NACIONAL UNIVERSITY

PEDRO RUIZ GALLO

FACULTY OF MEDICINE HUMANIZES

NACIONAL UNIVERSITY PEDRO RUIZ GALLO

FACULTY OF MEDICINE HUMANIZES

SUBJECT:

INTEGRANTS:

Medical English

Calderon Baldera Karen Eliana Diaz Mino Marlon Werner Fernandez Ferreyra Ana Maria Sofia Niño Effio Brenda Stefanny Popuche Cabrera Pedro Luis Razuri Farro Juan Alessandro

TEAM NUMBER 5

PROFESSOR: Dr. Rosa Gonzales

GROUP WORK

Presents

Child Malnutrition on the Highland

What is Malnutrition?

Abnormal state of the body caused by deficiencies of one or multiple nutritional elements, an imbalance between requirements and nutrient inputs with onset of clinical symptoms presents on higland’s Peru.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To inform about the reality of the child malnutrition in the Peruvian Highland.

The causes or factors Determinants of child malnutrition

CHILD MALNUTRITION

IMMEDIATE CAUSESInsufficient feeding Inadequate attention Diseases

UNDERLYING CAUSESLack of access to food Lack of health care Unsafe water and sanitation

BASIC CAUSESPoverty Inequality Low maternal education

The causes or factors Determinants of child malnutrition

BASIC CAUSES

Poverty Inequality Low maternal education

The causes or factors Determinants of child malnutrition

UNDERLYING CAUSES

Lack of access to food Lack of health care Unsafe water and sanitation

The causes or factors Determinants of child malnutrition

IMMEDIATE CAUSES

Insufficient feeding Inadequate attention Diseases

other causes

Lack of a single vitamin in the diet or because the person is not getting enough food.

High incidence of infectious diseases

other causes

Increased requirements, as for example in preterm infants

CONsecuences

Decrease of:

Capacity of vital functions Ability to work

CONsecuences

Decrease of:

Mental development and intellectual Growth and development

Individual and social productivity

RISks

Death

Infections

Noncommunicable Diseases

Disease Heart

Lung

CancerObesity

Vulnerability to Natural Disasters

VolcanoTsunami

Floodigs

UTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION

INCIDENts

DO YOU KNOW HOY MANY CHILDREN FROM 0 TO 5 YEARS SUFFER FROM CHRONIC MALNUTRITION IN PERU?

Peru is in the 24 % of child malnutrition, a problem that

affects more than 700000 children

In the highland the percentage of children affected by chronic malnutrition is 32.6 %

The regions with the highest rate of child malnutrition are :

Huancavelica (44,7%)

Cajamarca (32,0%)

Huanuco (31,0%)

Apurimac (30,9%)

Ayacucho (30,3%)

Cusco (29,1%)

Ironically, some of them have mineral wealth.

EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION OF THE MALNUTRITION IN THE HIGH LAND

Therefore the statistics that show us the evolution

of chronic malnutrition in the Peru.

In Peru, the chronic malnutrition is a problem that affects in the main

the population of the region saws.

They reflect indirectly this situation in the region it saws.

IN THE GRAPH N°1 THE DIMINISHING TREND IS OBSERVED IN THE LAST 11 YEARS

In the graph N ° 02 we observe the evolution of the infantile malnutrition in the high land of Peru,

with diminishing trend from the year 2000, with 39 %, up to the first semester the year 2011 with 30 %.

PREVENTION

CONDITIONS

Basic conditions to anticipate the chronic infantile malnutrition

Attended rich kid

Child with prepared parents

Child in healthy housing

Child in healthy community

Fed rich kid

Rich kid ofhealth

Nourished rich kid

Result

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

At present the fundamental period is identified to anticipate

the malnutrition of the child

In this stage it is when the basic development of the child takes place.

The pregnancy The first two years of life.

DURING THESE STAGES, THE INTERVENTIONS GATHER IN CROWDS IN TWO BIG CATEGORIES

Actions of prevention:

Contribution of vitamins and essential minerals

• Iron• Folic acid • Vitamin • Zinc • Iodine

Promotion of the exclusive lactation up to 6 months of age.

Measurement of weight and height, and detection of cases of sharp

malnutrition.

Promotion of the consumption of iodized salt.

Changes in the sociocultural environment:

Promotion of habits of hygiene, as the hand wash, to reduce the risk of

diarrhea and other diseases.

Creation of suitable facilitie of water and reparation, and

formation for his maintenance.

Actions to achieve a sanitary suitable attention and training of

sanitary and community personnel.

PROGRAMS OF THE CONDITION FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST THE INFANTILE MALNUTRITION IN THE SAW OF PERU:

National Strategy of Articulated Intervention of Fight Against the Poverty and the Chronic Infantile Malnutrition (To grow).

Priority reduce the poverty to 30 per cent and the chronic infantile malnutrition to 16% in

2011

PROJECTS FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST THE INFANTILE MALNUTRITION IN THE SAW OF PERU:

Of the humanitarian international organization: Action against the Hunger

Restaurants against the malnutrition, it feeds your solidarity. Ayacucho. Peru

CONCLUSIONS

We knew that the general determinant factors of the infantile malnutrition in the Peruvian Highland.

We have learnt the impact and risks that carry the malnutrition.

We also knew about the major impact of the infantile malnutrition in the departments of the Peruvian Highland.

And finally we have known about the prevention and the different Aid programs in order to avoid the infantile malnutrition in the Peruvian highland.

We understood about the evolution with that the malnutrition has decreased.

Thank You So Much!