Link NCA Gaibandha and Lalmonirhat districts, Bangladesh
This study was conducted in Gaibandha and Lalmonirhat districts and supported by Action Against Hunger. Its purpose was to identify the risk factors of undernutrition in the area to inform and improve nutrition security programmes.
Publication date
1st January 2011
Author(s)
Action Against Hunger
Undernutrition levels in Bangladesh are high (43% stunting; 17.4% GAM) and given the particular difficulties faced by inhabitants of the chars, it is expected that undernutrition levels in the chars are especially high and are driven by specific causes.
ACF therefore decided to undertake a Nutrition Causal Analysis to:
- Identify factors that are significantly associated with stunting or wasting among children in this population?
- Identify the main causal ‘pathways of undernourishment’ by which certain children in this population have become stunted and/or wasted?
- Understand the dynamics (seasonality, shocks and trends) of undernutrition in this population?
- Rank the main factors and pathways explaining most of the undernutrition observed in this population?