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BINP BANGLADESH INTEGRATED NUTRITION PROJECT In 1995, the government launched its first nationwide nutrition program with support from the World Bank through a US$59.8 million credit and from UNICEF. Under the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project (BINP), the government works hand in hand with nongovernmental organizations and communities to tackle malnutrition, which affects about 90 percent of children, and to reduce high levels of anemia in pregnant and lactating women. The community based nutrition program also includes family planning water and sanitation, and childcare. In the pilot areas, the core community-based nutrition activities have begun to have an impact on severe malnutrition among children ages 0 to 24 months; 92 percent of these children are covered by the growth-monitoring program, and 90 percent of the village committees participate in decisionmaking. Furthermore, severe malnutrition amongchildren in that age group in the project area has declined from above 20 percent to around 3 percent in just two years, 1995-97. The project has been highly successful in enabling rural women to improve household decisions about nutrition and in getting them out of their homes to actively participate in activities likely to improve their own well-being. | Project Information on BINP |
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For more information, please contact: | In Dhaka: Subrata S. Dhar Phone: (880-2) 9669301, Fax: (880-2) 8613220, E-mail: sdhar4@worldbank.org In Washington: Zita Lichtenberg, Phone: (1-202) 458-7953, E-mail: zlichtenberg@worldbank.org | ||
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