Life-Saving Targeted Malnutrition Treatment Program for Children in Hinche and St. Marc


Reporting Organization:Partners In Health Canada
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 700,000
Timeframe: April 1, 2021 - April 30, 2023
Status: Implementation
Contact Information: Marleigh Austin
[email protected]

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


Partners In Health Canada

Participating Organizations


  • Government and Public Sector

    • Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population
  • NGOs

Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


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Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Haiti - $ 700,000.00 (100.00%)

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Areas of Focus


Health - Total Budget Allocation


Sexual Health & Rights (50.00 %)

Other - Total Budget Allocation


Sexual & Gender-based Violence (50.00 %)

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Description


Presbyterian World Service and Development is supporting Partners In Health Canada with a humanitarian nutrition response in Hinche and St. Marc Haiti. This project seeks to deliver a package of evidence-based services for the treatment of acute malnutrition in the communes of Hinche and St. Marc. Food insecurity and malnutrition are driven by many factors in Haiti including poor infant and young child feeding practices; lack of access to clean water and sanitation; high unemployment; and poverty. COVID-19 has also resulted in fewer sources of income for households. The intervention, which ultimately strives to avert malnutrition-related death among children aged 0-59 months, is focused on strengthening nutrition treatments through active case-finding of acutely malnourished children; community-based management, including provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF); and inpatient treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition with medical complications (SAM/MC). As this is a continuation of an existing intervention supported by Foodgrains Bank (project 2747), the priority will be to maintain and enhance the existing intervention’s programmatic and health gains. The project aims to reach 23,809 individuals

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Target Population


Gender and age: Adult women Under-5 children
Descriptors: Rural
Total Direct Population: 62,920
Total Indirect Population: 12,584
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Outputs


2,799 children screened for acute malnutrition in facility settings in Hinche
4,496 children screened for acute malnutrition in facility settings in St. Marc
2,233 children screened for acute malnutrition through mobile clinics in Hinche
1,734 children screened for acute malnutrition through mobile clinics in St. Marc
1,163 acutely malnourished children discharged from treatment after reaching nutritional recovery in St. Marc.
316 acutely malnourished children that are discharged from treatment after reaching nutritional recovery in St. Marc.
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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


This 24-month project seeks to deliver a package of evidence-based services for the treatment of acute malnutrition in the commune of Hinche. The intervention, which ultimately strives to avert malnutrition-related death among children aged 0-59 months, is focused on strengthening the treatment cascade through active case-finding of acutely malnourished children; community-based management, including provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF); and, inpatient treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition with medical complications (SAM/MC). As this is a continuation of an existing intervention, the priority will be to maintain and enhance the existing intervention’s programmatic and health gains.

Achieved Results


Indicators


SDG Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
  • SDG 3.b.1 Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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