Design and Planning of PHCs
INTRO & PROBLEM STATEMENT • Presence of the Boko Haram terrorist group in
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, northeast Nigeria
• 4.7 million people in crisis or emergency of food insecurity
• Anticipated famine to worsen by early annual lean season
• Major gap exists between the nutritional needs of the IDP population and the resources and personnel available to meet those needs
• Children under 2 have the greatest unmet need
We are proposing an intervention to improve the nutritional health status of internally‐displaced children under 2 years of age in Maiduguri.
PROJECT GOAL & OBJECTIVES Goal Increase the nutritional health status of children under 2 years of
the IDP population of the Maiduguri metropolitan region. Objectives: 1. Decrease SAM prevalence by reaching at least 50% (currently 10%) of
the target children with SAM under 2 years in 3 years. 1. Decrease incidence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children under 2 by a relative 45% in 3 years.
2.Increase the percentage of mothers that are exclusively breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life by 30% in 3 years.
3. Increase in monitoring, detection and treatment of chronic malnutrition cases in children under 2 by a relative 20% in 3 years.
4. Increase access to food with adequate nutritional content for children under 2 to an absolute 40% of the target population in 3 years.