UNICEF has floated a tender for Production and dissemination of Entertainment Education `Cook Show` on adolescents` dietary practices to improve nutritional status of adolescents in Bangladesh. The project location is Bangladesh and the tender is closing on 31 Jul 2019. The tender notice number is 2019-9150566, while the TOT Ref Number is 34833048. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Bangladesh

Summary : Production and dissemination of Entertainment Education `Cook Show` on adolescents` dietary practices to improve nutritional status of adolescents in Bangladesh

Deadline : 31 Jul 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34833048

Document Ref. No. : 2019-9150566

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNICEF
Email: sunroy@unicef.org
First name: Sunanda
Surname: Roy
Telephone country code: Bangladesh (+880)
Telephone number: 01795818786
Bangladesh
Email :sunroy@unicef.org

Tender Details

Tender are invited for Production and dissemination of Entertainment Education `Cook Show` on adolescents` dietary practices to improve nutritional status of adolescents in Bangladesh

Deadline : 31-Jul-2019 00:00 (GMT 6.00)

Published : 20-Jul-2019

Type of Notice : Request for proposal

Beneficiary Country/Territory : Bangladesh

Reference : 2019-9150566

Description : Production and dissemination of Entertainment Education `Cook Show` on adolescents` dietary practices to improve nutritional status of adolescents in Bangladesh.



Background and rationale

Adolescence is the second-most crucial period of a child`s life in terms of physical growth and cognitive development. It is a stage where up to 45% of skeletal growth takes place and 15-25% of adult height is achieved. It is also a last opportunity to reverse growth faltering experienced during childhood. In Bangladesh, good health and nutrition during this period is key to breaking the inter-generational cycle of undernutrition and ensuring later adult health and productivity. To improve Bangladesh`s stock of human capital, investments in youth are paramount. Thus, adequate nutrition during adolescent period provide an opportunity to support growth and skeletal development and a period to catch up on growth.

Recent data from the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) indicate that the nutritional status of adolescent girls is unsatisfactory in Bangladesh. There has been a decline in thinness (BMI-for-age z-score 1 SD) has risen by 6.5 percentage points (pp) during the same period. Anemia in adolescent girls is more prevalence in rural (40.4%) than urban (36.1%) areas.

The most immediate cause of under nutrition in Bangladesh remains inadequate...

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