{"product_id":"9781464813962","title":"All Hands On Deck: Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSkoufias, Emmanuel; Vinha, Katja; Sato, Ryoko\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWorld Bank Publications\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eIn Sub-Saharan Africa, the scale of undernutrition is staggering; 58 million children under the \nage of five are too short for their age (stunted), and 14 million weigh too little for their height\n(wasted). Poor diets in terms of diversity, quality, and quantity, combined with illness and poor\nwater and sanitation facilities, are linked with deficiencies of micronutrients—such as iodine,\nvitamin A, and iron—associated with growth, development, and immune function.\n\nIn the short term, inequities in access to the determinants of nutrition increase the incidence\nof undernutrition and diarrheal disease. In the long term, the chronic undernutrition of children\nhas important consequences for individuals and societies: a high risk of stunting, impaired\ncognitive development, lower school attendance rates, reduced human capital attainment,\nand a higher risk of chronic disease and health problems in adulthood. Inequities in access to\nservices early in life contribute to the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Recent World\nBank estimates suggest that the income penalty a country incurs for not having eliminated\nstunting when today’s workers were children is about 9–10 percent of gross domestic product\nper capita in Sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nMuch of the effort to date has focused on the costing, financing, and impact of nutrition-specific\ninterventions delivered mainly through the health sector to reach the global\nnutrition targets for stunting, anemia, and breastfeeding, and interventions for treating\nwasting. However, the determinants of undernutrition are multisectoral, and the solution to\nundernutrition requires multisectoral approaches. An acceleration of the progress to reduce\nstunting in Sub-Saharan Africa requires engaging additional sectors—such as agriculture;\neducation; social protection; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)—to improve nutrition.\n\nThis book lays the groundwork for more effective multisectoral action by analyzing and\ngenerating empirical evidence to inform the joint targeting of nutrition-sensitive interventions.\nUsing information from 33 recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), measures are\nconstructed to capture a child’s access to food security, care practices, health care, and WASH,\nto identify gaps in access among different socioeconomic groups; and to relate access to these\nnutrition drivers to nutrition outcomes.\n\nAll Hands on Deck: Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa\naddresses three main questions:\n• Do children have inadequate access to the underlying determinants of nutrition?\n• What is the association between stunting and inadequate food, care practices, health,\nand WASH access?\n• Can the sectors that have the greatest impact on stunting be identified?\nThis book provides country authorities with a holistic picture of the gaps in access to the\ndrivers of nutrition within countries to assist them in the formulation of a more informed,\nevidence-based, and balanced multisectoral strategy against undernutrition.","brand":"World Bank Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609586192639,"sku":"9781464813962","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_e1845f0b-2430-4db2-826c-035b883941a5.jpg?v=1739851915","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781464813962","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}