Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Central African Republic

NLiS Country Profile: Central African Republic

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 14.5
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 10.7

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 71.9
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 45.4
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 52.3
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 46.0
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%)   no data
Median urinary iodine concentration in children 6-12 years (μg/L)   no data
Subclinical vitamin A deficiency in preschool-age children (serum/plasma retinol <0.70 μmol/L) (%) 1998-1999 68.2

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2010 40.0
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 68.5
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 21.8
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 49.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2010 47.5
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2010 0.5
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 83.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 0.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2014 1.1
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) (%) 2012 84.3
Population below the international poverty line (%)   no data

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2014 52.5
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2010 94.0
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2010 8.8
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2010 37.5
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 14.2
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 4.2
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 25.0
Nutrition component of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)   no data
Nutrition component of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)   no data
Nutrition Governance score   no data
Maternity leave 2013 14 weeks
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 No legal measures

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists   no data
Nutrition is part of medical curricula   no data
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population)   no data
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2009 0.3
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 872
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 23.4
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 Yes

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -1.6
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.673
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2016 0.8
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.4
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 8.6

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 1994-1995

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Politique Nationale de Nutrition de la République CentrAfricaine 2013
Plan cadre des nations unies pour la consolidation de la paix et l'aide au développement de la République Centrafricaine (UNDAF) 2012
Loi nº 09-004 du 29 janvier 2009 portant Code du travail de la République centrafricaine 2009
Plan National de Développement Sanitaire (PNDS) 2006
Social Security Code, Loi No. 06.035 du 28 Decembre 2006 portant Code de Sécurité Sociale 2006
Plan National D'Action Pour La Nutrition 1996
Arrêté general relatif au travail des femmes et des femmes enceintes en Afrique Equatoriale Française n° 3759 1969
no action information available