Prospects for improving nutrition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Under-nutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies are critical issues for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Failure to target programs to address the impact of malnutrition, has led to high rates of under-nutrition, and iron and iodine deficiencies. This report highlights the life-threatening nutrition...

• Main Author: Rokx, Claudia
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Galloway, Rae, Brown, Lynn
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2002
• Series: Health, nutrition, and population series
• Subjects: 1980-1997; MALNUTRICION; RECESION ECONOMICA; CRISIS ECONOMICA; EUROPA CENTRAL Y ORIENTAL; ASIA CENTRAL; DESNUTRICION; CRISIS ECONOMICA; DEPRESION ECONOMICA

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary of terms and acronyms
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The causes and consequences of malnutrition
• 3. Prevalence rates of malnutrition in the ECA region
• 4. Causes of malnutrition in the ECA region
• 5. The effects of the economic crisis on nutritional status
• 6. The policy environment and existing programs
• 7. Recommendations and conclusions
• Bibliography
• Annex: Detailed information sheets for selected countries
• Tables
• Figures
• Boxes