poverty population: challenge and opportunities dr. dina qahwaji
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Poverty Population: Challenge and Opportunities
Dr. Dina Qahwaji
Introduction
Malnutrition is the biggest risk factor for illness worldwide
Some 2 billion people, mostly children and women, are lacking in one or more of these three major micronutrients: Iron Iodine Vitamin A
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Mapping Poverty & Undernutrition
Food insecurity was once viewed as a problem of overpopulation and not enough food production but now is viewed as problem of poverty
Food is available but not accessible to the poor who have neither land nor money
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Malnutrition that comes from living with food insecurity is one of the major factor influence life expectancy
Chronic poverty often face unsafe drinking water, infection with worms, not enough food, low protein diet, stunted growth, low birth-weight, shorten lifespan and death
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Malnutrition & health worldwide
30% of the world’s population experience some form of malnutrition
10.6 m children under 5 years old die each year from worms and infectious diseases associated with poverty
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Circle of Malnutrition At least 75% of all child death are caused by
disease associated with poor nutrition that caused by poverty
Source: UNICEF
More than 150 m children in developing countries suffer from malnutrition
Malnutrition may result from lack of food energy or from lack of food energy and protein
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Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is most widespread form of malnutrition in the world today Children who are thin for their height –
suffering from acute PEM Children who are short for their age –
suffering from chronic PEM
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Malnutrition and Health Worldwide – PEM
PEM includes the classifications of kwashiorkor and marasmus. Kwashiorkor is a protein deficiency
disease. Marasmus is a deficiency disease caused
by poor food intake.
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Micronutrient deficiencies
Vitamin A deficiency: World’s most common cause of preventable
child blindness and poor vision More than 100 m children are affected by
vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Of these, 500,000 children become partially or
totally blind as a result of not enough vitamin A in the diet
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Micronutrient deficiencies
Iron deficiency: Anemia Anemia is estimated to affect some 2 billion
people Iron deficiency in infant and early childhood
is associated with decreased abilities and resistance to disease
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Micronutrient deficiencies
Iodine deficiency: Cause high levels of goiter and child
retardation The major preventable cause of mental
retardation worldwide, is a risk factor for both physical and mental retardation in about 1 billion people.
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Effect of Malnutrition When nutrient need are high and food is limited,
the risk of Undernutrition increase Infant mortality rate range from 5 in developed
countries to over 166 in the poorest countries Infants can be the first to show the sign of
underweight due to their high nutrient need Dependent group
Maternal mortality rate range from 12 in industrial counties to 1,100 in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Poverty lead to hunger in many important ways. People who are poor are powerless to change their situation because they have little access to very important resources such as education, training, food and health services.
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Malnutrition and Health Worldwide
The Economic Burden of Malnutrition and Hunger The burden of hunger includes both direct...
maternal complications in pregnancy poor health of babies Malnutrition in children
...and indirect costs. lost output and income
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Nutrition and Development The United Nations views a healthful, nutritious
diet as a basic human right-one that the FAO and WHO are promised to secure
Achieving improved nutritional well-being worldwide requires broad action on many issues, including the following: Ensuring that poor and malnourished have enough
access to food Promoting healthful diet and lifestyles
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Preventing and controlling infectious diseases by providing clean water, basis sanitation, and effective health care
Protecting consumers through improved food quality and safety
Preventing micronutrient deficiencies Assessing, analyzing, and global monitoring of
the nutritional status of populations at risk Including nutrition objectives into
development policies and programs
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Agenda for Action
Focus on children Make the world fit for children Focus on women
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Focus on Children Children are the group most strongly affected
by poverty, malnutrition, and food insecurity. GOBI is a child survival plan set forth by
UNICEF. GOBI - stands for growth charts, oral rehydration
therapy, breast milk and immunization. GOBI has made outstanding progress in cutting
the number of hunger-related child deaths.
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Focus on Children Immunizations
Although current immunizations could prevent most of the 2 million deaths each year, enough protein nutrition is necessary for vaccinations.
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Making the World Fit for Children
UNICEF’s goals for nutrition and food security include the following: A 50% reduction in the 1990 levels of moderate
to severe malnutrition among children under 5. A 50% reduction in the 1990 levels of low birth-
weight infants. The elimination of blindness and other
consequences of vitamin A deficiency.
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Focus on Women Women are at risk more than men to food
insecurity and under-nutrition for a number of reasons. Women have increased nutrient needs during
their childbearing years. Women are responsible for the physical labor
required to get food for their families. Women may feed their husbands, children, and
other family members first. Social beliefs may also limit women’s food intakes.
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International Nutrition Programs
In developing countries, emphasis has been placed on four types of nutrition interventions: Breastfeeding promotion programs. Nutrition education programs. Food fortification and/or the distribution of
nutrient supplements. Special feeding programs designed to provide at
risk groups with nutritious supplemental foods.
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International Nutrition Programs
In many countries, there is increasing evidence of progress in improving agricultural, water, education, and health services, especially for children.
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Agenda for Action what we can do ????
Appear that only worldwide political decision for problem address
Personal action: can help the world through personal choices. We can find ways to reduce our consumption of the world’s resources by using only what we need
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In US, billion of dollars are spent annually to lower calories consumption, while more than 850 million people in the rest of the world can not often find an enough number of calories to consume
Thus, choosing a diet at the level of need, rather than excess, would reduce the resources needs made by our industrial agriculture
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What we can do to improve our community??
Focus on children through growth monitoring, screening and nutrition education
Promoting of breastfeeding Immunization Nutritional Program focusing on infant,
children, and women nutrition Food distribution of nutrients supplements
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