Nutrition screening
Khammouane Province shows Children Under 5 mortality rates of 29/1,000 with high maternal and infant malnutrition. CU5 stunting remains at 30% and over 59% and 62% of CU5 suffer from anemia and sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency, respectively. The province has one of the lowest exclusive breast-feeding rates in Lao PDR and many children fail to consume sufficient and diverse food at each meal: Only 1 in 5 children of 6 to 23 months receive the recommended number of meals and variety of food per day. Geographical remoteness prevents especially ethnic minority women from accessing adequate antenatal care and postnatal care from health centres.
Nutrition screening
Khammouane Province shows Children Under 5 mortality rates of 29/1,000 with high maternal and infant malnutrition. CU5 stunting remains at 30% and over 59% and 62% of CU5 suffer from anemia and sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency, respectively. The province has one of the lowest exclusive breast-feeding rates in Lao PDR and many children fail to consume sufficient and diverse food at each meal: Only 1 in 5 children of 6 to 23 months receive the recommended number of meals and variety of food per day. Geographical remoteness prevents especially ethnic minority women from accessing adequate antenatal care and postnatal care from health centres.