| Reporting Organization: | Action Against Hunger Canada |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 8,541,771 |
| Timeframe: | October 14, 2016 - March 31, 2020 |
| Status: | Implementation |
| Contact Information: |
Beatrice Fuchs [email protected] |
| Kenya - $ 4,441,720.92 (52.00%) | |
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| Guatemala - $ 4,100,050.08 (48.00%) | |
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| Adolescent Health (20 %) | |
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| Health Systems, Training & Infrastructure (20 %) | |
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| Newborn & Child Health (20 %) | |
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| Nutrition (20 %) | |
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| Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (20 %) | |
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The Systems Enhancement for Transformative Health (SETH) project first aims to improve maternal, adolescent, and child nutrition through promotion of local feeding and care practices, nutritious foods, and supplements. The project also strengthens the effectiveness of community referral systems for malnourished children to access care, increases awareness of existing health services, and reinforces health systems in our two targeted countries of action, Guatemala and Kenya.
This project focuses on achieving the following results:
Improved delivery of essential health and nutrition services; Improved health and nutrition practices of women of reproductive age, boys and girls; and
Increased inclusion of maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition services in local and national policies and programs.
Throughout the project, Action Against Hunger and our partners also simultaneously address wider nutrition security issues related to access to food and income. Moreover, in line with Action Against Hunger’s commitment to strengthening gender sensitivity in our projects and our engagement with gender mainstreaming, the SETH project aims to respond to the specific needs of women, especially women of reproductive age, men, girls and boys in our targeted regions.
| Gender and age: | Adult women Adult men Children, girls Children, boys Under-5 children Newborns |
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| Descriptors: | Rural Local minority groups Indigenous Ch’orti’ people |
| Total Direct Population: | 1,613,340 |
| Total Indirect Population: | 1,436,540 |
| County Health Management Teams coached | |
| Health personnel trained |
It is estimated that more than 1.3 million people (women, men, girls, and boys) will benefit directly, and more than 880,000 people indirectly, from activities led in the Chiquimula Department of Guatemala and five counties in Kenya (West Pokot, Trans-Nzoia, Busia, Kakamega, and Bungoma).
Contribute to the reduction of maternal and child malnutrition and mortality in Guatemala and Kenya.
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: 1) improved delivery of maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN) services that respond to the specific needs of women of reproductive age, and boys and girls in targeted areas; 2) improved health and nutrition practices of women of reproductive age and boys and girls in targeted areas; and 3) increased inclusion of gender-sensitive MNCHN services in local and national policies and programs in Guatemala and Kenya.
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