ATIWA EAST HEALTH DIRECTORATE
NUTRITION ORIENTED PROGRAMMES
| INTERVENTION | TARGET GROUP | ACHIEVEMENT | AIM | SOURCES OF SUPPORT |
| Iron Folic Acid Supplementation | Pregnant women and adolescents out of school | Total no. of pregnant women dosed with Iron folic acid-2280. Total no. of adolescent out of dosed with Iron folic acid-454 representing 19.5% | To reduce anemia among pregnant women and adolescents | IGF . No support from other source |
| Growth monitoring and promotion | Children under five | Total children weighed-22405 Total underweight-103 representing0.5% Total no. of under-five who had their length and height measured-1764 Total stunted-0.1% | Track child growth, reduce high rate of underweight and stunting as well as reducing child mortality among the under fives | IGF. No support from other source |
| National child health days campaign | Postpartum mothers, children under five and male involvement | Annual celebration of child health promotion week which is being celebrated in every May was celebrated at Abakoase. Total attendanc-170. Annual celebration of world breastfeeding being celebrated every August took place at New Jejeti Total attendance-140 | Promote child health and nutrition. To reduce child morbidity and mortality | IGF only. No other support |
| Vitamin Supplementation to under-five | Children between the ages of 6-59 | Total number of children 6-59 dosed with vitamin A-70393 | Improve vit A among children 6-59 | IGF.No other support for mop-ups |
| Community based management of acute malnutrition | Children under five years with severe acute malnutrition with MUAC of <11.5 cm | Total no. of admissions-4 representing 2.3% which is low due to the fact that no food available for the management of cases | Treat/prevent severe malnutrition in food insure parts of the District | IGF.No support for the purchase of therapeutic for the management of cases |
| Food vendors training and inspection of environment | All food vendors | Not done due to the fact that no financial support for such activities | To ensure that foods are prepared and sold under hygienic condition | No support for monitoring and training of food vendors |
| Clinic for diabetic patients and hypertensive | All diabetic and hypertensive patients | Monthly supportive visit to Enyiresi government hospital | To help reduce further complication as a result of the condition through nutritional counseling and education | No support for such activity. |