Moving northward, there are also agro-pastoral and pastoral zones, and then the mainly uninhabited desert in the north, in which there is very
little annual rainfall (2). The rain-fed planting and harvest season in Mauritania is very short, covering just June, July, and the beginning of August (3), and some flood planting occurs in the south. The primary exports are iron from the north, deep sea fish, and off-shore petroleum (Fig.?1). One indicator of progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), MDG #1: to half poverty and hunger by 2015 is the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <?2 among children <5 years, MDG #1.8). According to reported national survey data since 1990, Mauritania is on track to reaching this MDG. Despite this notable progress, there has <a href="http://www.selleckchem.com/screening/anti-cancer-compound-library.html">Anticancer Compound Library been little or no change since 1996, and wasting is still very high among children <2 years of age (Fig.?2). The most recent estimates for rates of mortality among children <5 years of age indicate that Mauritania is not yet on track towards MDG #4.1 to reduce mortality among children less than 5 years <a href="http://www.selleckchem.com/products/AZD8055.html">AZD8055 of age by two-thirds by the
year 2015 (Fig.?3). In 2008, National Nutrition Technical Committee was organized under the direction of the prime minister and with the assistance of the international REACH initiative (6), which was piloted in Mauritania. This committee was charged with overall supervision and collaboration on nutrition-related activities in Mauritania. The importance of this organization was demonstrated when, following an abrupt change in government,
the new government reinstated this committee and the associated National Nutrition and Development Council (CNDN in French), including regional branches of the CNDN. Infant and young child nutrition (IYCN)-related activities are carried out within six divisions or sections within the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry for the protection of women, children, and families. The Nutrition Division is placed within the Division of Basic Health Services in the Ministry of Health. In addition to the governmental and international organizations working on IYCN activities in Mauritania, more than 50 local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) collaborated on a recent large-scale nutrition project (7), Ceramidase demonstrating a strong local support for some of these nutrition activities. The main objectives of the situational analysis are to compile, analyse, and interpret available information on infant and child feeding, and the nutrition and health situation of children <2 years of age in Mauritania as one of the six target countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal). Additional aims were to identify inconsistencies with international recommendations and gaps in programme activities, and to provide recommendations based on these findings to guide the development of more effective IYCN-related programmes and activities.</div>
little annual rainfall (2). The rain-fed planting and harvest season in Mauritania is very short, covering just June, July, and the beginning of August (3), and some flood planting occurs in the south. The primary exports are iron from the north, deep sea fish, and off-shore petroleum (Fig.?1). One indicator of progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), MDG #1: to half poverty and hunger by 2015 is the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <?2 among children <5 years, MDG #1.8). According to reported national survey data since 1990, Mauritania is on track to reaching this MDG. Despite this notable progress, there has <a href="http://www.selleckchem.com/screening/anti-cancer-compound-library.html">Anticancer Compound Library been little or no change since 1996, and wasting is still very high among children <2 years of age (Fig.?2). The most recent estimates for rates of mortality among children <5 years of age indicate that Mauritania is not yet on track towards MDG #4.1 to reduce mortality among children less than 5 years <a href="http://www.selleckchem.com/products/AZD8055.html">AZD8055 of age by two-thirds by the
year 2015 (Fig.?3). In 2008, National Nutrition Technical Committee was organized under the direction of the prime minister and with the assistance of the international REACH initiative (6), which was piloted in Mauritania. This committee was charged with overall supervision and collaboration on nutrition-related activities in Mauritania. The importance of this organization was demonstrated when, following an abrupt change in government,
the new government reinstated this committee and the associated National Nutrition and Development Council (CNDN in French), including regional branches of the CNDN. Infant and young child nutrition (IYCN)-related activities are carried out within six divisions or sections within the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry for the protection of women, children, and families. The Nutrition Division is placed within the Division of Basic Health Services in the Ministry of Health. In addition to the governmental and international organizations working on IYCN activities in Mauritania, more than 50 local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) collaborated on a recent large-scale nutrition project (7), Ceramidase demonstrating a strong local support for some of these nutrition activities. The main objectives of the situational analysis are to compile, analyse, and interpret available information on infant and child feeding, and the nutrition and health situation of children <2 years of age in Mauritania as one of the six target countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal). Additional aims were to identify inconsistencies with international recommendations and gaps in programme activities, and to provide recommendations based on these findings to guide the development of more effective IYCN-related programmes and activities.</div>
