NUTRITIONAL STATUS SURVEY - WHO



NUTRITIONAL SURVEY

OF CHILDREN UNDER TWO ATTENDING ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SESSIONS AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES

IN IRAQ

Conducted by the Ministry of Health (GOI) November 1999

and

UNICEF/Iraq

NUTRITIONAL STATUS SURVEY OF CHILDREN BELOW TWO ATTENDING ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SESSIONS AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES IN IRAQ

November, 1999

Executive Summary

A nutritional status survey was conducted in 127 Primary Health Centers in South and Center of Iraq. The purpose of this survey was to continue the nutritional status follow-up for SCR986, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under Food Items (No. 38). To monitor the nutrition status of children surveys are carried out every six months since April 1997. The surveys in April, 1997, March 1998 and April 99 were carried out in under five children attending National Immunization Days for Polio and the surveys in October 1997, October 1998 and the present survey were carried out on children below two years of age attending routine immunization clinics.

The children attending the routine immunization sessions during 24 –30 November 1999 were surveyed. A total of 6,414 children under two years of age were examined for weight and height / length. Results pertain to 125 of the original 127 PHCs sampled in the previous survey of April 1999; two have been excluded because they are not involved in the previous survey for the matter of comparison. The survey showed that 12% of the children under two years of age were malnourished, according to WHO reference criteria of weight-for-age, W/A ................
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