Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Haiti

NLiS Country Profile: Haiti

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 27.6

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 58.2
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 46.0
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 50.4
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 46.2
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%) 2005-2006 9.6
Median urinary iodine concentration in children 6-12 years (μg/L) 2004-2005 84.0
Subclinical vitamin A deficiency in preschool-age children (serum/plasma retinol <0.70 μmol/L) (%) 2004-2005 32.0

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2013 48.6
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 57.7
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 27.6
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 53.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2012 75.3
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2012 57.7
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2017 6.2
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 17.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 19.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2016 9.5
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) (%) 2017 7.5
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2012 25.0

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2016 47.4
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2016 91.3
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2016 11.1
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2017 51.6
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 6.1
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 7.6
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 130.8
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
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 No legal measures
Maternity leave 2013 12 weeks

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 0.0
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 1998 0.1
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 1,863
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 11.6
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 Yes

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -1.1
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.601
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 1998 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.5
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 2.5

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2016-2017

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Plan Stratégique de Nutrition 2013
Cadre stratégique intégré des Nations Unies pour Haïti 2013
Politique Nationale de Nutrition 2012
Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (DSNCRP) 2008
Labour Code, 12 September 1961, as amended by the Decree of 24 February 1984, Le Moniteur, 1984-03-05, No. 18-A, 36 p. and by the Law of 5 June 2003 (Loi relative à lìnterdiction et à l`elimination de toutes formes d`abus, de violences, de mauvais traitem 2003
Plan National De Sécurité Alimentaire et de Nutrition 1996
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Politique d'Alimentation Scolaire - Deworming 2016
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Politique d'Alimentation Scolaire - Home, school or community gardening 2016
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Politique d'Alimentation Scolaire - School feeding programmes 2016
GAIN Micro-Nutrient Supplementation - Lipid-based nutrient supplementation 2012
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion 2010
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q8) - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) 2000
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Programme national de Cantines Scolaires - Deworming 1995
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Programme national de Cantines Scolaires - Home, school or community gardening 1995
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Programme national de Cantines Scolaires - School feeding programmes 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 (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 (q39) - Management of severe acute malnutrition