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Right Start Tanzania

Improving nutrition for women and girls in Tanzania

2015 - 2020

Together with partners, governments, and communities, we develop programs to reduce anaemia, prevent stunting of children under five, reduce the number of low birthweight babies, and improve antenatal care.

86K

adolescents were reached with gender-sensitive nutrition education

3K

children 6 to 23 months of age received the full course of micronutrient powders

22K

adolescent girls consumed weekly iron and folic acid supplements

The need

Prevalence of anaemia in Tanzania

For many reasons, including poverty and social and cultural barriers, girls and women bear the greatest burden of malnutrition:

  • 47% of adolescent girls are anaemic
  • 57% of pregnant women are anaemic
  • 79% of pregnant women do not consume the minimum recommended amount of iron and folic acid
  • 33% of births are not attended by a skilled birth attendant
  • 92% of children 6 to 23 months of age are not fed an age-appropriate minimum acceptable diet
Our Solution

Improving nutrition in the first 1,000 days and adolescence

Folate/Folic Acid

Folate/Folic Acid

Iron

Iron

First 1,000 days

The first 1,000 days from conception to two years of age are critical to the health and development of a child. To make the greatest impact during this important time, our interventions:

  • Improve quality of antenatal care (ANC) offered in the facilities
  • Increase ANC attendance, and consumption of iron-folic acid supplements by pregnant women throughout their pregnancy
  • Provide a package of care for women and newborns at delivery and in the postnatal period
  • Promote exclusive breastfeeding and age-appropriate complementary feeding practices
  • Provide micronutrient powders for children 6 to 23 months of age

Adolescent nutrition

Adolescence is the second greatest time of growth in a child’s life. Good nutrition helps adolescents thrive and learn. Our nutrition interventions include:

  • Reaching in- and out-of-school adolescent girls with a package of nutrition interventions, including weekly iron-folic acid supplementation
  • Nutrition education for both girls and boys

The Impact

Getting children and adolescents the nutrition they need to thrive

Together with partners, we reached children and adolescents with the nutrition they need for proper growth and development, ensuring they could learn, dream, and reach their full potential.

86K

adolescents were reached with gender-sensitive nutrition education

3K

children 6 to 23 months of age received the full course of micronutrient powders

22K

adolescent girls consumed weekly iron and folic acid supplements

Tags

Locations

Tanzania

How We Help

Adolescent nutritionInfant and Young Child NutritionMaternal and Newborn HealthNutrition Education

Micronutrients

Folate/Folic AcidIron

Partners

AMREF Health AfricaGlobal Affairs CanadaMinistry of EducationMinistry of Health

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