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Burkina Faso
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Population
18.7 Million
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Pop. Under 5
3.2 Million
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% Stunting
21% Of Children Under 5
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% Underweight
16% Of Children Under 5
Photo credit: Hayley Droppert, Photoshare
Malnutrition in childhood and pregnancy has many adverse consequences for child survival and long-term well-being. It also has far-reaching consequences for human capital, economic productivity, and national development overall. The consequences of malnutrition should be a significant concern for policy makers in Burkina Faso, since around 672,000 children under 5 years (21 percent) suffer from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age) and 10 percent suffer from acute malnutrition (wasting or low weight-for-height).
USAID Programs: Accelerating Progress in Nutrition
As of January 2018, the following USAID programs with a nutrition focus were active in Burkina Faso.
- Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) initiative: Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER)
- RISE Initiative: Sahel Resilience Learning Project (SAREL)
- RISE Initiative: Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG)
- FFP Families Achieving Sustainable Outcomes (FASO)
- FFP Projet Victoire sure la Malnutrition (ViM)
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
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