2018 Nutrition Country Profile: Haiti
- The profile classifies Haiti as experiencing three forms of malnutrition: overweight, anaemia and stunting.
- The profile reports no progress or worsening on anaemia in women of reproductive age, adult female and male diabetes, and exclusive breastfeeding.
- The profile records mandatory legislation for salt iodisation and a multisectoral comprehensive nutrition plan, and no sugar-sweetened beverage tax.
- The profile reports that 76 percent of women with a birth in the last five years received iron and folic acid in their most recent pregnancy in 2012.
The profile classifies Haiti as experiencing three forms of malnutrition: overweight, anaemia and stunting. It reports no progress or worsening on anaemia in women of reproductive age, adult diabetes and exclusive breastfeeding, and it shows no data for several child targets. Demographic indicators include a population of 10,981 thousand in 2017 and a Gini index score of 41 in 2012.
The policy section records mandatory legislation for salt iodisation and a multisectoral nutrition plan, and no sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Intervention coverage figures from 2012 include 44 percent of children aged 6 to 59 months receiving vitamin A supplements and 18 percent of households consuming iodised salt.
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Global Nutrition Report, 2018 Nutrition Country Profile: Haiti, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/gnr-2018-haiti-nutrition-country-profile
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