BASELINE REPORT ON

NUTRITION AND HEALTH

Bangladesh
Food Insecurity and
Vulnerability Information
and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS)

Dr Harun K.M. Yusuf
FAO National Consultant, Nutritionist
Bangladesh FIVIMS
National FIVIMS Secretariat
Programming Division
Planning Commission

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Dhaka
(FNPP/GLO/001/NET)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
March 2004

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Acknowledgements

Acronyms

Executive summary

Introduction

Nutrition
Intra-uterine undernutrition (low birth weight)
Infant malnutrition
Child malnutrition
Indicators of child malnutrition
Rural-urban differential of child malnutrition
Child malnutrition by division
Child malnutrition by poverty status
Seasonality of child malnutrition
Malnutrition in women
Body mass index
Micronutrient malnutrition
Vitamin A deficiency and night blindness
Iron deficiency anaemia
Iodine deficiency disorders

Health and sanitation
Total fertility rate and population growth
Life expectancy at birth
Infant mortality rate
Maternal mortality ratio
Use rate of unsafe drinking water
Access to safe latrine
Incidence of diarrhoea
Incidence of malaria
Arsenic contamination of drinking water

Caring practice
Breast-feeding

Nutrition of highly vulnerable groups
The Char areas
The Chittagong Hill Tracts
The ultra poor

Conclusions

Recommendations

References

Annexes
Annex 1: Prevalence of Underweight Children Ages 0–59 Months in 2000
Annex 2: Probability of High Prevalence of Stunting Among U-5 Children
Annex 3: Probability of High Prevalence of Underweight Among U-5 Children
Annex 4: Prevalence of Chronic Energy Defi ciency (CED) in Women of Reproductive Age in 2000
Annex 5: Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in 2000
Annex 6: Use Rate of Surface Water for Drinking in 2000
Annex 7: Access to Safe Latrine (Waterseal + Pit) in 2000
Annex 8: Arsenic Contamination in 1999