Gambia: Health Ministry Gets Nutrition Supplies Worth Over D10m

The Ministry of Well being by its Diet Unit of the Directorate of Well being Promotion and Schooling has on Thursday acquired lifesaving diet provides value over 10 million dalasis.

Funded by the Authorities of Japan by UNICEF, the provides will help the therapy of greater than 7000 youngsters with extreme acute malnutrition within the nation.

The objects embrace over 2000 cartons of Able to Use Therapeutic Meals, 500 containers of F75 therapeutic milk, 50 mom/youngster weighing scales, 400,000 doses of Mebendazole and 450 cartons of Resomal.

“These provisions shall be distributed throughout the nation to help service continuity at each the well being facility and neighborhood ranges guaranteeing well timed life saving administration of youngsters who with out these provides will be unable to outlive,” stated Gordon Jonathan Lewis, UNICEF Nation Consultant.

Extreme acute malnutrition in keeping with him; is essentially the most extreme type of malnutrition and affected youngsters might require speedy medical consideration to outlive.

“Greater than 9000 youngsters are anticipated to endure from extreme acute malnutrition in The Gambia within the coming 12 months because of meals insecurity, elevated poverty ranges and the implications of Covid-19. In consequence, The Gambia Integral Administration of Acute Malnutrition programme is a vital lifesaving element of primary well being care providers,” he famous.

He assured that UNICEF will proceed to work with all companions together with communities to not solely present diet provides but additionally encourage wholesome diet inside the context of a powerful meals system in The Gambia.