Child Poverty in Mozambique. A Situation and Trend ... - Unicef
Child Poverty in Mozambique. A Situation and Trend ... - Unicef
Child Poverty in Mozambique. A Situation and Trend ... - Unicef
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CHAPTER III: CHILD SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT……………………...…...…… 71<br />
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………................... 72<br />
2. Overview of children’s deprivations <strong>in</strong> relation to health, .<br />
nutrition <strong>and</strong> water <strong>and</strong> sanitation ....................................................................... 73<br />
A. Severe health deprivation among children…………………………………..…73<br />
B. Severe nutrition deprivation among children…………………………….....… 74<br />
C. Severe water <strong>and</strong> sanitation deprivation among children………………….…75<br />
3. Maternal survival, health <strong>and</strong> nutrition……………………………………...….....… 77<br />
4. <strong>Child</strong> survival…………………………………………………………………................ 81<br />
5. <strong>Child</strong>hood illnesses……………………………………………………………...…........ 86<br />
A. Malaria.………………………………………………………………………....… 86<br />
B. Acute respiratory <strong>in</strong>fection (ARI)…………………………………………….…88<br />
C. Diarrhoea…………………………………………………………………............ 89<br />
D. Vacc<strong>in</strong>e preventable diseases <strong>and</strong> immunisation……………………………. 90<br />
6. Malnutrition…………………………………………………………………………….… 93<br />
A. Macronutrient deficiencies………........…………………………...……….. 93<br />
(i) Severity level of malnutrition among Mozambican children……..........… 93<br />
(ii) Stunt<strong>in</strong>g prevalence (chronic malnutrition)……..………………......…94<br />
(iii) Wast<strong>in</strong>g prevalence (acute malnutrition)…………………………….....96<br />
(iv) Underweight prevalence…...…..........…………………....…………….....97<br />
B. Micronutrient deficiencies……………….....………………………………….. 99<br />
(i) Iod<strong>in</strong>e deficiency………………...………....………………………………….99<br />
(ii) Vitam<strong>in</strong> A deficiency (VAD) ……...………………………………….....…101<br />
(iii) Anaemia <strong>and</strong> iron deficiency………………………………………..... 102<br />
C. Breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g practices…………………………………………………………103<br />
7. HIV/AIDS…………………………………………………………………......................106<br />
A. Prevention of mother to child transmission…………………………………..106<br />
B. Paediatric AIDS…………………………………………………………….........110<br />
8. Water <strong>and</strong> sanitation…………………………………………………………………....112<br />
9. The underly<strong>in</strong>g causes of challenges to child survival <strong>and</strong> development……....…115<br />
A. Inequitable access to <strong>and</strong> fund<strong>in</strong>g of social services………………………...116<br />
(i) Economic accessibility……………………………………………………….116<br />
(ii) Physical accessibility……………………………………………………...…117<br />
B. Low levels of education among mothers…………………………............... 118<br />
C. Family care practices…………………………………………………………... 119<br />
D. Weak human resource capacity <strong>in</strong> the health <strong>and</strong> water sectors ……….…119<br />
E. Poor quality <strong>in</strong>frastructure……………………………………………………... 120<br />
F. Natural disasters………...……………………………………………………..…120<br />
G. Involv<strong>in</strong>g service users……………………...………………………………..…121<br />
10. F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g health <strong>and</strong> water……………………..……………………………………121<br />
A. Health sector………………………………………………………………….....121<br />
B. Water sector……………....…………………………………………………… 126<br />
11. The national policy framework………………………………………………………129<br />
A. Health…………………………………………………………………………… 129<br />
B. Water <strong>and</strong> sanitation……………………..……………………………………. 131<br />
CHAPTER IV: EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT…….......133<br />
1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………134<br />
2. Overview of children’s deprivations <strong>in</strong> relation to education <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation…....135<br />
A. Severe education deprivation among children……………………………... 135<br />
B. Severe <strong>in</strong>formation deprivation among children……………...………………136<br />
3. The Education system………………………………………………………………….137<br />
CHILDHOOD POVERTY IN MOZAMBIQUE: A SITUATION AND TRENDS ANALYSIS<br />
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