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LCG-Poverty 1 December 2005

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LCG-Poverty 1 December 2005

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  1. The Nutritional Surveillance Project:a tool for intervention and change LCG-Poverty 1 December 2005

  2. Nutritional Surveillance Project • Longest running nutrition surveillance system in the world. • Established in 1990 by Helen Keller International in collaboration with the Institute of Public Health Nutrition. • 15 years of data on the nutrition and health of children and their mothers in Bangladesh. • Each year data are obtained from about 90,000 women and children and their households in rural Bangladesh. • Current funding from the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands (RNE) through March ‘06

  3. Rajshahi Sylhet Dhaka Map of NSP data collection areas Chittagong Khulna Barisal

  4. What does the NSP do? • Data collected every 2 months to reflect the agricultural seasons in Bangladesh. • Data collected by NGO partners with quality control, analysis and dissemination by HKI and IPHN. • Data are collected from all children aged less than 5 years, the mother, the household and the village. • Data are collected on a broad range of indicators of nutrition, household food security and socio-economic status. • Since 1998 the data are statistically representative at divisional and national level.

  5. Breadth of data collected every 2 months • Nutritional status and health of children aged <60 months and their mothers • Nightblindness and vitamin A capsule receipt • Breastfeeding and child feeding practices • Socioeconomic and livelihood indicators • Household food consumption and food security • Household food production • Household expenditure and resources • Gender and equity • Water and sanitation • Disasters and crisis coping

  6. NSP data and findings are used to: • Provide data for the purposes of advocacy and obtaining support for development efforts

  7. Inadequate household energy intake in rural divisions and urban slums in Dec 01/Jan 02 ‘Extreme’ poverty ‘Moderate’ poverty

  8. Percentage of anemic children, adolescents and mothers in 2001 Severe Moderate

  9. NSP data and findings are used to: • Provide data for the purposes of advocacy and obtaining support for development efforts. • Examine progress towards development goals and trends in rural development.

  10. Proportion of overall expenditure that was spent on food by quintiles of total expenditure per capita 1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile Total 100 90 80 US$ 5.42/capita/ month 70 60 Proportion (%) 50 40 30 20 10 0 Food

  11. NSP data and findings are used to: • Provide data for the purposes of advocacy and obtaining support for development efforts. • Examine progress towards development goals and trends in rural development. • Examine determinants of malnutrition.

  12. Percentage of underweight children (waz <-2sd) aged 6-59 mo and the weekly expenditure on rice per capita

  13. NSP data and findings are used to: • Provide data for the purposes of advocacy and obtaining support for development efforts. • Examine progress towards development goals and trends in rural development. • Examine determinants of malnutrition. • Plan and improve health programmes.

  14. Number of months that mothers took iron tablets/syrup in previous pregnancy

  15. Reasons why mothers did not take iron tablets/syrup during previous pregnancy

  16. NSP data and findings are used to: • Provide data for the purposes of advocacy and obtaining support for development efforts. • Examine progress towards development goals and trends in rural development. • Examine determinants of malnutrition. • Plan and improve health programmes. • Monitor and evaluate programs to improve food security and alleviate malnutrition.

  17. Association between the presence of a home garden and nightblindness among children who did not get a vitamin A capsule

  18. Sustainability Issues • Scientific rigor • Quality control • Appropriate technology • Information Dissemination • Advocacy & Policy • Funding

  19. For more information contact: Chantell Witten Country Director Helen Keller International Bangladesh Email: cd@hkidhaka.org

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