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Ahead of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris, Madagascar announces its national commitments to address the nutrition challenge
Antananarivo, 25 February 2025 - A workshop was held today under the high patronage of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, to launch Madagascar's commitments to accelerate nutrition policies and actions in preparation for the Global Summit on Nutrition for Growth, which will take place in Paris at the end of M...
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Childhood in the south of Madagascar
In the village of Teranaombitelo, in the dry southern region of Madagascar, villagers used to walk 15 kilometers to fetch water. Soameny, a 14-year-old girl from the village, was no exception. She had to make the 15-kilometer round trip, which took nine hours on foot, to carry a single bucket of water—the most her...
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Mobile health and nutrition teams work to reach every child in remote southeastern Madagascar
The aftermath of cyclones in 2022 and 2023 continues to be felt in southeastern region in Madagascar, with 115,000 children requiring treatment for moderate to severe acute malnutrition in 2023. In the Atsimo Atsinanana region, the rate of acute malnutrition stands at 12.4%, surpassing the national average of 7.7%...
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Micronutrient Supplements: Improving Nutrition for Mothers and children
Sambitia watches Ranto, a community worker, test iodine levels in the family’s salt at home in Fitovinany Region, southeastern Madagascar, in July 2024. Iodine is an essential micronutrient. Rafaliherinjatovo Nampoina, Community Health Volunteer - CSB2 Soavinandriana Itasy UNICEF Madagascar/2024/Clemence Andrianai...
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In Fenoarivo, the investigators were welcomed with joy
The joy is visible in the faces of household members who were selected by drawing lots, first for participation in the ENCM survey, and secondly to benefit from a diagnosis of anaemia and malaria, advice; and investigators were sent to Fenoarivo, South-East of Madagascar. To get to the village of Fenoarivo – locat...
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Vavy, midwife and scout dedicated to serving the community
In the heart of Esanta, a sandy village surrounded by the emblematic cacti of southern Madagascar, dawn breaks to the sound of joyful, energetic singing. A group of young scouts has gathered to invite the community for a meeting. Vavinirina Fostin, nicknamed Vavy by her scout totem, is among them and will lead an ...
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Scouts are committed to preventing malnutrition in their communities.
The calls of the patrol ring out, announcing the gathering of scouts in the village of Tsimananada, an hour's walk from Ambovombe, in the south of Madagascar. Aubin Zafisola, also known as Goata Mahitsy by his scout totem, sets the tone. Once all the installations have been set up, the scouts sing the anthem and c...
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On the frontlines: reimagining integrated programmes to fight against malnutrition.
In the early morning, the mobile clinic from the humanitarian organization Médecins du Monde, supported by UNICEF, disembarks by boat in the community of Ampadimana, in the south-east of Madagascar. En début de matinée, la clinique mobile de l’association humanitaire Médecins du Monde, soutenue par l’UNICEF, vient...
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Reimagining Integrated programmes to fight against malnutrition in isolated areas of Madagascar.
In the early morning, the mobile clinic team from the humanitarian organization Médecins du Monde, supported by UNICEF, disembarks by boat in the community of Ampadimana. The village is a 45-minute journey along the Pangalane Channel from the town of Mananjary in south-east Madagascar. Under the watchful eye of th...
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Food bowl, to support the efforts in ensuring healthy feeding for a baby
This is the tool for promoting good practices for better infant and young child feeding, intended specifically for the southern regions most affected by malnutrition in Madagascar. In Maroalimainty, in southern Madagascar, Marignaze and Vahatandiove are loyal members of the community nutrition site in their villa...
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In Madagascar, a nutrition crisis affects children in regions vulnerable to climatic hazards
Charlotte Razanadrasoa is a single mother. She lives in a small village in the south-east of Madagascar with her three children: Zeriko, Elna and their elder sister Eliane. Charlotte Razanadrasoa est mère célibataire. Elle vit dans un petit village du sud-est de Madagascar avec ses trois enfants: Zeriko, Elna et l...
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In Madagascar, drought, cyclones and learning to cope with extreme weather
Sisters Cendrinah (16) and Francine (15) in their destroyed classroom at the Antsenavolo secondary school in south-eastern Madagascar. “I had to redouble my efforts to move up to the next class because my studies were often interrupted during the cyclone period,” says Francine. Les soeurs Cendrinah (16 ans) et Fra...