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    Preventing chilhood stunting: Why and how?

    Herrin, Alejandro N. | August 2017
    Abstract
    According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), childhood stunting can affect one-third of under-five children annually,1 or roughly 3.78 million Filipino children in 2015. A big chunk of this number comes from the poorest of the population, where one in every two children under five suffers from stunting. Sadly, the Philippines has shown little progress in reducing its prevalence in the last 20 years, despite its lasting consequences on one’s health, learning, and economic productivity (DOST-FNRI 2016). While cost-effective interventions are known, the more crucial concern is how to make them work in the Philippine setting. Drawing from the ideas of Herrin (2016), this Policy Note asserts the need to adopt a nutrition agenda focused on stunting prevention and the effective delivery and finance of its cost-effective interventions. The adoption of such agenda is a strategic move to ensure greater impact on health and education, and on inclusive growth in the long run.
    Citation
    Herrin, Alejandro N.. 2017. Preventing chilhood stunting: Why and how?. © Philippine Institute for Development Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7557.
    ISSN
    2508-0865
    Keywords
    Prenatal Care
    Nutrition Programs
    Child Nutrition
    Child Development
    Social Conditions
    Socially Disadvantaged Children
    Reproductive Health
    Nutrition and Health Care
    Maternal and Child Health
    Family Health
    Prenatal Care
    Nutrition Programs
    Child Nutrition
    State and nutrition
    Food policy
    Nutrition policy
    Maternity
    Health Aspects Of Poverty
    Nutrition and state
    Food policy
    Nutrition policy
    Cost and standard of living
    Economic conditions
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    Author
    Herrin, Alejandro N.
    Theme
    Health
    Poverty
     
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