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DRC
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Population
78.7 Million
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Pop. Under 5
14.5 Million
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% Stunting
43% Of Children Under 5
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% Underweight
23% Of Children Under 5
Photo credit: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
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. These consequences of malnutrition should be a significant concern for policy makers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where over six million children under 5 (43 percent) suffer from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age), according to the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).
USAID Programs: Accelerating Progress in Nutrition
As of January 2018, the following USAID programs with a focus on nutrition were active in DRC.
- Feed the Future, Strengthening Value Chains (SVC) Activity
- Food for Peace (FFP) Tuendelee Pamoja II
- FFP South Kivu Food Security Project
- FFP Budikadidi Project
- Food for Peace Humanitarian Assistance Activities
- U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Centers for Disease Control, Project Kimia
- PEPFAR/USAID, Enhancing Services and Linkages for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ELIKIA)
- PEPFAR/USAID, Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children)
- Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
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