The document outlines Nepal's multi-sector nutrition plan to reduce undernutrition among women and children. The objectives are to update on the current nutrition situation and share the plan and its implementation arrangements. It provides an overview of the plan which was prepared in close consultation with several key ministries. The plan aims to accelerate reduction of undernutrition through multi-sector interventions focusing on the critical window of opportunity from pregnancy to age two. It establishes leadership and coordination structures and outlines strategic objectives and results across sectors including health, agriculture, education, and local development to holistically address the causes of undernutrition.
1. OBJECTIVES
• TO UPDATE ON CURRENT UNDER-
NUTRITION SITUATION AMONG WOMEN
AND CHILDREN OF NEPAL
• TO SHARE THE MULTI-SECTOR NUTRITION
PLAN AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION
ARRANGEMENTS AMONG THE REGIONAL
STAKEHOLDERS OF FAR WEST DISTRICTS
2. AN OVERVIEW OF
MULTI-SECTOR NUTRITION PLAN
Prepared by: National Planning Commission, GON
in close consultation with
Ministry of Health and Population
Ministry of Agriculture Development
Ministry of Federal Affairs & Local development
Ministry of Urban Development
Ministry of Education
Lead Technical Support: UNICEF
in close collaboration with WB, HKI, WFP and Other Developing Partners
Government of Nepal
National Planning Commission
4. NEPAL IS ON TRACK TO REACH MDG4 : REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY
153
118
91
61 54 54
102
79
64
48 46
34
45.9 50
39 33 33
15
0
40
80
120
160
200
1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2015
MDG
U5MR IMR NMR
Mortality Trend and MDG Goal
(Under 5, Infant and Neonatal)
Deaths associated with
under-nutrition
At - min 35%
Diarrhoea
12%
Other
29%
Pneumonia
20%
Malaria
8%
Measles
5%HIV/AIDS
4%
Perinatal
22%
About 35-60% of Child
Mortality is associated
with undernutrition
Sources:
EPI/WHO. Black et al, 2008. The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child
Under-nutrition.
Without Improvement in
Nutrition, Further Child
Mortality Reduction is
less likely
7. Fig 24: Stunting (-2SD) Trend for children between 6-23 months,
by Wealth Index
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
1996 2001 2006
Poorest
Poorer
M iddle
Richer
Richest
Total
Ref: DHS 2001 and 2006. Adapted from Ramu Bishwakarma. Social Inequalities in Child Nutrition in Nepal. August 2009
(Background paper for Nepal Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis, November 2009)
65% reduction in
richest quintile!
12% increase in
poorest quintile!
14% reduction
overall
MARKED INEQUITY: Wealth Quintiles, Ecology, Ethnicity
Nutrition context: trend in stunting prevalence by wealth index
High
Inequity
8. Percent of children under age 5
who are too short for their age
(based on WHO standards)
Eastern terai
31%
Central terai
41%
Western mountain
60%
Mid-western
terai
44%
Far-western
hill 58%
Eastern hill 46%
Central
hill 31%
Western hill
36%
Mid-western hill
52%Far-western terai
32%
Western terai
40%
Central mountain
46%
Eastern mountain
45%
Marked Disparity in Stunting Across the Regions
> 30%: High Prevalence
> 40: Very High Prevalence
41%
9. Percent of children under age 5
who are too thin for their height
(based on WHO standards)
Eastern terai
10.3%
Central terai
10.4%
Western mountain
13.2 %
Mid-western terai
13.9%
Far-western
hill 17%
Eastern hill 10.5%
Central
hill 15%
Western hill
7.6%
Mid-western hill
8%Far-western terai
7.9%
Western terai
15.2%
Central mountain
7.9% Eastern mountain
8.4%
>15%: Serious
>10%: Critical
Marked Disparity in Wasting Across the Regions
11%
10. IYCF Practices among Under 5 Children
Exclusively
breastfed
70%
Breast milk
plus water
10%
Breast milk
plus other
milk
9%
Breast milk
plus other
non-milk
liquids
<1%
Breast milk
plus
compleme
ntary foods
10%
Not
breastfed
1%
Breastfeeding Status Under 6
Months
Percent of children 6-23 months
Recommended IYCF Practices among 6-23 months
children
11. Improvements in Micronutrient
malnutrition
• Sustained High Vitamin A
Supplementation and De-
worming to Children
Focus on: 6-11 months – below 80
% and Urban below 90%
• Household Use of
Adequately Iodized Salt (>15
ppm) 80% Nearing Universal
Salt Iodization Target
Focus on: Mid/Far West Hills-
38%, Eastern Hill - 53.5,
• Increased Iron Folic Acid and
Deworming Coverage
Targeted Towards Anemia
Reduction
Focus on:
Among 6-23 months -68%
Adolescent Girls – IFA with de-
worming
Increasing IFA Compliance among
pregnant/lactating
75
23
2
59
52 48 46
0
20
40
60
80
IFA Deworming Anemia
1998
2001
2006
2011
Ref: National Micronutrient Status Survey 1998, DHS 2001 , 2006 and 2011
Anemia trend
among children 6-
59 months
12. Anemia Prevalence High in Children:
The Problem is serious among 6-23 months children
78
74 72
57
44
38
25
46
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
6-8 9-11 12-17 18-23 24-35 36-47 48-59 Total
Age in months
Percentofchildrenage6-59monthswith
anemia
Source: NDHS 2011
13. Mid-Western Terai
56.9
Central Hill
40.2
Mid-Western Mountain
52.7
Eastern Hill
42.3
Western Terai
48.8
Eastern Mountain
51.3
Far-Western Terai
60.4
Central Mountain
33.1
Eastern Terai
49.5
Western Mountain
52.7
Western Hill
43.6
Far-Western Mountain
52.7
Far-Western Hill
40.9
Central Terai
46.7
Mid-Western Hill
36
46%
Anaemia Among U5 Children is More than Critical
Critical: > 40%, Serious > 20%
16. Severe forms of malnutrition
Impact of Malnutrition
• Are rare - a few percent
• Represents the tip of the
iceberg
• Should not be seen as “the
nutritional problem”
17. More than 80% brain development –
within 2 years of age
18. Malnourished & ill
due to high burden
of infections
―Empty Brain‖ – Irreversible Damage
Diminished Learning Capacity
Reduced Economic Productivity
& Income (Diminished Life)
Well nourished
& healthy
Smart Child— Meets Full Potential
Enhanced Learning & Performance
Increased Productivity & Higher
Income (>7% or More)
High Social and Economic
Burden
Human Capacity Resource,
Increased Productivity
Consequences of Malnutrition
Child’s Brain Growth and Development
By: Prof. Ascobat Gani
19. 19
Growth and muscle mass
Body composition
Metabolic Syndrome:
programming of metabolism
of glucose, lipids, protein
Hormone/receptor/gene
Brain
development
Cognitive and
educational
performance
Immunity
Work Capacity
Diabetes, Obesity
Heart Disease
High blood pressure
Cancer, stroke,
and ageing
Poor nutrition
in uterus
and early
childhood
(STUNTING)
Short term Long term
Death
LIFE COURSE CONSEQUENCES OF POOR MATERNAL AND CHILD
UNDERNUTRITION (MCU)
(James et al 2000)
20. Stunting is preventable
Need to act before the child is 2 years
The Critical “Window
of Opportunity”
1000 DAYS
Pregnancy: 9*30= 270 days
2 years: 365*2=730 days
21. Strategic Shift Needed
Priority focus on pregnancy to under 2 years:”
0 3 10 70
Brain’s development
potential
Age
Spending on Health,
Education and Welfare
Spending vs. Brain Development
Total National Budget ‘000s: NRs.
329167675 in F/Y 2069/70-2011/12)
Health Budget: NRs. 20124858
(6.11 % of Total National Budget)
Nutrition Budget: NRs. 511074
(2.54 % of Total Health Budget)
(0.16% of Total National Budget)
Nutrition in National Budget
23. Malnutrition &
death
Inadequate dietary
intake
Disease
Insufficient
food security
Inadequate Maternal
& Child Care
Insufficient health services
& unhealthy environment
Political, Ideological,
Economic structures
Resource Control
+
Organizational structures
Root
causes
Underlying
causes
Immediate
causes
Manifestations
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24. Nutrition Assessment and
Gap Analysis (2009-2010)
Build the National
“Nutrition Architecture”
(2011-2012):
• Identified
strengths, weaknesses,
and gaps;
• Need for a national
nutrition architecture;
and
• A multi-sectoral
approach through an
agreed nutrition
determinants model.
• NPC led High Level Nutrition and
Food Security Steering
Committee chaired by the Vice
Chair of the NPC in place and
National Nutrition and Food
Security Coordination
Committee;
• Technical working group to
guide multi-sectoral nutrition
review, and planning; and
• Nutrition and Food Secretariat
being established at the NPC –
with links to NNC of the MoHP
and MoAD
25. Nutrition Multi-Sectoral
Reviews: A consultative
Process (2011)
Costed Multi-sectoral
Nutrition Plan of Action
• Nutrition reviews by sector:
Health;
Agriculture, Education, Physical
Planning and Works, and Local
development
• Defined scope: Global and
national evidences for ‘what
works’: essential nutrition
specific interventions through
the Health sector & nutrition
sensitive interventions through
other sectors
• Systematic consultation:
through Reference Group
Meetings by sector at key stages
and All Reference Group
Meetings to identify the cross-
Clear leadership: the NPC and
actively involving health &
other sectors
Focused: the first 1,000 days
of life and stunting reduction
Addressing the
immediate, underlying and
basic factors:
• women and children’s access to
health and nutrition;
• safe water & sanitation; and
• education and inequity.
Emphasis on decentralized
implementation: initially in
selected districts (2012-2014)
Vision to gradually scale up:
to all other districts by 2016
(A new approach: learning by
26. Multi-sectoral Nutrition Planning Framework
Child growth
failure/ death
Low Birthweight
baby
Low weight &
height in teenagers
Early pregnancy
Small adult
woman
Small adult man
The intergenerational transmission of growth
failure: When to intervene in the life cycle
SO 2. Ministry of Health
and Population
R 2.1 Maternal Infant Young Child
MIYC micronutrient status improved
R 2.2 MIYC feeding improved
R 2.3 IYC Malnutrition better managed
R 2.4 Nutrition related
policies, standards and acts updated
SO 4. Ministry of
Education
• R 4.1 Adolescent girl’s
awareness and behaviours in
relation to protecting foetal, infant
and young child growth improved
• R 4.2 Parents better informed
with regard to avoiding growth
faltering
• R 4.3 Nutritional status of
adolescent girls improved
• R 4.4 Primary and secondary
school completion rates for girls
increased
SO 5. Ministry Federal
Affairs and Local
Development
R 5.1 Nutritional content of local
development plans better articulated
R 5.2 Collaboration between local
bodies’ health, agriculture, and
education sector strengthened at
DDC and VDC level
R 5.3 Social transfer programmes
corroborated for reducing chronic
under nutrition
R 5.4 Local resources increasingly
mobilized to accelerate the reduction
of MCU
SO 6. Ministry of Agriculture Development
R6.1 Increased availability of animal foods at the household level
R 6.2 Increased income amongst young mothers and adolescent girls from lowest
wealth quintile
R 6.3 Increased consumption of animal foods by adolescent girls, young mothers
and young children
R 6.4 Reduced workload of women and better home and work environment
Strategic Objective (SO) 1. National Planning Commission
Result (R) 1.1. Multi-sectoral commitment and resources for nutrition are increased
R 1.2. Nutritional information management and data analysis strengthened
R 1.3 Nutrition capacity of implementing agencies is strengthened
SO 3. Ministry of Urban
Development
R3.1 All young mothers and
adolescent girls use improved
sanitation facilities
R 3.2 All young mothers and
adolescent girls use soap to wash
hands
R 3.3 All young mothers and
adolescent girls as well as children
under 2 use treated drinking water
27. Declaration of Commitment for
Accelerated Improvement of
Maternal and Child Nutrition in
Nepal signed by the NPC
VC, Secretaries form 7 key
Ministries, Representatives of the
UN, REACH, NNG, EDPs
Health, Civil Society and Private
Sector, 17 September 2012
Multi-sector Nutrition Plan for
Accelerated Reduction of
Maternal and Child Under-
nutrition in Nepal, 2013-2017
(2023) launched by HE Prime
Minister Rt. Hon Prime Minister
Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai , 20th
September 2012
57. NEPALFar-Western
Region Mid-Western Region
Western Region
Central Region
Eastern Region
Initial MSNP
Roll-out Districts
DOLPA
MUGU
JUMLA
KAILALI
BARDIYA
HUMLA
DOTI
SURKHET
NAWAL
PARASI
KAPIL-
BASTU
RUPAN-
DEHI
DANG
BANKE
ACHHAM
KALIKOT
JHAPA
MORANG
SIRAHA
SAPTARI
DARCHULA
BAJHANG
BAITADI
DADEL-
DHURA
KANCHAN-
PUR
BAJURA
PARSA
BARA
RAUT-
AHAT
DHANUSA
MAHO-
TARI
SUNSARI
SARLAHI
DHADING
MAKAWAN-
PUR
CHITWAN
KASKI
TANAHU
PALPA
SYANGJA
PARBAT
ARGHAK
HACHI
GULMI
UDAYAPUR
SINDHULI
ILAM
BHOJ-
PUR DHAN-
KUTA
TAPLEJUNG
OKHAL-
DHUNGA
TERHA-
THUM
KHOTANG
LALIT
BHAK
KATHM SULUK-
HUMBU
DOLAKHA
SANKHUWA-
SABA
NUWAKOT
SINDHU-
PALCHOK
KAVRE
RASUWA
LAMJUNG
GORKHA
PYUT-
HAN
ROLPASALYAN
MYAGDI
DAILEKH
JAJARKOT
RUKUM
MUSTANG
MANANG
SIX INITIAL MOEL DISTRICTS (Bajura, Jumla, Kapilvastu, Nawalparashi, Parsa and Jumla)
PROPOSED BASED ON 14 INDICATORS
Criteria/Indicators for selection
1. Average of 1 to 4 quarters food security phase
2. Net Enrolment Rate (NER) Basic Education
3. Working Children 10-14 years
4. Sanitation coverage
5. Per Capita Development Budget Expenditure
6. DPT 3 immunization under 1 year of age
7. Expected frequencies of diarrheal outbreaks
8. Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education
9. Proportion of severely underweight children less than 5 years
10. Minimum Conditions and Performance Measures (MCPMs) of Local Bodies of Nepal
11. Proportion of births attended by Skilled Birth Attendant as % of expected pregnancies:
12. Stunting Prevalence
13. Access
14. Similar MSNP actions by on-going programs/partners
Central Region
MSNP implementation period
(First Phase): 2013-2017
Among the poor, the malnutrition has further increased, therefore those who are malnourished are mostly poor….can be referred from DHS 2011, 56% of children from lowest quintile are stunted versus 26% from highest quintille
Grey Matters accounts for intellectuality and cognitive development, less grey matters in malnourished brainsFormation of grey matters almost completes within the age of 2, therefore re-iterates that the under nutrition need to be corrected within the age of 2The loss is irreversible- relate this to GDP and Human Capital
The slide is self explanatory. Explains the reviews, consultativeprocess, leadership, focus and implementation
Role of each sectors and NPC- with clear strategic objectives for each sectors, with results.Need to explain the zist of the logframe interventions in each sectors just to let them know that what they are exactly supposed to doTailoring and Adaptation at district level