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Scaling Up CMAM in Nepal
WHAT WE KNOW NOW: A DECADE OF COMMUNITY- BASED SAM TREATMENTLONDON, OCTOBER 17TH- 18TH 2013
DR SENENDRA RAJ UPRETI (MOH) AND DR OJASWI ACHARYA (ACF)
Source: UNICEF NEPAL
Acute Malnutrition is Stagnant over a decade
National average masks wide variations (Mugu 27%, Saptari 21%....)
Disease Outbreaks
Poor feeding and care practices, poor hygiene
and sanitation
Political Instability, Armed conflict for
years, Disaster prone…..
VULN
ERABILITIES
Source: UNICEF NEPAL
SAM BETTER MANAGED
Source: MSNP, NPC 2012
RECOVERED: 88%DEATH: 0.2%DEFAULTER: 7%
CMAM
IMAM
Source: GoN/UNICEF
ACF supports government to address acute malnutrition in Saptari
District through Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition
( >3000 SAM CASES CURED & AROUND 50% UNDER 5 CHILDREN SCREENED WITHIN 15 MTH),
conducting nutrition surveys (SMART SURVEY 2013: GAM: 21%) , Coverage
Assessment (SQUEAC 2013: 40.9%) and Capacity Building (>1500 MOH
STAFFS/VOLUNTEERS).At present the district has about 16,000 under five children with
Severe and Moderate Acute MalnutritionDuring the implementation of this program ACF faced the huge
complexity of the root causes of this phenomenon.
THANKS TO UNICEF NEPAL FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN SCALING UP CMAM IN NEPAL