrition services
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577851611644580684/Enhancing-Human-Capital-in-Malawi-The-Role-of-Maternal-and-Child-Health-and-Nutrition-Services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35089
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Enhancing Human Capital in Malawi : The Role of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services

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