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Nutrition Landscape Information System In Pakistan Case Study

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Topic: Nutrition Landscape Information System Pakistan and its cross link with emergency aspects

Course Title: Nutrition in Emergency
Submitted to: Ma’am Sabah Yasin
Submitted by: Tooba Abid
Roll num: Dnd-fa14-009
Semester: 8th
Degree: Doctor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Date of submission: 20th March 2018

Table of contents
Sr no Content Page no
1 Introduction 3
2 NLIS and its cross link with emergency aspects 4-5
3 NLIS Pakistan and its cross link with emergency aspects 5-7
4 Conclusion 8

Nutrition Landscape Information System Pakistan and its cross link with emergency aspects
Introduction
Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLIS) include all occurring WHO Global Nutrition Databases, as well different occurring food and nutrition …show more content…

Due to some emergency conditions such as any kind of flood or earthquakes deficiency of food occurs due to which people don’t get enough food and with the passage of time they become malnourished
Malnutrition disease
Disease death \
Below is the graphical view of malnutrition in children of Pakistan from year 2001 to 2013 • In the year 2001 31.3 percent were underweight, 41.5 percent were facing stunting growth while 14.2 percent were facing muscle wasting and 4.8 percent were overweight
• In 2011 rate of underweight children reduces from 31.3 per cent to 30.9 while stunting and wasting percentage increases from 2001 and over weight also increases from 4.8 percent to 6.8 percent
• From year 2012 to 2013 all the percentages from past year increases of underweight, wasting, stunning and overweight
Malnutrition in females
Malnutrition in females increases with the passage of time. In women it is related to poverty, lack of development, understanding and illiteracy. The graphical representation shows the malnutrition in females based on …show more content…

In Pakistan people face various vitamins and minerals deficiency due to which people become ill and various symptoms are seen on them
Vitamins and minerals Deficiency
Vitamin C Its deficiency can cause scurvy
Vitamin A Night blindness
Vitamin D Rickets
Vitamin B1 Beriberi
Iron Anaemia
Iodine Hyperthyroidism
Calcium osteoporosis

• In Pakistan prevalence of anemia, zinc and vitamin A deficiency increases form past year
• In urban areas anemia, zinc and vitamin A deficiency is less as compare to the rural areas, in both of the areas deficiency and its symptoms increases with the passage of time
Conclusion
• Nutrition landscape information system contains all the data regarding nutritional and health status
• It also includes fellow agencies that work together
• In any emergency condition in the country this system works in the data collection and create easy to explain country profile
• There are various emergency aspects in the country that should be solved

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