UNICEF Pacific Consultancy: Dietary intake assessment in Isabel, Western, and Guadalcanal Provinces, Solomon Islands, 75 working days over 5 months

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UNICEF Pacific works across 14 Pacific Island countries and territories, home to 2.3 million people, including 1.2 million children—spread across 660 islands and atolls. Five of these countries, including Solomon Islands, are classified as Fragile States. While all have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, only a third are up to date with reporting obligations. Explore the different areas of our work here: UNICEF Pacific Islands.

Solomon Islands is grappling with the triple burden of malnutrition which are undernutrition (chronic and acute); micronutrient deficiencies (such as anaemia) and overnutrition (overweight and obesity). Undernutrition and iron deficiency anaemia are high among under 5 children with 32 per cent of them stunted; 8 per cent wasted, and 39 per cent anaemic. Overweight and obesity affect a significant portion of children (23 per cent) and adults (57 per cent) compounded by unhealthy dietary habits such as consumption of insufficient fruits (33 per cent) and vegetables (21 percent) and high daily intake of carbonated soft drinks among school-aged children (45 per cent).

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