Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation: Early Childhood Development in the Middle East and North Africa by Safaa El-Kogali Caroline Krafft

Author:Safaa El-Kogali, Caroline Krafft
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The World Bank Group

Source: World Bank calculations based on Iraq MICS 2011.

Note: BCG = Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (tuberculosis vaccine); DPT = diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus.

There are substantial deficits in children’s nutritional status in Iraq. In 2011, 21 percent of children were stunted, 7 percent were underweight, and 6 percent were wasted. Figure 7.3 shows how children in Iraq fare in terms of growth compared to a healthy reference population.7 Iraqi children fall behind very early, with height-for-age that is below the healthy reference population (figure 7.3). Over the first two years of life, children experience a substantial falling off from healthy growth. At birth, children are already below the height of the healthy reference population. Height-for-age is particularly low for the population from 20 months onwards, averaging almost a full standard deviation below the healthy reference population.

Figure 7.3 Average Height-for-Age, Weight-for-Age, and Weight-for-Height Compared to Healthy Reference Population in Standard Deviations, and Percentage Stunted, Underweight, and Wasted, by Age in Months, Ages 0–4 Years

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