A Decade of World Bank Support to Senegal’s Nutrition Program : Analysis and Perspective : 15 Years of Experience in the Development of Nutrition Policy in Senegal (English)

At the start of the new millennium, malnutrition in Senegal was of great concern. Among children under five years of age almost one-third (30 percent) were stunted (low height for age), 10 percent were wasted (low weight for height), and 20 percent were underweight (weight for age), each of these levels categorized as high severity by the World Health Organization (WHO). Rates vary greatly, with the poor and rural, and residents of the north, south...

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Vaillancourt,Denise A.;
Document Date
2016/12/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
129943
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Central Africa,
Region
Western And Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/09/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Analysis and Perspective : 15 Years of Experience in the Development of Nutrition Policy in Senegal
Keywords
maternal and child health services

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Vaillancourt,Denise A..

A Decade of World Bank Support to Senegal’s Nutrition Program : Analysis and Perspective : 15 Years of Experience in the Development of Nutrition Policy in Senegal (English). Nutrition in Senegal Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820791537178867436

A Decade of World Bank Support to Senegal’s Nutrition Program : Analysis and Perspective : 15 Years of Experience in the Development of Nutrition Policy in Senegal (English)

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