Action - Integrated Nutrition Package - Multiple micronutrients supplementation - Infants and young children

Programme: Integrated Nutrition Package

Programme description

a) Prevalence of low birth weight reduced by 4 percentage point from 2006 level; b) Prevalence of underweight among children under 3 years of age reduced by 30%; c) Mean weight gain during pregnancy increased by 30 per cent from basline data to be established in 2009; d) Nutritional anaemia among children 6 to 24 months reduced by 30 per cent; e) Nutritional anaemia among adolescent reduced by 30 per cent;

Programme type

Community/sub-national

Cost

Mainly by the UNICEF and shared with the Government, Ministry of Health

References

www.mri.gov.lk/nutrition

Status: 
On-going

Start date:

January
2009

End date:

January
2013
Area: 
Urban
Rural
Peri-urban
Place: 
11 districts
Target group: 
Infants and young children
Age group: 
6-24 months
Delivery: 
Primary health care center
Implementation details : 

Every other week for 4 months - 1 sachet per time

Coverage level (%): 
30.00%
Outcome indicator(s): 

Percentage of children 6 to 24 months with nutritional anaemia

M&E system: 

Quarterly and bi-annual review meetings at the district, provincial and national levels; External reviews at the mid-point of the project implementation; Final evaluation: During this phase, data will be collected and compared with baseline information. The same data collection techniques and instruments will be followed as in the baseline. The same group of interviewers will be re-trained before data collection and their work will be supervised at community level.

Baseline: 
25%
Post-intervention: 

not completed

Outcome reported by social determinants: 
Sex

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