AKATSI-SOUTH MHD NUTRITION UNIT ACTIVITY REPORT

The nutrition unit is poise to achieve our key objectives for the year performed the following activities;

Child Health Promotion Week

National breast feeding week

Dietary counselling for Under5 malnutrition

Dietary counselling for referred diabetic and hypertensive clients

Nutrition friendly school initiative

Inter-sectorial collaboration activity with Ministry of Agriculture

Child Health Promotion Week (CHPW)

The 2021 annual CHPW was celebrated from 10th to 14th May 2021 under the theme “sustaining child health services in the mist of COVID 19 pandemic.

The objective of the week was to heighten awareness among the general public about the routine child health services e.g growth monitoring, immunization, Vit A supplementation etc. which are being provided by health staff in public health facilities and outreach points despite the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.
Taking into account social distancing and other covid protocols, the following activities were performed during the week-long celebration;

AKATSI-SOUTH MHD NUTRITION UNIT ACTIVITY REPORT 2021