This is higher than the average for the Latin America and the Caribbean region (1.3%). There is insufficient data to assess the progress that Brazil has made towards achieving the target for wasting however, the latest prevalence data shows that 1.8% of children under 5 years of age are affected. Brazil has made no progress towards achieving the target for stunting, with 7.0% of children under 5 years of age affected, which is lower than the average for the Latin America and the Caribbean region (11.3%). There is insufficient data to assess the progress that Brazil has made towards achieving the exclusive breastfeeding target however, the latest prevalence data shows that 38.6% of infants aged 0 to 5 months are exclusively breastfed. Meanwhile, no progress has been made towards achieving the low birth weight target, with 8.4% of infants having a low weight at birth. Some progress has been made towards achieving the target of reducing anaemia among women of reproductive age, with 16.1% of women aged 15 to 49 years now affected. Micronesia (Federated States of) View profileīrazil is 'on course' to meet one of the global nutrition targets for which there was sufficient data to assess progress.īrazil is 'on course' to meet one target for maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN).Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) View profile.Bolivia (Plurinational State of) View profile.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines View profile.United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland View profile.Iran (Islamic Republic of) View profile.Lao People's Democratic Republic View profile.Democratic People's Republic of Korea View profile.
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