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Nutrition & Child Survival

A health worker counselling a mother who is holding her newborn baby

We support pregnant women, infants and vulnerable children with nutrition education, screening, referrals and life-saving care — and we advocate for policies that protect child nutrition.

What we do

Nutrition interventions that improve survival and wellbeing in the first years of life and beyond.

  • Maternal, Infant & Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN)
  • Child survival interventions
  • Nutrition screening & referrals
  • Exclusive breastfeeding promotion
  • Nutrition advocacy

Selected work

Alive & Thrive

With FHI 360 and the Gates Foundation, mobilising grassroots networks and traditional institutions to promote exclusive breastfeeding and early childhood nutrition.

BMS Code monitoring

Partnership with NAFDAC to monitor the Breast Milk Substitute Code, including sensitisation of 1,000 health workers.

CS-SUNN

Strengthening civil society alliances to raise nutrition on national development agendas and promote local foods for household nutrition.

Stunting surveillance

Through RSSH, community health influencers track child stunting alongside malaria prevention.

Support child survival

8,500+ children supported with nutrition, care and protection — help us reach more.