Community Nutrition Mobilizers as a Key Mechanism to Scale Access to Nutrition Services in Northeast Nigeria

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 Northeast (NE) Nigeria, the Nutrition Sector has recently harmonized its approach across all implementing partners – promoting community-level engagement through Community Nutrition Mobilizers (CMNs). The CMN approach is believed to increase coverage (i.e., through increased detection and referrals) and improve quality of care (i.e., through integration with other nutrition and health interventions and promoting adherence to treatment protocols). This case study therefore describes what motivated the harmonization of the CMN approach, how it was designed and implemented in practice in NE Nigeria, and where the approach stands today.