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Distribution of Services and Benefits in the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project: An Assessment by Socio-Economic Status

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  • Karim, Rezaul

    (Professor, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Dhaka University)

  • Troy, Lisa

    (Research Fellow, International Food and Nutrition Center, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University)

  • Patwari , Yeakub

    (Consultant, Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project)

  • Levinson, F. James

    (Professor, International Food and Nutrition Centre, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University)

Abstract

The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project (BINP), initiated in 1996, and covering just over 12 per cent of rural communities, is now one of the major large scale nutrition programmes operating in developing countries worldwide. The Project will shortly be expanded into a National Nutrition Programme (NNP) seeking to provide such services nationwide. The Project which includes a broad array of activities is best known for its community-based nutrition component which provides nutrition services-growth monitoring, nutrition counseling, and food supplementation for those found to be nutritionally at risk - directed primarily at children under the age of two and pregnant and lactating women. These services, offered at the community level through community nutrition promoters (CNPs), axe managed by a Programme Management Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and local level government officials working in collaboration with non- governmental organizations

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  • Karim, Rezaul & Troy, Lisa & Patwari , Yeakub & Levinson, F. James, 2001. "Distribution of Services and Benefits in the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project: An Assessment by Socio-Economic Status," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 27(1), pages 123-131, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:badest:0413
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    Keywords

    Low socioeconomic status; High socioeconomic status; Child nutrition; Mothers; Low income; Population control; Pregnancy Food science Child nutrition disorders;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines

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