Stories of Change: Rwanda: Understanding how Rwanda created an enabling environment for improvements in nutrition and the challenges that remain

Elyse Iruhiriye, Deanna K. Olney, Gayathri V. Ramani, Jessica Heckert, Emmanuel Niyongira and Edward A. Frongillo

No 1, Other briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Understanding the context-specific causes of child malnutrition, including those related to political commitment and program and policy coherence, is essential for effectively reducing the prevalence of nutrition-related problems such as stunting and anemia and their subsequent negative impacts on human and national development. Between 2005 and 2015 Rwanda made substantial progress in reducing malnutrition, reducing stunting and anemia among children

Keywords: anaemia; child nutrition; capacity development; stunting; malnutrition; nutrition; children; Rwanda; Middle Africa; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Eastern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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