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The First One Thousand Days Elizabeth Whelan and Saw Eden Leveraging Essential Nutrition Actions to Reduce Malnutrition (LEARN) Project 16 June 2015 One Thousand Days Window of opportunity Good nutrition has life-long benefits Nutrition

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Elizabeth Whelan and Saw Eden Leveraging Essential Nutrition Actions to Reduce Malnutrition (LEARN) Project 16 June 2015

The First One Thousand Days

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One Thousand Days

Window of opportunity

Good nutrition has life-long benefits

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Nutrition situation in Myanmar

1 in 3 stunted

1 2 1 3

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Benefits of good nutrition

Adequate nutrition leads to:

Full physical and mental growth
Better school performance
More effectively fight off disease
Earn more money as an adult

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The journey

Day 1 Day 1,000

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Exclusive breastfeeding

A mother’s breast milk contains: Food Water antibodies

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Infant and young child feeding

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Nutrition challenges in Myanmar

Food taboos
WASH
Poverty

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Food Taboos

 Nga Lin Pan fish  Nga Khu fish  Nga Tan fish  Nga Mee Tan Thwel fish  Watercress  Bitter gourd  Roselle  Eggplant  Bitter leaves  Kyaung shar fruit  Dog fruit  Okra  Most vegetables  Banana  Guava  Corn  Lime  Cucumber  Radish leaves  Long bean  Lentils  Pumpkin  Moringa

Sample findings from Focus Group Discussions: Foods Women Avoid after Giving Birth

 Beans  Wild pigs  Tortoise  Frogs  Rats  Squirrel

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Nearly all infants properly

cleaned after defecation

1 in 5 (caretakers) properly

dispose of feces

Only 4 in 10 adults wash

hands with soap and water before eating

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Poverty

46.6 39.6 35.7 27.7 20.7

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Poorest Second Middle Fourth Richest

% of Children 0-59 Months Chronic Malnutrition

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Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition

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Thank you

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