nutrition

MERF focuses on providing nutrition specific interventions that address the immediate determinants of maternal and child under nutrition. The key interventions include:  

  • Community mobilization and screening of malnourished children and pregnant women.
  • Prevention of Stunting
  • Supplementary feeding program (SFP)
  • Outpatient therapeutic program (OTP)
  • Management Severe Acute Malnourished (SAM) cases in Stabilization Center (SC), e) promotion of infant and young child feeding practices, multi micro-nutrient supplementation and de-worming.