Nutrition International launches ‘Right Start’ to improve nutrition for women, newborns, infants and children in the Philippines
October 17, 2017
Pregnant women
- 26.1% of pregnant women are anaemic, which indicates a moderate, but important, public health problem
Infants and children under five
- 22% newborns are born with a low birthweight
- 57% of newborn infants were introduced to breastfeeding within the first hour after birth
- Only 29% of infants 0 to 5 months were exclusively breastfed
- 13.4% of children 6 to 23 months were fed the minimum acceptable diet recommended by WHO
Anaemia affects:
- 48.2% of infants 6 to 11 months
- 35.4% of children 12 to 23 months