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Groundbreaking 'Stawisha Maisha' Programme to combat child malnutrition launched
, MKURANGA, 29 October 2024 – , Today, the Government of Tanzania launched the Stawisha Maisha programme, a key initiative designed to tackle child malnutrition and stunting in the country. This innovative programme, developed by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) with technical support from UNICEF and suppo...
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Baby Israel beats malnutrition
In May 2023, in the heart of Nduta Refugee Camp, Israel, aged 19 months, was diagnosed with severe wasting and nutritional oedema – a life-threatening condition – after losing his appetite and presenting with swollen legs and sunken eyes. Israel’s mother, Jane, 27, who came from Burundi to the camp three years ago with her five children, was…
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Stawisha Maisha
This is one of a series of case studies that aims to provide internal learning for UNICEF to strengthen the synergies between social protection and maternal and child nutrition programmes. This case study uses the ‘Stawisha Maisha - Nourishing Life’ programme in Tanzania to illustrate how Social Behaviour Change (...
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Tanzania National Nutrition Survey 2018
After the first Tanzania National Nutrition Survey (TNNS) was conducted in 2014, the Government agreed to repeat it every four years, in between Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The second TNNS using SMART Methodology (Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions) was conducted between Sep...
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Mateo's story
Vumilia Mwinuka, a 42-year-old farmer, sits at home for her weekly nutrition session with Anaspelina Boniface Kilowoko, a community health worker (CHW) in the village of Muwimbi in Iringa. Anaspelina guides her through the best ways for safe and healthy preparation of food, and talks about the importance of prepar...
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77 million newborns globally not breastfed within first hour of life - UNICEF
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 29 July 2016, – Globally, 77 million newborns – or 1 in 2 – are not put to the breast within an hour of birth, depriving them of the essential nutrients, antibodies and skin-to- skin contact with their mother that protect them from disease and death, UNICEF said. “Making babies wait too long for the first critical contact with their mother outside the womb…
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Counselling sessions for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers
A group of mothers and pregnant women has gathered in the meeting room inside the Ilemi Ward Executive Officer’s building in Mapelele Street, Mbeya, southern Tanzania, where a nutrition counselling session is about to start. Noah Enhard Mwalongo facilitates a nutrition counselling session Noah Enhard Mwalongo facilitates a nutrition counselling…