El Salvador award AID/TA-C-1383 · 1977 · nutrition · Community Systems Foundation

This technical assessment of El Salvador's nutrition problems augments the Health Sector Assessment and Agriculture Assessment and serves as a basis for proposed nutritional projects sponsored by A.I.D. and other international agencies. The result of the project is described in the report and includes the data collected, an analysis of the data for diagnosing malnourishment, and the recommendations for future activities and programs. Community Systems Foundation has developed a theory -- the nutrient flow theory -- to guide the assessment of nutritional status and the formulation of strategies to reduce malnutrition. In schematic form, the model shows the flow of nutrients from production through assimilation in the body. The analysis of the available information confirms the presence in El Salvador of acute and chronic malnourishment, of a deficit of nutrients, and of a high morbidity and mortality rate which leads to an increase in real requirements. A number of steps are recommended which can be implemented to define the problem further and to identify projects which have the potential to reduce malnutrition. The assessment is divided into three major sections, with Appendices:

Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAE-120 (1977). The source's own text.