Assistance to Malnourished Groups : Project Malawi-4780.01
Project / Programme Summary

Sector(s):	Development
Title:	Project Malawi 4780.01: "Assistance to malnourished groups"
Donor Country / organization:	World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organisations involved:	The World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Malawi
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women.
Duration:	3 years
Starting Date:	May 1995
Project / Program budget:	US$15.0 million
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant - Food Aid

Objectives
Improve household food security in line with the Government's food security and nutrition policy, poverty alleviation programme and national population policy.
Activities / contents
- Contribute to the rehabilitation of severely malnourished children through wet feeding at one hundred and fourteen nutrition rehabilitation units/paediatric wards nationwide.
- Provide a food supplement to children from six months to five years of age and to expectant and nursing women in the most critically food-insecure households.

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