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MeetingNational Nutrition and Food Security Country Paper - Afghanistan
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DocumentCountry nutrition paper Bangladesh
International Conference on Nutrition 21 years later, 19-21 November 2014 Rome, Italy
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No results found.Bangladesh has made significant progress tackling undernutrition over the last two decades. Progress has also been made increasing enrolment at primary schools, lowering the infant mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio, improving immunization coverage and reducing the incidence of communicable diseases. Despite these significant achievements, levels of stunting and underweight are still high than the WHO/CDC threshold level for emergency and is considered a severe public health problem. Al though the prevalence of underweight has also been on a steady downward trend since 1990 and Bangladesh has the momentum to achieve the fifth World Health Assembly global target of a 40% reduction in child stunting by 2025. In Bangladesh, malnutrition is caused by a combination of factors including faulty food consumption, food utilization owing to poor sanitation, illness and inadequate health care. Although, Bangladesh attained notable progress in universal coverage of water supply. -
MeetingCountry Nutrition Paper: Inputs from the Food and Agriculture Sector - Philippines 2014
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