Addressing the Poor Nutrition of Ugandan Children

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dc.contributor.authorSsewanyana, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorKasirye, Ibrahim
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-05T17:48:45Z
dc.date.available2022-06-05T17:48:45Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractOne out of every three young children in Uganda are short for their age, according to the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS); and the incidence of poor nutritional status is highest in the relatively better off sub region of South Western Uganda. Although poor child nutrition status is a pervasive global problem, it is mainly concentrated in a few developing countries. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 24 developing countries account for over 80 percent of the world’s 195 million children faced with stunting. Out of the 24 countries, at least 11 are from Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Furthermore, countries in SSA have made the least progress in reducing stunting rates—from 38% to 34% between 1990 and 2008—compared to a reduction of 40% to 29% for all developing countries. Uganda is among the developing countries with the largest population of stunted children—an estimated 2.4 million children aged less than 5 years in Uganda are stunted and this places the country at the rank of 14th—based on the ranking of countries with large populations of nutritionally challenged childrenen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3717
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEconomic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)en_US
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dc.titleAddressing the Poor Nutrition of Ugandan Childrenen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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