Baby Friendly Community Initiative - MEDiCAM
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120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
Child Mortality Rates<br />
106<br />
Myyanmar<br />
83 83<br />
Cammbodia<br />
still ill among the h hi highest h i in the h region i<br />
Laao<br />
PDR<br />
38<br />
Indoonesia<br />
Number of under five deaths per 1,000 live births<br />
34 31<br />
Philipppines<br />
China<br />
23 21<br />
‐ 40,000 children under 5 die every year in Cambodia, out of them 10,000 die in the<br />
first month of life<br />
Bb <strong>Baby</strong> If Infant and dY Young<br />
Child Child F Feeding di (IYCF)<br />
Vieet<br />
Nam<br />
Thhailand<br />
12<br />
Maalaysia<br />
3<br />
Singgapore<br />
Undernutrition in Young g Children<br />
some improvements, but still unacceptably high<br />
Trends in the Prevalence of Child Malnutrition<br />
Cambodia 1996-2008<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
59<br />
49<br />
44<br />
40<br />
13 17<br />
8 9<br />
43<br />
40<br />
28 29<br />
Stuntingg Wastingg Underweight g<br />
1996 2000 2005 2008<br />
Source: WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition 2007<br />
Wasting & underweight are the most responsive to short-term changes.<br />
This suggests gg that the decline in child malnutrition has now stagnated g<br />
and possibly started to reverse.<br />
Infant and Young Child Feeding Program<br />
Goal<br />
To Improve the survival and well being of infants and young<br />
children by improving their nutritional status, growth, and<br />
development through optimal feeding
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