PART 3
By the year 2010, this strategy aims to ensure the significant improvement of nutritional status of the country’s population; it will focus on nutrition and care improvement for all families, primarily children and mothers; it will also concentrate on giving access to all ethnic minority groups in the country to adequate dietary intake (quantitatively sufficient, qualitatively balanced, hygienic and safe). It will also attempt to minimize emerging nutrition-related health problems.
The 1st objective: To improve the population's appropriate nutrition knowledge and practices.
Indicators:
- The rate of mothers having appropriate nutrition knowledge and applying desirable practices in care of sick children to increase from 20.2% (2000) to 40% by 2005 and 60% by 2010.
- The prevalence of exclusively breast-feeding in the first 4 months to increase from 31.1% (2000) to 45% by 2005 and 60% by 2010.
- The prevalence of reproductive-age women trained on nutrition and to be mother knowledge to increase to 25% by year 2005 and to 40% by 2010.
The 2nd objective: To reduce maternal and child malnutrition prevalence.
Indicators:
- The prevalence of underweight among children under five to be reduced to 25% by 2005 and 20% by 2010, with a yearly reduction rate of 1.5%.
- The prevalence of stunting at children under five to be reduced by 1.5% per year.
- The prevalence of low birth weight (<2500 gr.) to be reduced to 7% by 2005 and to 6% by 2010.
- The prevalence of chronic energy deficiency in reproductive-age women to be reduced by 1% per year nation-wide.
- The prevalence of overweight in children under 5 to be at 5% or lower.
The 3rd objective: To reduce micro-nutrient deficiencies
Indicators:
- The prevalence of active corneal lesions due to Vitamin A deficiency to be maintained below the level of public health significance.
- Reduction of sub-clinical Vitamin A deficiency prevalence: The prevalence of under five years old children with low serum vitamin A to be reduced below 8 % by 2005 and below 5 % by 2010.
- Elimination of IDD: The prevalence of goiter among children at aged 8-12 to be reduced to below 5% by 2005. Universal salt Iodization salt is stabilized with more than 90% of households using iodized salt; urinary iodine level is between 10-20 mcg/dl.
- The prevalence of IDA in pregnant women to be reduced to 30% by 2005 and to 25 % by 2010 (in areas covered by the programs).
The 4th objective: To reduce proportion of household with low energy intake
Indicators:
- The percentage of households with low energy intake (below 1800 Kcal) to be reduced from 15% in 2000 to less than 10 % by 2005 and under 5 % by 2010.
- The 5th objective: To improve food quality and food safety
Indicators: