ProjectBrief_SANI_May2017.pub CARE Southern African Nutri on Ini a ve (SANI) Project Brief Southern African Nutri on Ini a ve: Improving women and children’s health in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia CARE’s Southern African Nutri on Ini a ve (SANI) This situa on is further compounded by the following aims to improve the nutri onal status of women of inter‐related causes: reproduc ve age. [...] Project Outcomes The ul mate outcome of the SANI project is to contribute to the reduc on of maternal and child mortality in the targeted regions. The intermediate outcomes are: • Improved nutri on prac ces and services of women of reproduc ve age and children under 5 in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. For example, counselling skills and women‐centered services at the . [...] Key Project Interven ons & Ac vi es Women are primarily responsible for the care and nutri on of household members but have very li le control over income and limited authority to make decisions about their own and their children’s healthcare. [...] Train and Equip Community Health Workers • Provide training to health care workers to deliver quality nutri on counselling and lifesaving treatment to those suffering from malnutri on. • Provide equipment and supplies (such as height boards, mid‐upper arm circumference measuring tapes, and weight scales to promote growth monitoring). • Iden fy and treat acute malnutri. [...] I : • Improved nutri on prac ces and services of women of reproduc ve age (WRA; 15‐49) and children under 5. • Improved maternal, infant and young child nutri on and gender‐ sensi ve prac ces for WRA and children under 5. • Strengthened governance and accountability of gender‐equitable nutri‐ on policies and programs for WRA and children under 5. C : • Dowa and Ntchisi.
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