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Step down training for mothers on MUAC and breastfeeding

Tuesday 6 August 2019 - Fatako community in Upper River Region(URR), in The Gambia. Community Health nurse, Mr Ebrima Joof, works for the Department of Health and has arrived in the one of the local Champion Mothers, Ms Mariama Sanneh, are in the Fatako community to train the women and mothers that have gathered in the village centre under the shade of a tree, in Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) screening of their own children. This training, to detect malnutrition in children under two years, is part of UNICEF's nutrition activities on European Union (EU) supported Envelope B Project "Post-Crisis Response to Food and Nutrition insecurity in The Gambia". FAO, UNICEF and WFP are the participating Organizations. CRIS number: GM/FED/38780

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Uploaded on October 10, 2019
Taken on August 6, 2019