Health and Nutrition
Health and nutrition interventions are a key component of many Food for Peace-funded programs. In a non-emergency context, their objective is to treat and prevent chronic undernutrition among young children in vulnerable populations. These programs include:
Providing food as an incentive for parents to participate in health and nutrition programs and to supplement inadequate diets;
Providing educational services for families on child and maternal nutrition, child disease management, and hygiene and sanitation;
Establishing community-based child growth monitoring and nutritional rehabilitation activities;
Facilitating access to and supporting mother and child health services and products such as immunizations, prenatal care and bed nets; and
Working with the host country’s ministry of health to develop stronger national health programs.
Emergency nutrition programs focus on the prevention and treatment of moderate and severe acute malnutrition. Food for Peace uses food to prevent hunger and undernutrition in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters and in response to complex emergencies. Food for Peace provides food for a limited time until other safety net programs can take effect or people’s livelihoods are restored. In some cases, feeding programs are continued for a longer period until people can resettle or until a conflict ends.
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