INFANT UNDERNUTRITION

Infant malnutrition

More attention should be given to unintentional injuries intergenerational approaches to nutrition, including maternal nutrition breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding and social, psychological and emotional issues.

A lack of proper nutrition during the first few years of life affected children's intellectual development and ability to learn.

Child nutrition and care programmes.

140. Leave for feeding an infant (art. 166 of the Labour Code) can be used by mothers who do not take leave for raising a small child.

UNICEF in 2004 supported several countries in policy development for nutrition, including Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda and Timor Leste, and on infant and young child feeding.

They are advised about infant malnutrition, nutrition, day care centres, sanitation and baby oral health.

Article 7 Principal and supplementary foods intended specially for infants and preschool children shall conform to the nutritive and hygienic standards promulgated by the administrative department of public health under the State Council.

Promote food and nutrition education, with particular emphasis on children, in order to improve their nutritional status

(d) Reducing the number of cases of serious or moderate malnutrition among children aged three to 36 months from 3 to 2 per cent in 1996 and to 1 per cent by 2000

There are also about 1,090 Private Daycare Centres for Children and Infants in operation (private enterprises).

Adoption 50. Another cause of trafficking, especially of babies and very young children, is intercountry adoption.

The Panel notes that Kuwait has restructured this claim unit since it was originally filed.

MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMME

(ix) Maternal nutritional status will be addressed to reduce the incidence of low birth weight and neonatal mortality rates.

Every year, 6 million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday.

Aims to reduce infant mortality caused by undernourishment of mother and child

UNICEF supported 84 countries in 2004 to strengthen policies and or implement services in support of infant and young child feeding.

Maternal and Child Nutrition Programme.

In addition, Eritrea needs to combat infant and maternal malnutrition.

The food and nutritional situation is a major problem, reflected among other things in a high level of infant mortality, since a very high proportion of children are suffering from malnutrition.

Preschool education for the 0 3 age group

States parties should ensure that all children have access to the highest attainable standard of health care and nutrition during their early years, in order to reduce infant mortality and enable children to enjoy a healthy start in life (art. In particular

Nutrition in Primary Health Care (PHC) The objective is to improve in qualitative terms the nutritional status of women, girls and infants by providing and expanding more PHC nutritional services.

be possible to achieve the targets for reduction of infant malnutrition, gender equality in primary education, and reduction of infant and under 5 mortality rates.

(a) To reduce protein malnutrition among infants and preschool children by 25 per cent by the end of 1995

For the baby?

7 medical centres run by the National Social Security Fund

Next, as regards preventive administrative measures.

Number of crèches and nurseries and Mother and Child Homes

Infants less than one year old and children under three years comprise two risk groups for certain deficiency diseases.

enterprises Number of children in crèches and nurseries and in Mother and Child Homes Kindergartens

The introduction of the WHO UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding has refocused efforts, including the baby friendly hospital initiative, on support to women and families.

(i) Provision of nutritional support to infants and pre school children, pregnant and nursing women and tuberculosis patients

WFP s supplementary feeding programmes target pregnant and lactating mothers, and infants and children.

Acute malnutrition or emaciation (excessive thinness for height) is rare less than 2 per cent of children aged under five suffer from acute malnutrition.

All day school, daycare centres for children and infants

But, paradoxically, the nutritional status of, particularly, infants and pre school children has not shown a commensurate improvement.

At the age of six months, the baby will be enrolled... in the People's Nursery School.

412. To study maternal undernutrition, one must first go back to infancy, when both boys and girls frequently show signs of chronic undernutrition 36.5 per cent nationwide, 53.7 per cent in the Inca region and 50.6 per cent in the Libertadores Wari region.

Important advances have been made in the areas of education, health, child nutrition and institution building, which are the basis for development.

To achieve these objectives, UNICEF advocates the improvement of children s diet through the promotion of breastfeeding, community participation in fighting malnutrition and reduction of vitamin A, iron, nutrient and iodine deficiencies.

The UNICEF multisectoral approach to education, which combines education, with programmes to improve water and sanitation, child protection, early childhood care and nutrition, as appropriate, has enormous benefits for girls and women.

These include setting up and maintaining kindergartens (crèches, nurseries, orphanages, etc.).