| Indicators |
2000
CDHS
|
2005
CDHS
|
Target 2007 |
| Breast-feeding |
| Mothers who start breast-feeding
newborn child within one hour of birth |
11% |
N/A |
35% |
| Infants exclusively breastfed up to 5
months of age* |
5% |
60% |
25% |
| Mean duration of breast-feeding |
24 months
| N/A
|
24 months |
| Nutritional status of children under 5
years |
| Underweight |
45.2% |
35.6% |
31% |
| Stunting |
44.6% |
37.2% |
30% |
| Wasting |
15% |
7.3% |
10% |
| Nutritional status of
women 15-49 years old |
| Women with Body Mass Index <18.5
Kg/Sq metre |
21%
|
N/A |
15% |
| Women stunted (<145cm tall)
|
6%
|
N/A |
5% |
| Low birth-weight babies |
15% |
N/A |
10% |
| Iron Deficiency Anaemia
(IDA) |
| Children 6-59 months age |
63% |
61.8% |
42% |
| Women 15-49 years old
|
58%
|
N/A
|
40%
|
| Pregnant women
|
66%
|
N/A
|
43%
|
| Women taking iron supplements for at
least 2 months during pregnancy |
4% |
N/A |
40% |
| Vitamin A Deficiency
(VAD) |
| Night Blindness among pregnant women |
8%
|
N/A
|
4% |
| Women got a post-partum Vitamin A
supplement |
11% |
N/A |
80% |
| Children got Vitamin A capsules 6
months prior |
29% |
N/A |
80% |
| Iodine Deficiency
Disorder (IDD) |
| Households using iodized salt
|
12%
|
70% |
80% |
| Goiter |
12%** |
N/A |
4% |
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* MOH policy is exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age. CDHS indicator
reported above was collected for babies exclusively breastfed up to the age of
5 months.
** Source: National Micronutrient survey 2000 and National Goiter Survey 1997.
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