Our work

Nutrition

Treating acute malnutrition in children and helping families prevent stunting at home.

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Overview

Nutrition at PEI

Malnutrition holds back millions of Pakistani children. PEI treats severe and moderate acute malnutrition, and works with mothers, midwives and teachers so that good feeding practices continue at home.

  • Treatment of SAM and MAM
  • Breastfeeding and complementary feeding
  • Community health worker outreach
  • Cooking demonstrations and deworming messages
Nutrition
450

CHWs trained

Projects

Nutrition projects

Community Health Workers for Uncovered Areas
Nutrition

Community Health Workers for Uncovered Areas

Uncovered areas, Sindh

PEI engaged and trained Community Health Workers to replicate Lady Health Worker services where no LHW programme reaches, with outreach on nutrition and maternal and child health.

450CHWs trained
Project details
Provinces
Sindh
NutritionJan 2020 – Dec 2021

Nutrition Service Delivery, Jacobabad

Uncovered areas of District Jacobabad, Sindh

Community health workers reduce stunting and malnutrition in close coordination with LHWs, the District Nutrition Committee, PPHI and the health, WASH and agriculture sectors.

Project details
  • Capacity building for CBOs, mother and father groups and CHWs
  • Referral to nutrition facilities
  • Breastfeeding and complementary feeding with mother support groups, TBAs, CMWs and teachers
  • Cooking demonstrations and messages on handwashing and deworming
Sponsor / partner
Accelerated Action Plan (AAP), Health Department, Government of Sindh
Value
PKR 26.82 million
Provinces
Sindh
Nutrition Stabilisation Centre
Nutrition

Nutrition Stabilisation Centre

Sindh Government Children's Hospital, Karachi

Inpatient treatment for children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition, set up with support from WHO.

Project details
  • Medical care and therapeutic feeding
  • Nutritional support and follow-up
Sponsor / partner
WHO
Provinces
Sindh

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