4. The most severe form The child has low weight for A lack of basic nutrients for a
their height long time
Require urgent Causes
medical attention Delay in physical and mental
because development of children
-Alter all the vital processes over time
of the child. Requires immediate
treatment to prevent
-Very high rises the risk of
it from getting worse.
death.
Must be
treated before
2 years of age
5.
6. Born annually in the world some 24 million
children are underweight (less than 2.5 kg)
which
represents 17% of all births
Most of these children born
in developing countries
the cause of low birth weight is
poor fetal development.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13. CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION
Immediate causes
Insufficient feeding Inadequate attention Diseases
Underlying causes
Water and sanitation
Lack of access to food Lack of health care
insalubrious
Basic causes
Scarce education of
Poverty Inequality
the mothers
26. 840 million 109 million people
people are suffer from food
affected by 398 million insufficiency
are children
malnutrition 230 million are stunted
50 million suffer from
extreme malnutrition
27.
28.
29. UNICEF The convention
on the rights
In over 150 Supports child the child
countries and UNICEF health and
territories to help working childhood
children survive areas Recognizes the
nutrition, water
and thrive, from worldwide right of every child
supply and
early childhood to a standard of
sanitation, the
through living adequate for
provision of quality
adolescence. physical, mental,
basic education for
spiritual, moral
all children and
and social, in
protecting children
addition of course
from violence,
to recognize their
exploitation
right to life and
survival.
30.
31.
32. Governments Join Private Promotes action and
Sector and civil society intervention to improve
organizations to promote nutrition of mothers and
and strengthen early children during the period of
nutrition policies in 1000 days, ranging from
countries in pregnancy to 2 years old child.
development, unicef is a
member of this initiative
