Final Independent Evaluation of the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition Integration Programme in Yobe State, Nigeria

Author(s)
Corbett, M.
Publication language
English
Pages
39pp
Date published
01 Aug 2011
Type
Evaluation reports
Keywords
Capacity development, Community-led, Food and nutrition, Nutrition, Health
Countries
Nigeria, Nigeria
Organisations
Action Against Hunger

The ACF-supported community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) integration commenced in Yobe State, Northern Nigeria at the start of October 2010 with ECHO funding. The main component of the programme was to achieve sustainable CMAM implementation in health facilities in LGA’s in Yobe State - with capacity building being a substantial component of the programme - and secondly conduct a study to understand underlying causes of malnutrition.