Nutrition Weeks: Preventing undernutrition in Rwandan children : Growth Monitoring Achievement

Monday, January 21, 2013

Celebration song for all the children that moved from under-nourished to normal level of growth monitoring.

Olga WollinkaJanuary 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Thanks for sharing this lovely moment in Rwanda- it is delightful to see after reading and writing reports all day- we really are making a difference!
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Malnutrition in Rwanda

52% of Children under 5 are chronically malnourished or shorter than they should be for their age (WHO, 2009)
Combating malnutrition has become a key priority in Rwanda Governemt and became the first country to sign the "Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Porgramme"
Rwanda ranks 166 out of 187 on human development. It is a low-income, food-deficit, and less developed country (World Food Programme, 2012)
2.2 Million Rwandan are food insecure (World Food Programme, 2012)
24% of Rwandans are highly vulnerable to food insecurity (World Food Programme, 2012)
23% are thinner than they should be (DHS, 2005)
Stunting is more prevalent in children aged about 24 months while wasting is more prevalent in children aged under 24 months (RCFSVA, 2009)
Children and women are most affected: 1/10 of women between 15-49 years old are malnourished (DHS, 2005)
Poor nutrition in women who are pregnant have a more low weight babies born (UNICEF, 2011)
Low birth weight is a causal factor in a high number of neonatal deaths
35% of households consumes iodized salts (UNICEF, Tracking Progress in Child and Maternal Nutrition, 2009)