Procuring supplies for children
Nutrition and micronutrients
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| © UNICEF/HQ06-2763/Bruno Brioni |
| COTE D'IVOIRE: A malnourished child drinks fortified milk while his mother watches at a centre in the rebel-controlled zone of Bouake. UNICEF provides supplementary feeding to families in the area. |
About 150 million children under five - one in four - are malnourished. UNICEF procures nutritional supplies such as high protein biscuits and micronutrients to combat this problem. In 2007, UNICEF's procurement of nutrition supplies totalled $50 million. These ranged from micronutrients, oral rehydration salts and zinc, therapeutic food for malnourished children to scales and cooking kits. The main focus was on supplies requested for emergency situations. There was a very large procurement of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a paste made of peanut butter with added vitamins and minerals. In 2007, UNICEF doubled its procurement of RUTF to nearly $ 18 million, delivering to 41 countries.
UNICEF also supplied more than 640 million capsules of donated and procured Vitamin A from its Copenhagen warehouse to 75 countries. The Micronutrient Initiative and the Canadian Government provided in-kind assistance of over 616 million Vitamin A capsules to UNICEF.
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