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IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","STUDY DESIGNThe study consisted of an assessment using qualitative methodology. Within the focal area of FCT, four Area Councils were selected. First, the Area Councils were divided into urban/rural groups. Within each group, the “lucky dip” technique was used to pick two Area Councils. Within each selected Area Council, two urban and two rural communities were selected. Data collection was done at the health facility level. Health workers at the health facilities served as contact persons and mobilizers for respondents. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with key individuals in each of the communities, including traditional leaders, opinion leaders, community health workers, and community health volunteers. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were held amongst primary caregivers (mothers) of children under six months of age, primary caregivers of children between 6 and 24 months, grandmothers of under-24-month-olds, and fathers with children under 24 months of age.DATA COLLECTIONData collection instruments were developed for the target groups of the study. The instruments were pre-tested, on the basis of which some moderations were made. A methodology workshop was held to train the field officers and assistants a day before field work began. The training took place in the IYCN office in Asokoro, Abuja. During the training sessions, field assistants were taken through each instrument, and possible interpretations debated and agreed upon. Role-play sessions were also conducted. The workshop was facilitated by Dr Afolabi in conjunction with the principal investigator, Dr R. A. Okunola. Data were later collected at the different sites in FCT, coordinated by the principal consultant. Health officials of Area Councils to be visited were informed some days before the arrival of the study team, and necessary mobilizations were done. On arrival, courtesy calls were made to the traditional head and permission formally obtained for entrance into the community. Afterwards, the team proceeded to the health facility, where the various interviews and discussion sessions took place. Each FGD session was facilitated by a moderator and a note-taker while the sessions were tape-recorded. The collected data were transcribed and translated into English for the purpose of analysis.
","*
","","*","2 communities in 4 area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja","","","","Vulnerable groups","","Infant feeding for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV>>>Infant feeding for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV>>http://www.who.int/elena/titles/hiv_infant_feeding","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Working closely with the government is necessary to achieve sustainability beyond the life of the project. We have involved stakeholders from the government at all stages of planning and implementation of project activities. This has enabled government ownership of our activities, materials, and products, thereby ensuring their continued implementation after project closeout.Effective collaboration with key stakeholders is integral to success. We involved nutrition, PMTCT, and OVC partners from the beginning, ensuring they wereincluded in all stakeholder meetings and collaborating with them on program implementation.Integrating materials for health facilities and communities ensures consistent messages for caregivers. We found that developing the facility and community-based materials concurrently resulted in consistency of key messages for caregivers and helped establish a two-way referral system between facility-based health workers and community workers and volunteers.A cascade training approach can help programs with limited resources reach more health providers. We found that training master trainers at the national and state levels and engaging with a wide variety of partners to leverage resources helps to reach a wider group of health providers.
","“IYCN is the organization we recognize for nutrition in this country. Anything concerning nutrition we assign it to IYCN and listen to what they tell us and bring it back to stakeholders, review it and adopt it. Most of the time it involves a lot of technical discussion [with IYCN].”—Oby Okwuonu, Assistant Director, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Unit, Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development“This program is different because the focus is on the community. Health workers are trained to involve community counselors. This allows them tobe closer to the community.”—Aishatu Amiwe Zango, State Nutrition Officer and Trainer, Jigawa“Despite having a limited budget, IYCN has been able to reach a broad audience by integrating important infant feeding messages into government-owned documents that will reach many levels through cascade training.”—Dr. Bamidele Omotola, UNICEF
","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","Urban|Rural","completed","01-2009","01-2011","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","STUDY DESIGNThe study consisted of an assessment using qualitative methodology. Within the focal area of FCT, four Area Councils were selected. First, the Area Councils were divided into urban/rural groups. Within each group, the “lucky dip” technique was used to pick two Area Councils. Within each selected Area Council, two urban and two rural communities were selected. Data collection was done at the health facility level. Health workers at the health facilities served as contact persons and mobilizers for respondents. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with key individuals in each of the communities, including traditional leaders, opinion leaders, community health workers, and community health volunteers. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were held amongst primary caregivers (mothers) of children under six months of age, primary caregivers of children between 6 and 24 months, grandmothers of under-24-month-olds, and fathers with children under 24 months of age.DATA COLLECTIONData collection instruments were developed for the target groups of the study. The instruments were pre-tested, on the basis of which some moderations were made. A methodology workshop was held to train the field officers and assistants a day before field work began. The training took place in the IYCN office in Asokoro, Abuja. During the training sessions, field assistants were taken through each instrument, and possible interpretations debated and agreed upon. Role-play sessions were also conducted. The workshop was facilitated by Dr Afolabi in conjunction with the principal investigator, Dr R. A. Okunola. Data were later collected at the different sites in FCT, coordinated by the principal consultant. Health officials of Area Councils to be visited were informed some days before the arrival of the study team, and necessary mobilizations were done. On arrival, courtesy calls were made to the traditional head and permission formally obtained for entrance into the community. Afterwards, the team proceeded to the health facility, where the various interviews and discussion sessions took place. Each FGD session was facilitated by a moderator and a note-taker while the sessions were tape-recorded. The collected data were transcribed and translated into English for the purpose of analysis.
","*
","","*","2 communities in 4 area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja","","","","Vulnerable groups","","Infant feeding for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV>>>Infant feeding for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV>>http://www.who.int/elena/titles/hiv_infant_feeding","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Working closely with the government is necessary to achieve sustainability beyond the life of the project. We have involved stakeholders from the government at all stages of planning and implementation of project activities. This has enabled government ownership of our activities, materials, and products, thereby ensuring their continued implementation after project closeout.Effective collaboration with key stakeholders is integral to success. We involved nutrition, PMTCT, and OVC partners from the beginning, ensuring they wereincluded in all stakeholder meetings and collaborating with them on program implementation.Integrating materials for health facilities and communities ensures consistent messages for caregivers. We found that developing the facility and community-based materials concurrently resulted in consistency of key messages for caregivers and helped establish a two-way referral system between facility-based health workers and community workers and volunteers.A cascade training approach can help programs with limited resources reach more health providers. We found that training master trainers at the national and state levels and engaging with a wide variety of partners to leverage resources helps to reach a wider group of health providers.
","“IYCN is the organization we recognize for nutrition in this country. Anything concerning nutrition we assign it to IYCN and listen to what they tell us and bring it back to stakeholders, review it and adopt it. Most of the time it involves a lot of technical discussion [with IYCN].”—Oby Okwuonu, Assistant Director, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Unit, Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development“This program is different because the focus is on the community. Health workers are trained to involve community counselors. This allows them tobe closer to the community.”—Aishatu Amiwe Zango, State Nutrition Officer and Trainer, Jigawa“Despite having a limited budget, IYCN has been able to reach a broad audience by integrating important infant feeding messages into government-owned documents that will reach many levels through cascade training.”—Dr. Bamidele Omotola, UNICEF
","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","Urban|Rural|Peri-urban","completed","","","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","Behaviour change communication and/or counselling for improved complementary feeding was reported to the Global Nutrition Policy Review (GNPR) 2009-2010
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","","*","National coverage","","","","Vulnerable groups","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","","","","","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS was reported to the Global Nutrition Policy Review (GNPR) 2009-2010
","","","","National coverage","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","","","","","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","Preventive treatment of malaria in women was reported to the Global Nutrition Policy Review (GNPR) 2009-2010
","","","","National coverage","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","Urban|Rural","completed","01-2009","01-2011","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","Distribution of insecticide-treated bednets was reported to the Global Nutrition Policy Review (GNPR) 2009-2010
","","","","National coverage","","","","","","Insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria and anaemia in pregnant women>>>Insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria and anaemia in pregnant women>>http://www.who.int/elena/titles/bednets_malaria_pregnancy","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","Urban|Rural","completed","01-2009","01-2011","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","Deworming of children 0-2 years was reported to the Global Nutrition Policy Review (GNPR) 2009-2010
","","","","","","","","","","Deworming to combat the health and nutritional impact of soil-transmitted helminths>>>Deworming to combat the health and nutritional impact of soil-transmitted helminths>>http://www.who.int/elena/titles/deworming","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English" "9451","Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project ","English","Multi-national","","NGA","Nigeria","Nigeria","","","","","IYCN worked with the FMOH, other relevant government ministries, UNICEF, WHO, and the many partners implementing OVC and HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the nutritional status of children less than two years of age and their mothers. The project placed special emphasis on increasing the chance that children born to HIV-positivemothers live healthy lives free from HIV. Efforts focused on improving the enabling environment for nutrition programs by reviewing and updating policy guidelines and training manuals and building the capacity of health workers.
From 2009 to 2011, the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project supported the government of Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve the HIV-free survival of infants and young children. IYCN provided technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development, and other partners to review, update, and disseminate nutrition policies and guidelines, train health care workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding area councils, and enhance behavior change interventions targeting HIV-positive mothers and HIV-exposed children.
The project also supported a quality improvement approach to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services at prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and orphans and vulnerable children service sites in the FCT. As a result of IYCN’s role in Nigeria, the country adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent recommendations on infant feeding within the context of HIV, and updated national guidelines were distributed to nutrition stakeholders across the country.
","Management of SAM was reported to the Global Nutrition Policy Review (GNPR) 2009-2010. Protocol used: For now we dont have national protocol but we conduct trainings on the management of SAM using WHO Guidelines.
","","","","National coverage","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","English"