Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Tajikistan

NLiS Country Profile: Tajikistan

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 5.6
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 14.8

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 31.3
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 30.3
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 33.5
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 30.5
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) (%)   no data

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2014 90.3
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 73.8
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 95.0
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 97.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2012 31.8
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2012 71.6
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2017 19.7
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 94.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 91.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2014 53.8
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 91.4
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2015 4.8

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2017 61.6
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2017 63.1
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2017 9.3
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2017 62.5
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 6.8
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 6.9
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 185.1
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 20 weeks
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Many provisions in law

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 0.0
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2014 4.7
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 3,444
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 4.7
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 3.7
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 Yes

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -1.2
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.317
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2017 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.7
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 19

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2017

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STRATEGY FOR REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN 2015-2024 2015
Концепция улучшения школьного питания в общеобразовательных учреждениях Республики Таджикистан /Policy on improving child nutrition in educational facilities 2015
СТРАТЕГИЯ ПИТАНИЯ И ФИЗИЧЕСКОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ ТАДЖИКИСТАН НА 2015-2024 годы . Strategy for Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015-2024 2015
Program on Agricultural Reform 2012-2020/ ПРОГРАММА реформирования сельского хозяйства Республики Таджикистан на 2012-2020 годы 2012
Law No. 890 On food safety/ ЗАКОН Республики Таджиткистан о безопасности пищевых продуктов 2012
Legislation on Safe Drinking- Water/ ЗАКОН О питьевой воде и питьевом водоснабжении 2010
Law on Food Safety 2010/ ЗАКОН О продовольственной безопасности 2010 2010
Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan 2010-2012 2010
Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2009 2007
Programme on the response to the epidemic of HIV in the Republic of Tajikistan for the period 2007-2010 2007
Law on Protection of Breastfeeding for Children/ ЗАКОН О защите естественного вскармливания детей 2006
Labour Code of 15 May 1997 (Text No. 417), as amended up to Act No. 182 of 29 April 2006 to amend the Labour Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (Text No. 195). Akhbori Mazhlisi Olij, 2006-04, No. 4, p. 70 2006
Law on Salt Iodization / ЗАКОН О йодировании соли 2002
Law on the quality and safety of food/ Закон О качестве и безопасности пищевых продуктов 2002
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Tajikistan 2002 2002
Legislation on public health protection/ ЗАКОН Об охране здоровья населения 1997
Consumers Rights Law  
National Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan on child and adolescent protection for the period until 2015  
Action Plan on maternal and child food issues.  
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GAIN Universal Salt Iodization - Salt iodization 2013
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 - Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition  
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 - 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  
MNP supplementation among children aged 6-24 months - Multiple micronutrient powder (point-of-use fortification)  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce saturated fatty acid, trans fatty acid, sugars or salt/sodium content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q16) - Ban or virtual elimination of industrial trans fatty acids  
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 (q8) - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q12a) - Food-based dietary guidelines  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q12b) - Nutrient-based dietary guidelines  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q13) - Nutrient declaration  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q13) - Front-of-pack labelling system  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q13) - Nutrition and health claims  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q18) - Implementation of legislation on marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q20) - Media promotion of healthy nutrition  
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  
GNPR 2016-2017: Nutrition and infectious disease (q41) - Counselling on nutritional support & care for people living with TB  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - Monitoring children's growth in schools  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - Nutrition education included in school curriculum  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - Standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools