"programme_id","programme_title","programme_language","programme_type","other_program","iso3code","country_name","program_location","area","status","start_date","end_date","brief_description","references","related_policy","new_policy","partner_gov","partner_government_details","partner_un","partner_un_details","partner_ngo","partner_ngo_details","partner_donors","partner_donors_details","partner_intergov","partner_intgov_details","partner_national_ngo","partner_nat_ngo_details","partner_research","partner_research_details","partner_private","partner_private_details","partner_other","partner_other_details","cost","fsector_0","fpartner_0","fdetails_0","fsector_1","fpartner_1","fdetails_1","fsector_2","fpartner_2","fdetails_2","fsector_3","fpartner_3","fdetails_3","fsector_4","fpartner_4","fdetails_4","fsector_5","fpartner_5","fdetails_5","fsector_6","fpartner_6","fdetails_6","fsector_7","fpartner_7","fdetails_7","fsector_8","fpartner_8","fdetails_8","fsector_9","fpartner_9","fdetails_9","fsector_10","fpartner_10","fdetails_10","fsector_11","fpartner_11","fdetails_11","fsector_12","fpartner_12","fdetails_12","fsector_13","fpartner_13","fdetails_13","fsector_14","fpartner_14","fdetails_14","fsector_15","fpartner_15","fdetails_15","fsector_16","fpartner_16","fdetails_16","fsector_17","fpartner_17","fdetails_17","fsector_18","fpartner_18","fdetails_18","fsector_19","fpartner_19","fdetails_19","fsector_20","fpartner_20","fdetails_20","fsector_21","fpartner_21","fdetails_21","fsector_22","fpartner_22","fdetails_22","fsector_23","fpartner_23","fdetails_23","fsector_24","fpartner_24","fdetails_24","fsector_25","fpartner_25","fdetails_25","fsector_26","fpartner_26","fdetails_26","fsector_27","fpartner_27","fdetails_27","fsector_28","fpartner_28","fdetails_28","fsector_29","fpartner_29","fdetails_29","fsector_30","fpartner_30","fdetails_30","fsector_31","fpartner_31","fdetails_31","fsector_32","fpartner_32","fdetails_32","fsector_33","fpartner_33","fdetails_33","fsector_34","fpartner_34","fdetails_34","fsector_35","fpartner_35","fdetails_35","fsector_36","fpartner_36","fdetails_36","fsector_37","fpartner_37","fdetails_37","fsector_38","fpartner_38","fdetails_38","fsector_39","fpartner_39","fdetails_39","fsector_40","fpartner_40","fdetails_40","fsector_41","fpartner_41","fdetails_41","fsector_42","fpartner_42","fdetails_42","fsector_43","fpartner_43","fdetails_43","fsector_44","fpartner_44","fdetails_44","fsector_45","fpartner_45","fdetails_45","fsector_46","fpartner_46","fdetails_46","fsector_47","fpartner_47","fdetails_47","fsector_48","fpartner_48","fdetails_48","fsector_49","fpartner_49","fdetails_49","action_id","theme","topic","new_topic","micronutrient","micronutrient_compound","target_group","age_group","place","delivery","other_delivery","dose_frequency","impact_indicators","me_system","target_pop","coverage_percent","coverage_type","baseline","post_intervention","social_det","social_other","elena_link","problem_0","solution_0","problem_1","solution_1","problem_2","solution_2","problem_3","solution_3","problem_4","solution_4","problem_5","solution_5","problem_6","solution_6","problem_7","solution_7","problem_8","solution_8","problem_9","solution_9","other_problems","other_lessons","personal_story","language" "8930","Assistance to Ghanaian Food-Insecure Households in Northern Ghana","English","Community/sub-national","","GHA","Ghana","Tongo, Bolgatanga Municipal, Upper East, Ghana|Danko, Wa Municipal, Upper West, Ghana|Zuorugu, Tamale, Ghana","Rural","on-going","01-2010","01-2014","
The project supports the Government of Ghana in its efforts to improve the protection of vulnerable populations in northern Ghana from the devastating impacts of floods and droughts, and also to ensure that the immediate food needs of the most severely food-insecure households are met. The project aims to improve agriculture, water and land resources; create strategic reserves to protect the nutritional status of at-risk groups (including children under five, pregnant and lactating women and people living with HIV/AIDS); and support the rehabilitation and recovery of agricultural livelihoods. This project contributes to alleviating chronic food security amongst vulnerable groups, targeting and assisting poverty reduction in the most susceptible areas of northern Ghana.
","http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/cpo.nsf/vWebCSAZEn/503DAC11D7D8F3AD85...
","8488","","","","World Food Programme (WFP)","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","CA$ 20,000,000","Bilateral and donor agencies and lenders","Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","8929","","Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition","","","","HIV cases|Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|Pregnant women (PW)","","The 3 Northern regions (Upper East, Upper West, Northern region)","Community-based","","Results as of May 2012 include: the World Food Program (WFP) has distributed food to 327,982 beneficiaries out of the 423,250 planned. In particular, the targets for supplementary feeding of malnourished children under five and pregnant and lactating women are close to being achieved, and will likely be exceeded by the end of the project. The project has already exceeded the targets for the number of beneficiaries on its components Food for Assets (FFA) and Food for Training (FFT), and has reforested some 7,357 ha of land and rehabilitated 250 dams/dugouts.
","It is anticipated that all expected outcomes of increasing equitable access to food aid and prevention of malnutrition, particularly among children under five, pregnant and lactating women, including refugees; as well as to improving food consumption over the assistance period for targeted households, and people living with HIV/AIDS and their families; and increasing the targeted communities equitable access to livelihood assets, including assets for environmental conservation will be achieved.
","","423,250","327,982 beneficiaries (for distributed food); ","","","","Vulnerable groups","","Micronutrient supplementation in children with severe acute malnutrition>>>Micronutrient supplementation in children with severe acute malnutrition>>http://www.who.int/elena/titles/micronutrients_sam","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English" "11454","Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project","English","Multi-national","","MWI","Malawi","Salima District, Central Region, Malawi","Urban|Rural|Peri-urban","completed","01-2010","01-2011","From 2010 through 2011, the Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported Malawi’s Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) to develop community-based nutrition services targeting mothers, infants, and young children, including HIV-positive populations. The project increased understanding of feeding behaviors, supported enhanced national policies, played a key role in shaping the country’s Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) strategy, developed a package of training materials for a new cadre of community nutrition workers, and increased the capacity of community-based workers to improve infant and young child nutrition. We piloted capacity-building activities in Salima District, which will be scaled up nationally to improve the growth, nutritional status, health, and HIV-free survival of infants and young children.
","Examined caregivers’ feeding practices
IYCN conducted a joint research project with Bunda College of Agriculture and the World Bank to generate information that can be used to improve infant and young child nutrition activities within Malawi’s existing programs. The study was conducted in two phases: phase one was exploratory, and gathered information about feeding practices from 60 mothers with children 6 through 23 months of age and 18 key informants. In phase two, or the Trials of Improved Practices phase, counselors offered 100 mothers of children 0 through 23 months of age one to three improved feeding practices that they could try for about one week and gathered results from trying those practices.
","In a joint study with the World Bank, IYCN identified key infant feeding problems and tested practical solutions to inform new behavior change communication materials for community nutrition workers. Findings revealed that mothers could adopt new, improved practices, such as:
Formative research findings can help motivate stakeholders to take action.
The project’s formative research demonstrated that it is feasible for mothers in Malawi to make small changes in feeding practices that go a long way toward preventing malnutrition. These powerful findings influenced several national strategies and contributed to the country’s focus on prevention of stunting.
Training materials should meet the needs of community-based workers.
Because community-based workers selected for IYCN’s trainings lacked knowledge about the basic principles of nutrition, adapting the training materials to include this basic information, along with building counseling skills, led to the development of more effective tools for counseling caregivers. Mentoring and supportive supervision are a great way to reinforce concepts learned during a training session. We found that community workers were motivated to do the work when they received regular supervision and mentoring.
","“Indeed biscuits are expensive…and with the same amount of money, I can buy eight bananas.”
—Mother, Salima
Royce’s story: Small changes, big growth
When Gladys, a community health worker trained by IYCN, first met Linnes during a home visit, the young mother was concerned that her nine-month-old baby, Royce, had remained the same weight for the past three months. Sitting in the shade outside of Linnes’ mudbrick home in Nthiwatiwa village, Gladys asked her how she had been feeding her baby and used a set of illustrated counseling cards to suggest feeding changes. She advised that increasing the frequency of breastfeeding, making thicker porridge, and diversifying Royce’s meals could improve her growth and health. During several more home visits, Gladys found that Linnes was able to make these small feeding improvements; and after just two months, the baby’s growth improved significantly. Now, Linnes proudly shares her story with other mothers in the village.
","English" "33302","GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q38)","English","Other","","COG","Congo","Congo","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition. More actions and programmes be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33303","","Management of moderate malnutrition","","","","HIV cases|Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|MAM child|Pregnant women (PW)|Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)|TB cases","","","Community-based|Hospital/clinic","","Components of the MAM programme: breastfeeding promotion and support, nutrition counselling, activities that identify and address the underlying causes of malnutrition, food security interventions, water, sanitation and hygiene intervention, conditional or non-conditional cash transfers, provision of supplementary foods. Recommendations as part of nutrition: increase intake of animal-source foods high in nutrients, increase intake of plant-source foods high in nutrients, modify processing of plant-source foods high in anti-nutrients (e.g. through soaking, germination, malting or fermentation). Supplementary foods provided: Ready-to-Use-Supplementary Foods (RUSFs), fortified blended foods (e.g. Corn-Soy Blend (CSB)). Target groups: children 0-5 months with MAM, children 6-59 months with MAM, pregnant and lactating women, HIV-positive and TB patients, refugees. MAM is assessed among children 0-5 months using weight-for-height or weight-for-length > -3Z score and < -2 without bilateral pitting oedema. MAM is assessed among children 6-59 months using weight-for-height or weight-for-length > -3Z score and < -2 without bilateral pitting oedema, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <125mm and >115 mm without bilateral pitting oedema.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33480","GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q39)","English","Other","","COG","Congo","Congo","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition. More actions and programmes be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33481","","Management of severe acute malnutrition","","","","HIV cases|Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|Pregnant women (PW)|Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)|SAM child|TB cases","","","","","Target groups: children 0-5 months with SAM, children 6-59 months with SAM, pregnant women, lactating women, patients with HIV or TB, refugees. SAM is assessed among children 0-5 months by weight-for-length <-3Z score, bilateral pitting oedema. SAM is assessed among children 6-59 months by weight-for-height or weight-for-length <-3Z score, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <115 mm, bilateral pitting oedema. Components of the SAM programme: inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment. Admission criteria for children 0-5 months with SAM to inpatient care: serious clinical condition or medical complications, recent weight loss or failure to gain weight, ineffective breastfeeding, any bilateral pitting oedema. Admission criteria for children 6-59 months with SAM to inpatient care: medical complications, severe bilateral pitting oedema, poor appetite and/or breastfeeding problems, if the caregiver suffers from a major illness or dies so that her replacement asks that the patient be followed in a hospital setting, or she does not wish to take care of the malnourished child or she is unable to do so, presence of one of the criteria of """"treatment failure"""": weight loss during 2 consecutive weighings; weight loss of more than 5% of body weight at any visit; stagnant weight during 3 consecutive weighings; weighing less than 3 kg even if more than 6 months. Discharge criteria: regained appetite and/or breastfeeding effectively, weight-for-height or weight-for-length ≥ –1.5 Z-score, MUAC ≥ 125 mm, no bilateral pitting oedema for at least 2 weeks.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "33574","GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q39)","English","Other","","NAM","Namibia","Namibia","","","","","These programmes and actions were reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition. More actions and programmes be accessed through the country page.
","WHO (2018) Global Nutrition Policy Review. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrevi...
The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in 176 Member States (91%) and one area which responded to the survey carried out between July 2016 and December 2017.
","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","33575","","Management of severe acute malnutrition","","","","HIV cases|Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|Pregnant women (PW)|Preschool-age children (Pre-SAC)|SAM child|TB cases","","","","","Target groups: children 0-59 months with SAM, children 5-14 years of age, pregnant women, lactating women, people living with HIV, TB patients. SAM is assessed among children 6-59 months by weight-for-height or weight-for-length <-3Z score, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <115 mm, bilateral pitting oedema. Components of the SAM programme: inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment. Admission criteria for children 0-5 months with SAM to inpatient care: serious clinical condition or medical complications, recent weight loss or failure to gain weight, ineffective breastfeeding, any bilateral pitting oedema. Admission criteria for children 6-59 months with SAM to inpatient care: medical complications, severe bilateral pitting oedema, poor appetite and/or breastfeeding problems. Discharge criteria: weight-for-height or weight-for-length ≥ –2 Z-score.
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