2. The term malnutrition
refers to a pathological
condition caused by lack
of intake or absorption
of nutrients
3.
4. Malnutrition is,
according to the
United Nations
Children's Fund
(UNICEF), the leading
killer of infants and
young children in
developing countries
So, prevent this
disease has
become a
priority for the
World Health
Organization
(WHO).
5. What causes child malnutrition in
the coast and jungle of Perú?
jungle coast
6. Are immediate causes
inadequate and
Infectious lack of potable water
insufficient food
diseases and basic sanitation
consumption
limited health
care
7. structural causes
poor economic conditions of
the low educational level
the family
political causes
little social investment and
misuse of state resources
8.
9. The results of The Demographic and Family Health Survey
(ENDES 2011 first semester)
confirmed
the progressive reduction of the level of the chronic
malnutrition at the country.
and
It diminishes near of two diminishes in some over two
percentage points percentage points
18,3 % in the ENDES 2009 to 16,6 % 23.8 % to 21.6 % in the same
in the ENDES 2011 First Semester period
when the When the
NCHS (National Center for
Health Statistics) is used as WHO (World Health Organization)
standard of reference is used as standard of reference.
10.
11. According to
the natural
regions
ENDES 2011 First Semester, ratifies
that the prevalence of anemia is
major:
at the Highland
(54.9 %), and at the
Jungle (50.9 %)
than
at the Coast (38.9 %).
12.
13.
14. Data from the World Food
Programme (WFP) recorded over
1,000 million undernourished people
worldwide, "an amount equal to the
sum of the population of North
America and Europe."
As detailed in the WFP, one in six
people worldwide do not have
enough food to be healthy and lead
an active life.
15.
16. Most Latin American countries are ranked in the first three
categories of this map.
The most worrying case
is that of Haiti
malnutrition recorded
"very high", more than
35 percent.
17. Guatemala, Dominican
Republic and Bolivia, with
a rate "moderately high",
between 20 and 34
percent.
Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru and Paraguay entered
in the "moderately low",
with malnutrition rates of
between 10 and 19 percent.
18.
19.
20. GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF MALNUTRITION
(COAST AND JUNGLE)
Reduce the prevalence of chronic malnutrition and
anemia in children under 5 years, especially in regions
with greater poverty.
21. GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF
MALNUTRITION (COAST AND JUNGLE)
Intervention strategy
articulated public and
private entities, with the
aim of overcoming
poverty and chronic
malnutrition.
22. GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF
MALNUTRITION (COAST AND JUNGLE)
The government target by 2012
is to reduce poverty by 30
percentage points and chronic
malnutrition among children
ages 5 Paying Child 9
percentage points.
23. PROPOSALS TO COMBAT
MALNUTRITION
"Hunger is just a symptom
of a very serious situation. If
you do not know the
diagnosis, any action to do
about it is irrelevant"
24. • To effectively combat malnutrition requires
coordinated action by all sectors of the state
involved, such as the Ministry of Economy
and Finance, the Ministry of Health or the
Ministry of Women.
25. • Welfarism (via
donation of food,
including milk for
children, by institutions
like the PRONAA or
Glass of Milk)
• Training in nutrition
and feeding:
breastfeeding
Promotion.
26. • Best way to deal with the
problem of malnutrition in the
jungle is helping to restore
indigenous and coastal fisheries
resources and wildlife
27. • Promotion of agricultural projects
according to socio-environmental reality
Amazon.
• We must take into account the
idiosyncrasies of Amazonian
people with more resources to call
handler farmer.
