Framework and setting for the review
CHAPTER 2: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NUTRITION IN TANZANIA: POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
The colonial economic heritage
Post-independence economic State interventions
Some disturbing features of the economy
Pattern in sectoral resource allocation
Institutional involvement in nutrition relevant actions
The Household as an institution
The village/community as an institution
The sectoral definition of the nutrition problem
The use of nutrition information in policy and planning
The winners and losers of different policy decisions relevant to nutrition
CHAPTER 3: ANALYSIS OF THE NUTRITION SITUATION AND TRENDS IN TANZANIA
Sources of information and reliability of data
The public health significance of malnutrition in Tanzania
Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
Nutritional status of children aged under five years
Nutritional status of school age children
Diet and nutrition related non-communicable diseases
Malnutrition and the Mortality pattern
CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND CAUSES RELATED TO NUTRITIONAL STATUS
The pattern of vulnerability in Tanzania
Food security and nutritional status
Factors determining household food security
Tanzania’s potential for food production
National self food-sufficiency
Post harvest food management (Industrial and Household level)
Economic and social accessibility to food
The environment and food security
CHAPTER 6: NUTRITION AND THE CONTROL OF DISEASES
Acute respiratory infections (ARI)
CHAPTER 7: WOMEN'S CONTROL OF RESOURCES AND CARING CAPACITY
Decision making and women's control of resources
Female literacy, decision making and child care
Caring capacity for the elderly
Caring capacity in difficult circumstances
CHAPTER 8: NUTRITION RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES IN TANZANIA
General policies to reduce economic inequalities
Household food security related policies and programmes
Public works for food security
Provision of Basic Social Services for All
Nutritional Interventions Through the Water and Sanitation Sector
Nutrition Education and Interventions Through the Educational System
Nutritional Interventions Through the Health Sector
Policies and programmes related to caring capacity
Specific nutrition programmes of the eighties
The Iringa Joint WHO/UNICEF Nutrition Support Programme (JNSP)
The Child Survival and Development (CSD) Programmes
Nutrition surveillance and the development of Nutrition Information Systems (NIS)
Factors associated with success in the various programmes
Tanzania's Nutrition Goals for the 1990s
CHAPTER 9: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations and some options for the 1990s
ANNEX 1: THE ROLE OF TFNC AS A MAJOR NUTRITION INSTITUTE IN TANZANIA