Table 1 Interventions to target stunting [9] and their baseline coverage in Bangladesh
Maternal interventions | Target population | Description & impact | Estimated program model inputs for the national Bangladesh illustration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coverage | Unit cost (marginal cost at low coverage) | 2014 spending on program | |||
Balanced energy-protein supplementation | Pregnant women in the lowest two wealth quintiles | Improves birthweight, reduction in incidence of infants born small for gestational age | 0% | $25.00 | $0 |
Antenatal micronutrient supplementation | Pregnant women | Improves birthweight, reduction in incidence of infants born small for gestational age | 0% | $1.80 | $0 |
Child interventions | |||||
 Exclusive breastfeeding promotion | Pregnant women and mothers of children under 6 months | Breastfeeding decreases mortality due to other causes & decreases stunting by decreasing incidence of diarrhea | 61% Indicator: % children < 6 months who are exclusively breastfed | $3.56 | $14.3 m |
 Infant & young child feeding (IYCF) education | Children 6–23 months old | Direct impact on stunting, must be combined with CFS to benefit food insecure | 24.7% Indicator: % mothers of children > 5 months with 4 or 4+ visits | $3.56 | $4.1 m |
 Public provision of complementary foods (CFS) | Children 6–23 months old, food insecure | Direct impact on stunting, benefits only food insecure | 0% | $48.00 | $0 |
 Vitamin A supplementation | Children 6–59 months old | Decreases mortality due to diarrhea & decreases stunting by decreasing diarrhea incidence | 62.1% | $0.35 | $3.8 m |