The Power of Nutrition and UNICEF are supporting Benin Government’s Ministry of Health, Conseil National de l’Alimentation et la Nutrition, and local government administrations and communities to improve the reach and quality of nutrition services and increase their utilisation by women and children in three regions with the highest stunting burdens. The government, non-governmental organisations, and communities will collaborate to enhance and increase the delivery and utilisation of nutrition services while strengthening the national systems for nutrition programming.
This programme aims to support Antenatal Care, Infant and Young Child Feeding, governance, and improved health care worker training to fight stunting, anaemia, and low birth-weight. The programme will support the Government to ensure an additional 363,000 newborns are exclusively breastfed and 470,000 additional children receive appropriate complementary feeding, while providing 458,000 pregnant women with antenatal care, including iron and folic acid supplementation. The programme aims to prevent 9,000 cases of stunting among children aged 0-59 months, save 1,000 additional lives and avert over 85,000 cases of anaemia among pregnant women.
Implementing Partners: UNICEF, Government of Benin
The Power of Nutrition Donors: UBS Optimus, UKAID