World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

The WFP-assisted development project in support of the national plan to combat anaemia and iron deficiency aims at achieving the following direct outcomes through its various components:

 

- contributing to the reduction of anaemia prevalence amongst children from six months to three years of age;

- contributing to the reduction of anaemia prevalence among children aged four and five;

- improving the feeding habits and practices among households;

- strengthening food and nutritional surveillance;

- achieving the production of micronutrient enriched flour by local counterparts; and

- strengthening the handling and warehousing of corn-soya blend (CSB) and micronutrient enriched flour by local counterparts.