Barrier analysis and coverage assessment – Nuwakot district, Nepal 2017

Barrier analysis and coverage assessment was conducted in June 2017 in Nuwakot district.Although it was planned in May 2017, it could not be carried out as scheduled due to selection. The mobility was limited and in some cases restricted too. However, the preliminary activities like collection of all IMAM registers, distance from VDCs to OTCC, analysis and interpretation of available programme data was started from April 2017. The overall objective of the assessment was to evaluate the coverage of Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition programme. The programme includes both treatment services for both Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) through Outpatient Therapeutic Care Centres (OTCC) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) through Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) sites for children 6-59 months as well as MAM treatment for Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW). However, the scope of this assessment was limited to management of SAM only.