About Nutrition Section:
Since its inception, RDP has served a total number of 1,635,753 individuals through supporting Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP), Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP), Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program (BSFP), and Infant and Young Child Feeding Program (IYCF).
NUTRITION
The nutrition situation in Yemen remains alarming. An estimated 7.4 million people require services to treat or prevent malnutrition, including 4.4 million who are in acute need. This includes 3.2 million people who require treatment for acute malnutrition: 2 million children under 5 and 1.14 million PLW.
Major nutrition needs include increased access to services to prevent and treat acute malnutrition, support for Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programming, micronutrient supplementation for children under age 5 and mothers, and Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programmes (BSFP) for children under age 2.
PROGRAM’s GOALS
Reduce the prevalence of acute malnutrition through systematic identification, referral and treatment of acutely malnourished boys, girls under five and PLWs.
Reduce the incidence of acute malnutrition through efficient preventive micro-nutrient & BSFP interventions.
Strengthen humanitarian life-saving preventive nutrition services for vulnerable population groups focusing on health education, appropriate IYCF practices and optimal maternal nutrition.
SERVICES PROVIDED
-Train health workers on Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program.
-Provide nutritional supplements for malnourished children with SAM cases admitted to OTPs.
-Treat children and PLW with moderate acute malnutrition through enrolling them in the Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP).
-Provide under 2 children and PLW with nutritional supplements through the Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program (BSFP).
-Provide free nutrition services through mobile teams for SAM or MAM children and immunization services to children under five and PLW.
-Screen children under five and pregnant lactating women PLW for the identification of malnutrition.
-Train community nutrition volunteers on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) program and community outreach.
WHO WE SERVE
-Children under 5
-Children under 2
-Pregnant and lactating women
-Caregivers
-Community nutrition volunteers