The term malnutrition refers to a pathological condition caused by lack of intake or absorption of nutrients

Malnutrition is, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the leading killer of infants and young children in developing countries
So, prevent this disease has become a priority for the World Health Organization (WHO).

What causes child malnutrition in the coast and jungle of Per?

jungle

coast

Are immediate causes

inadequate and insufficient food consumption

Infectious diseases

lack of potable water and basic sanitation

limited health care

structural causes poor economic conditions of the family

the low educational level

political causes

little social investment and misuse of state resources

The results of The Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES 2011 first semester)
confirmed the progressive reduction of the level of the chronic malnutrition at the country. and

It diminishes near of two percentage points

18,3 % in the ENDES 2009 to 16,6 % in the ENDES 2011 First Semester when the NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics) is used as standard of reference

diminishes in some over two percentage points 23.8 % to 21.6 % in the same period
When the WHO (World Health Organization) is used as standard of reference.

According to the natural regions

ENDES 2011 First Semester, ratifies that the prevalence of anemia is major:

at the Highland (54.9 %), and at the Jungle (50.9 %)

than

at the Coast (38.9 %).

Data from the World Food Programme (WFP) recorded over 1,000 million undernourished people worldwide, "an amount equal to the sum of the population of North America and Europe." As detailed in the WFP, one in six people worldwide do not have enough food to be healthy and lead an active life.

Most Latin American countries are ranked in the first three categories of this map. The most worrying case is that of Haiti malnutrition recorded "very high", more than 35 percent. Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Bolivia, with a rate "moderately high", between 20 and 34 percent.

Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Paraguay entered in the "moderately low", with malnutrition rates of between 10 and 19 percent.

GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF MALNUTRITION (COAST AND JUNGLE)

Reduce the prevalence of chronic malnutrition and anemia in children under 5 years, especially in regions with greater poverty.

GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF MALNUTRITION (COAST AND JUNGLE)

Intervention strategy articulated public and private entities, with the aim of overcoming poverty and chronic malnutrition.

GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF MALNUTRITION (COAST AND JUNGLE)

The government target by 2012 is to reduce poverty by 30 percentage points and chronic malnutrition among children ages 5 Paying Child 9 percentage points.

PROPOSALS TO COMBAT MALNUTRITION

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 To effectively combat malnutrition requires coordinated action by all sectors of the state involved, such as the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Women.

 Welfarism (via donation of food, including milk for children, by institutions like the PRONAA or Glass of Milk)

Training in nutrition and feeding: breastfeeding Promotion.

 Best way to deal with the problem of malnutrition in the jungle is helping to restore indigenous and coastal fisheries resources and wildlife

 Promotion of agricultural projects according to socio-environmental reality Amazon.

We must take into account the idiosyncrasies of Amazonian people with more resources to call handler farmer.