An assessment of the causes of malnutrition in Ethiopia: A ...

LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1: Child stunting in Ethiopia, percent of children aged 6-59 months..............................................13
Table 2.2: Comparison and trends in rural and urban levels of stunting, by region, percent of
children aged 6 - 59 months.....................................................................................................................14
Table 2.3: Regional profile of stunting by gender (1999/00), percent of children aged 6 - 59
months..........................................................................................................................................................14
Table 2.4: Educational level of mother and the prevalence rate of stunting, percent of children
aged 6 - 59 months.....................................................................................................................................15
Table 2.5: Child wasting and stunting prevalence in Ethiopia by expenditure quintile (1999/00),
percent of children aged 6 - 59 months..................................................................................................15
Table 2.6: Trend in prevalence rates of underweight, stunting, and wasting, percent of children
under 5 years of age...................................................................................................................................16
Table 2.7: Selection of macro & cross-cutting issues (basic determinants), based on likely impact
on nutritional status....................................................................................................................................18
Table 2.8: Macro and cross-cutting issues and the expected changes that lead to improved
nutritional status.........................................................................................................................................21
Table 2.9: Gross primary enrollment and net primary enrollment ratios, percent.......................................24
Table 3.1: Trends in the agricultural population, output and resources (1960-2000) .................................48
Table 3.2: Poverty headcount (2002), malnutrition indicators (2000), and per capita food
production by region..................................................................................................................................50
Table 3.3: National, urban and rural malnutrition indicators of children under 5-years 2000..................52
Table 4.1: Optimal infant and young child feeding practices .........................................................................86
Table 4.2: Present discount values (PDV) of economic benefits associated with reducing the
prevalence of low birth-weight................................................................................................................87
Table 4.3: Care focused initiatives in Ethiopia ................................................................................................111
Table 4.4: Analysis of care consideration in the national policies and programs by different
sectors and offices....................................................................................................................................119
Table 4.5: Implementation of international conventions, codes, initiatives, and resolutions that are
supportive of caring practice and nutrition security, in Ethiopia. ....................................................122
Table 4.6: The continuum of child feeding......................................................................................................124
Table 5.1: Prevalence of diarrhea among under fives in Ethiopia, percentage who experienced
diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the survey, various surveys.......................................................150
Table 5.2: Per capita drinking water consumption in Ethiopia, 1980-2003, from various statistical
sources........................................................................................................................................................151
Table 6.1: Matrix of distribution of roles across actors involved in nutrition interventions in
Ethiopia......................................................................................................................................................163
Table 6.2: Overview of federal-level sectors working on nutrition issues in Ethiopia.............................164
Table 6.3: Overview of selected non-governmental organizations working on nutrition issues in
Ethiopia......................................................................................................................................................165
Table 6.4: Challenges to effective and sustainable efforts to reduce malnutrition in Ethiopia. ..............167
Table 6.5: Lessons learned from past and current efforts to reduce malnutrition in Ethiopia.................168
Table 6.6: Overview of nutrition interventions in Ethiopia – government, international
development agencies, NGOs................................................................................................................170
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