Malnutrition awareness
Urgent actions
1. High Cost of Nutritious Foods: Promote affordable, locally available and nutrient-dense food options, including beans, groundnuts, eggs, seasonal vegetables and other accessible protein sources. Educate mothers on preparing balanced meals within limited budgets. 2. Lack of Knowledge on Balanced Diet and Child Feeding: Organise regular nutrition education and practical demonstrations on balanced diets, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, appropriate meal frequency and dietary diversity. 3. Large Family Size: Integrate family planning awareness and counselling into community nutri... Leer mástion education while promoting affordable meal planning and equitable food distribution within households. 4. Poor Personal and Environmental Hygiene: Intensify community sensitisation on handwashing, safe water handling, proper food hygiene, environmental sanitation and the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases. 5. Cultural Beliefs and Food Taboos: Engage community leaders, traditional birth attendants and influential women to address harmful food taboos and promote culturally acceptable nutritious food choices. 6. Poverty and Low Household Income: Link vulnerable households to available social protection programmes, livelihood support initiatives and community-based food assistance. Promote household food production through home and backyard gardening. 7. Difficulty Gathering Mothers Due to Distance and Transportation: Adopt decentralised community-based sensitisation sessions, conduct outreach activities across different settlements, and engage community volunteers to reach mothers closer to their homes. Where feasible, provide transportation support for mothers attending centralised sessions Leer menos



