- Other Links
- - European Community
- - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
- - International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA
- - United Nations Population Division
- - World Health Organization (WHO)
- - Other sites
- Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition
It is a standardized compilation of child growth and malnutrition data from nutritional surveys conducted around the world since 1960. The data includes aggregated and disaggregated
information on child growth and malnutrition measured by the traditional indicators (underweight, stunting, wasting and overweight) and comprises over 1700 nutritional surveys. Nationally
representative data on child growth and malnutrition are available from countries which, together, cover more than 80% of the world's under-five population. Data and references are
updated on a regular basis. It makes use of the National Center for Health Statistics and World Health Organization (NCHS/WHO) international reference population and include
information on (a) growth retardation prevalence for under-5-year-olds (as measured by the proportion of weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height below -2 and -3 standard
deviations), (b) prevalence of overweight, as measured by the proportion of children with weight-for-height above +2, (c) stratification of the results according to age, sex, region, and
rural/urban strata.
http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/
- Disaster Database (EMDAT)
- GLOBAL LAND COVER 2000 Project (GLC 2000)
- LandScan 2001 Global Population Database
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