Thanks to support from FANTA / USAID it has been possible to develop a new model to quantify the functional consequences of Low Birth Weight (LBW) in low-income countries. The model, based on a paper by Alderman H. and Behrman JR. (Estimated Economic Benefits of Reducing LBW in Low-Income Countries, World Bank, 2003), focuses on seven different outcomes of LBW with economic consequences. These outcomes are:

• infant mortality


• neonatal care


• infant and child illness


• stunting


• ability (IQ and educability)


• chronic (adult) diseases


• intergenerational birthweight effects

• PROFILES Calculator: Neonatal and Postneonatal Infant Deaths Attributable to Low Birthweight
  
  
• PROFILES CALCULATOR: Neonatal and Postneonatal Infant Heath Care Savings from Reducing Low Birth Weight