Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Eritrea

NLiS Country Profile: Eritrea

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%)   no data
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 10.8

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 56.6
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 37.8
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 40.7
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 38.1
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%) 2002 11.6
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) (%)   no data

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2010 34.1
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 57.8
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 15.7
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 93.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2010 58.2
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2015 51.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2015 51.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2016 5.4
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) (%) 2010 86.2
Population below the international poverty line (%)   no data

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2010 93.1
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2010 44.2
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2010 56.8
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 3.6
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 3.3
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 51.0
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 9 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 2016-2017 No
Nutrition is part of medical curricula 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 0.1
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2004 0.6
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2011 2,103
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2011 5.2
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 Yes

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -1.6
Gender Inequality Index (GII)   no data
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2017 0.9
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.4
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 22

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2002

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
The strategic partnership cooperation framework (SPCF) between the government of the state of Eritrea and the United Nations 2017
The Second Health Sector Strategic Development Plan (HSSDP II) 2017
National Child Survival Strategy 2014
Eritrean policy on infant and young child feeding 2013
Health Sector Strategic Development Plan 2012-2016 2012
Vitamin A Deficiency Control 2005
The Labour Proclamation of Eritrea, Proclamation No. 118/2001. 2001
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: Nutrition and infectious disease (q41) - Counselling on nutritional support & care for people living with TB 2006
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q8) - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) 1996
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q20) Healthy diet (Avoid Risk Behaviors) - Media promotion of healthy nutrition 1996
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion 1995
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q10) - Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling  
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: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q21) - Nutrition education and counselling  
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