Prevalence and Determinants of Malnutrition among Poor Women and Children in the South-West Region of Bangladesh
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) - Year 2018, Vol 13, Issue 4
Abstract
The objective was to describe the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition and identify the associated factors among the women of ultra poor households targeted by SPRING Bangladesh. SPRING Bangladesh always emphasis of why, 1000 days and women empowerment are critical for nutrition in Bangladesh, high level of stunting at birth, young mother and child marriage, undernutrition among pregnant and lactating women, implementation for nutrition-sensitive social protection in Bangladesh. It was a crosssectional survey. A total of 170 households were covered in the survey. Adult female aged 18-49 years who were selected for program intervention in households were covered and Pregnant & Lactating women were excluded. Nutritional status was assessed by measurement of body mass index (BMI), eating complementary feeding, diversify food such as vegetable, protein, carbohydrate and vitamin & minerals. Although child and maternal malnutrition has been continuously reduced in Monirampur Upazila of Bangladesh, the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <-2) among children aged less than two years is still high (39%). Nearly one-third of women are undernourished with body mass index of <18.5 kg/m2. The prevalence of anemia among young infants, adolescent girls, and pregnant women is still at unacceptable levels. Despite the successes in specific government programs, such as the Expanded Program on Immunization and vitamin A supplementation and SPRING Bangladesh implementation of programs for nutrition interventions are yet to be implemented at scale for reaching the entire population. Given the low annual rate of reduction in child undernutrition of 1.27 percentage points per year, it is unlikely that Bangladesh would be able to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal to address undernutrition.
Authors and Affiliations
Mst. Serajum Mustari, Ilias Hossain, Kalpana Khatun, Md. Shohel Ali, Hamidur Rahman, Ajay Mondal, Muhammad. Arif Iqbal, Najmul Islam Neshad, Sazin Islam
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