Nutrition
Project: Maternal and Child Nutrition Assistance
Approach: Relief
Donor: World Food Programme
Budget: 1,026,079 EUR
Beneficiaries: 156,818
Duration: 2022
Vision Hope implemented the Maternal and Child Nutrition Project in Hajjah, Al-Mahweet, and Al-Hodidah to reduce the mortality rate and prevalence of underweight children under five years old and pregnant and lactating women. The project focuses on three intervention activities:
Comprehensive Supplementary Feeding Program (BSFP): Community health volunteers (CHVs) provide blanket feeding (Plumpy Doz) for all children under the age of two and WSB for pregnant and lactating women who are not malnourished at 201 distribution points.
List of results from 2022
Targeted Feeding Programm
- 84 Health Facilities supported to Moderate Acute Malnutrition
- On average, 6,588 children under 5 years (U5) benefited from malnutrition treatment per month as follow-up cases, totalling 79,056 cases
- On average, 6,714 pregnant and lactating women benefited from malnutrition treatment per month as follow-up cases, totalling 80,568 pregnant and breastfeeding women
- 39,647 new admissions: 19,617 children and 20,030 PLW benefited from malnutrition treatment
- 64,751 cases received awareness sessions by Health Facilities.
- 185.84 metric tons of Plumpy’Sup/Doz distributed.
- 483.41 metric tons of Wheat Soja Blent distributed.
Targeted Supplemental Feeding Program (TSFP): Children under five years old and pregnant and lactating women who are already experiencing moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) receive specialized nutrition assistance and treatment in a community health facility if necessary.
List of results from 2022
Blanket Feeding Programm
- 201 Food Distribution Points operated by VHI in cooperation with Community Health Volunteers from the same areas
- 270,889 individuals (148,461 children and 122,428 pregnant
and breastfeeding women) benefited from malnutrition treatment as follow-up and new cases - 369,567 child caretakers received nutrition awareness.
- 31,258 pregnant and breastfeeding women received awareness sessions
- 238,790 pregnant and breastfeeding women participated in nutrition awareness
- 282,422 children screened for malnutrition
- 6,259 children referred to Health Facilities
- 130,071 women screened for malnutrition
- 3,076 women referred to Health Facilities
- 199.65 metric tons of Plumpy’Doz distributed
- 379.92 metric tons of Wheat Soja Blend distributed