Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan

Despite progress on population health outcomes in recent decades, malnutrition remains a policy concern in Bhutan, especially in rural areas and in the eastern region of the country. Addressing malnutrition is high on the government agenda, with cl...

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spelling okr-10986-366242021-11-30T05:10:40Z Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan World Bank PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE NUTRITION NUTRITION POLICY MALNUTRITION Despite progress on population health outcomes in recent decades, malnutrition remains a policy concern in Bhutan, especially in rural areas and in the eastern region of the country. Addressing malnutrition is high on the government agenda, with clear targets, strategies, and action plans designed to address some specific malnutrition-related challenges. Assessing the level, distribution, and composition of public financing for nutrition is key to informing the design and implementation of corrective policies. Considering the growing burden of disease attributable to overnutrition, it is important that Bhutan’s nutrition action plan prioritizes overnutrition in addition to undernutrition. 2021-11-29T17:04:49Z 2021-11-29T17:04:49Z 2021-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/214111637559172619/Assessing-Public-Financing-for-Improving-Nutrition-Outcomes-and-Human-Capital-in-Bhutan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36624 English Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief; 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 Bhutan
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NUTRITION
NUTRITION POLICY
MALNUTRITION
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NUTRITION
NUTRITION POLICY
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Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan
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description Despite progress on population health outcomes in recent decades, malnutrition remains a policy concern in Bhutan, especially in rural areas and in the eastern region of the country. Addressing malnutrition is high on the government agenda, with clear targets, strategies, and action plans designed to address some specific malnutrition-related challenges. Assessing the level, distribution, and composition of public financing for nutrition is key to informing the design and implementation of corrective policies. Considering the growing burden of disease attributable to overnutrition, it is important that Bhutan’s nutrition action plan prioritizes overnutrition in addition to undernutrition.
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title Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan
title_short Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan
title_full Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan
title_fullStr Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Public Financing for Improving Nutrition Outcomes and Human Capital in Bhutan
title_sort assessing public financing for improving nutrition outcomes and human capital in bhutan
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