Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Mozambique

NLiS Country Profile: Mozambique

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 13.8
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 12.6

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 60.2
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 51.1
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 50.7
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 51.0
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%) 2003-2004 5.3
Median urinary iodine concentration in children 6-12 years (μg/L) 2004 60.3
Subclinical vitamin A deficiency in preschool-age children (serum/plasma retinol <0.70 μmol/L) (%) 2001-2002 68.8

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2011 54.3
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 51.1
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 20.5
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 91.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2011 80.3
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2011 61.5
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2015 30.9
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 61.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 99.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2013 0.0
Mothers of children 0-23 months receiving counselling, support or messages on optimal breastfeeding at least once in the last year (%)   no data

Food Security

Indicator Year Value
Households consuming adequately iodized salt (15 parts per million or more) (%) 2011 42.5
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2014 62.4

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2013 69.0
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2013 95.0
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2011 13.3
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2015 43.0
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 8.8
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 7.0
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 79.3
Nutrition component of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2007-2009 Medium
Nutrition component of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) 2006-2009 Medium
Nutrition Governance score 2009 Weak
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Full provisions in law
Maternity leave 2013 9 weeks

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition is part of medical curricula 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 0.8
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2013 0.4
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 1,328
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 0.3
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 14.5
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 Yes

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -0.8
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.552
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2018 0.9
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.4
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 39.6

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2018

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

Policies & Actions in the Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA)

Policy title Start Year
United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2017
Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde PESS 2014-2019 2014
Plano de Acção Multissectorial de Redução da Desnutrição / Multisectoral plan for chronic malnutrition reduction 2011 – 2014 (2020) 2011
Poverty Reduction Action Plan (PARP) 2011
Plano Estratégico Nacional de Prevenção e Controlo das Doenças Não Transmíssiveis 2008
Decree 53/2007 2007
Law on Social Protection, Law Nr. 4/2007 (Lei sobre a Protecção Social) 2007
Labour Law 2007
Food Security and Nutrition Strategy (ESAN) 2007
UNDAF 2007
Poverty Reduction Paper (PARPA) 2006
Plano De Accao De Nutrição E Alimentação 1995
Decree No. 9/2016 approving the Regulation for Food Fortification with Industrially Processed Micronutrients  
Progamme title and actions Start Year
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Crop selection strategies 2011
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Food diversification 2011
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Growth monitoring and promotion 2011
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Promotion of food security and agriculture 2011
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Promotion of fruit and vegetable intake 2011
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Taxation and price policies 2011
Feed the Future: The U.S. Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative - Women's education 2011
GAIN Large-scale Food Fortification Program - Oil fortification 2011
GAIN Large-scale Food Fortification Program - Wheat flour fortification 2011
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q8) - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) 1991
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Counselling on nutritional support&care for people living with HIV  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Deworming  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Distribution of insecticide-treated bednets  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Management of moderate malnutrition  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Management of severe acute malnutrition  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Preventive malaria treatment  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Promotion of improved hygiene practices including handwashing  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q10) - Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7) - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9a) - Feeding of LBW infants  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9b) - Infant feeding in the context of HIV  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9c) - Infant feeding in the context of emergencies  
GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q37) - Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition  
GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q38) - Management of moderate malnutrition  
GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q39) - Management of severe acute malnutrition  
GNPR 2016-2017: Nutrition and infectious disease (q41) - Counselling on nutritional support & care for people living with TB