Foreword
State Minister of Health
In the last decade, we have made significant strides in addressing nutrition issues in Ethiopia.
Interventions have been scaled-up targeting women and children; rates of underweight and
stunting have decreased. The Growth and Transformation Plan has identified nutrition as a
key goal for 2015. Many sectors have committed to implementing interventions that
specifically address nutrition.
If we invest in nutrition, we will see social and economic gains. Improved nutrition can have a positive effect for individuals and
communities in all areas of life — health, education, and productivity — and there are no negative consequences of investing in
improved nutrition.
It is known that child undernutrition has long-term negative effects on people’s lives, most notably in health, education, and
productivity, and seriously affects the human capital of a country on which the economy relies. The study on the Cost of
Hunger in Ethiopia has allowed us to quantify the negative impacts of child undernutrition in both social and economic terms.
The study is undoubtedly a call to action, and it is thus appropriate that the study has been launched simultaneously with the
National Nutrition Plan (NNP). This program outlines some of the key efforts that must be undertaken in the next few years
to address the causes and effects of malnutrition and provides a basis for future nutrition policy. The study illustrates the need
for all partners to work together to implement the NNP and collaborate to improve nutrition broadly. Specifically, the critical
support required to address the issue of undernutrition is through health and agriculture extension services and through
continues research. Moreover, community sensitization and awareness-raising activities on nutrition must be implemented. By
doing this, we can reduce the burden of child undernutrition on communities and enhance social and economic growth.
I would like to thank the African Union Commission for leading this important initiative, the UN Economic Commission for
Africa for their technical leadership, and the UN World Food Programme for their financial support. Further, I wish to
commend the multi-sectoral implementers and supporters of the study including the Federal Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian
Health and Nutrition Research Institute, as well as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Development, the Central Statistics Agency, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, the World Health Organization, and
the UN Children’s Fund. Studies of this kind can empower us to develop informed policy and provide evidence to support our
existing interventions.
Foreword
State Minister of Health
In the last decade, we have made significant strides in addressing nutrition issues in Ethiopia.
Interventions have been scaled-up targeting women and children; rates of underweight and
stunting have decreased. The Growth and Transformation Plan has identified nutrition as a
key goal for 2015. Many sectors have committed to implementing interventions that
specifically address nutrition.
If we invest in nutrition, we will see social and economic gains. Improved nutrition can have a positive effect for individuals and
communities in all areas of life — health, education, and productivity — and there are no negative consequences of investing in
improved nutrition.
It is known that child undernutrition has long-term negative effects on people’s lives, most notably in health, education, and
productivity, and seriously affects the human capital of a country on which the economy relies. The study on the Cost of
Hunger in Ethiopia has allowed us to quantify the negative impacts of child undernutrition in both social and economic terms.
The study is undoubtedly a call to action, and it is thus appropriate that the study has been launched simultaneously with the
National Nutrition Plan (NNP). This program outlines some of the key efforts that must be undertaken in the next few years
to address the causes and effects of malnutrition and provides a basis for future nutrition policy. The study illustrates the need
for all partners to work together to implement the NNP and collaborate to improve nutrition broadly. Specifically, the critical
support required to address the issue of undernutrition is through health and agriculture extension services and through
continues research. Moreover, community sensitization and awareness-raising activities on nutrition must be implemented. By
doing this, we can reduce the burden of child undernutrition on communities and enhance social and economic growth.
I would like to thank the African Union Commission for leading this important initiative, the UN Economic Commission for
Africa for their technical leadership, and the UN World Food Programme for their financial support. Further, I wish to
commend the multi-sectoral implementers and supporters of the study including the Federal Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian
Health and Nutrition Research Institute, as well as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Development, the Central Statistics Agency, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, the World Health Organization, and
the UN Children’s Fund. Studies of this kind can empower us to develop informed policy and provide evidence to support our
existing interventions.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..