Maternal & Child Survival Program: Annual Health and Nutrition Survey, Guatemala 2017

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The Bureau for Global Health’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) focuses on 25 high-priority countries with the ultimate goal of preventing child and maternal deaths. The Program is introducing and supporting high-impact, sustainable reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in partnership with ministries of health and other partners. The general objective of the annual health and nutrition study is to measure changes in key health and nutrition indicators for children aged 0 to 59 months and their mothers in the area covered by the USAID-funded MCSP project in Guatemala, namely 30 selected municipalities in the western highlands region.

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21 The general objective of the annual health and nutrition study is to measure changes in key health and nutrition indicators for children aged 0 to 59 months and their mothers in the area covered by the USAID-funded MCSP project in Guatemala, namely 30 selected municipalities in the western highlands region. The 2017 dataset includes the following information: nutritional status of children 0 to 59 months of age through anthropometry; prevalence of diarrhea and respiratory diseases in children 0 to 59 months of age; prevalence of anemia using the micro-method HemoCue® in mothers and children 6 to 59 months of age; Infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) using WHO indicators; characteristics of health services in terms of prenatal control, family planning, micronutrient supplements, monitoring growth and vaccination of children 0 to 59 months of age; and environmental sanitation characteristics and hygiene at home. https://data.usaid.gov/d/axkm-bcsa
21 The general objective of the annual health and nutrition study is to measure changes in key health and nutrition indicators for children aged 0 to 59 months and their mothers in the area covered by the USAID-funded MCSP project in Guatemala, namely 30 selected municipalities in the western highlands region. The 2017 dataset includes the following information: nutritional status of children 0 to 59 months of age through anthropometry; prevalence of diarrhea and respiratory diseases in children 0 to 59 months of age; prevalence of anemia using the micro-method HemoCue® in mothers and children 6 to 59 months of age; Infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) using WHO indicators; characteristics of health services in terms of prenatal control, family planning, micronutrient supplements, monitoring growth and vaccination of children 0 to 59 months of age; and environmental sanitation characteristics and hygiene at home. https://datahub.usaid.gov/d/axkm-bcsa

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  • guatemala
  • maternal-and-child-health

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