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Early Childhood Development in Tajikistan Luciano Calestini Human Development Cluster Co-Chair Development Coordination Council Dushanbe, 3 July, 2018

Key components of “Nurturing Care”

Key achievements Maternal and child mortality trend Trend of malnutrition among children 1990-2016 (UN IGME) under five, 1999-2017 Stunting Wasting underweight 40 Under-5 mortality rate 37.3 36.2 140.0 35 Infant mortality rate 33.9 35 129.0 Neonatal mortality rate 35.9 30.42 120.0 119.8 28.9 Maternal mortality ratio 30 108.4 27 27 30.9 100.0 107.0 26.2 25 93.0 93.0 85.0 80.0 20.9 74.3 20 68.0 17.3 20.75 17.6 65.2 17.4 17.4 60.0 13.6 15 54.1 46.0 52.6 44.7 45.0 35.0 12.1 43.0 40.0 8.4 39.0 37.0 10 9.9 30.1 7.2 7 6.9 32.0 5.3 7.6 4.3 6.2 20.0 32.3 32.5 20.0 5.6 5 7.8 25.6 22.8 21.0 4.5 2.8 4.94 0.0 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2012 2016 2017

Early learning enrolment of children 3-6 years (%) (1999-2017) 100 90 80 70 60 50 % 40 30 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.5 11 11.4 20 9.89 9.7 8.89 8.8 8.84 8.83 8.88 9 8.23 8.48 8 7.28 7.58 10 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Primary and Secondary School Enrollment (%) (1999-2017) 100 80 60 % 40 20 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Upper Secondary Lower Secondary Primary Education

Ongoing strategies and initiatives • “The first 1000 day of life” communication strategy • Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) initiative • Quality and coverage of social services (education, health and social protection) • Implementation of the nation plan of action of Child Rights Convention for 2018-2022

Priorities and way forward • Establish and strengthen multi-sectoral coordination • Strengthen national data/ evidence to track progress towards achieving results for children • Develop a policy to support multi-sectoral interventions for ECD. • Ensure sustained finance to support coverage of services, especially for marginalized children

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