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A national IMAM coverage survey that used a mixed-methods approach provided valuable insights into true service coverage and barriers to accessing IMAM services. The approach leveraged routine programme monitoring data and primary data collection in selected locations. The findings and the strong stakeholder engagement contributed to health system strengthening and enabled quality improvement of services.
The treatment of severe and moderate acute malnutrition is supported by national Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) guidelines. In 2019, a guidance note was issued to enable the use of RUTF for children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition during emergencies. In 2023, approximately 160,000 children were estimated to suffer from wasting, including an estimated 19,775 children who needed life-saving treatment for severe wasting. Due to a lack of investment for essential nutrition supplies and quality improvement, only 10,556 children with severe wasting were treated, which represented the lowest admission rate recorded over the course of the last 7 years. As information about treatment coverage is scarce, a coverage assessment was deemed necessary to assess the IMAM programme access and to identify the barriers and boosters of access to treatment in Zimbabwe.
Community Research – Madagascar Case Study
Project Tudienzele, funded by USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), is a multi-sectoral, multi-year project aiming to sustainably improve the food, nutritional and economic security of vulnerable households in Kamonia Territory of Kasai province.
Our Global Impact Report is a snapshot of our global network's work in 2022. It features progress stories, case studies, and information on our work in each country.
This study was conducted in the Far North region, commissioned by Action Against Hunger Cameroon and funded by the AFD. Its purpose was to identify the risk factors of undernutrition in the area to inform and improve nutrition security programmmes.
This case study is part of a compendium of country-level case studies produced by the Delivery System for Scale project that explore promising, context-specific approaches to scale the management of wasting treatment for children under five. In Madagascar, the management of severe and moderate acute malnutrition (SAM and MAM, respectively) are handled by different Government entities, which complicates the provision of comprehensive, quality care across the continuum between the two conditions. Despite these challenges, Anosy region serves as a unique and powerful example of local collaboration for integrated SAM and MAM management, highlighting the positive changes that can result from mainstreaming such collaboration within individuals, across teams and within routine operational procedures. This case study, therefore, describes the innovations that were implemented in Anosy, their advantages and limitations, and relevant considerations for other regions and national stakeholders moving forward.
This study was conducted in Fangak County, commissioned by Action Against Hunger South Sudan and funded by the Right2Grow strategic partnership. Its purpose was to identify the risk factors of undernutrition in the area to inform and improve nutrition security programmmes.
This study was conducted in Bonthe district, commissioned by Action Against Hunger Sierra Leone and funded by Irish Aid. Its purpose was to identify the risk factors of undernutrition in the area to inform and improve nutrition security programmmes.
This article summarises the key findings of a recent Link Nutrition Causal Analysis(NCA) study conducted in Settlements for the Internally Displaced Population in Dollow, Somalia.
