WASSA EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

LIST OF NUTRITION ORIENTED INTERVENTIONS – 2022.

  1. Growth monitoring and promotion – (0 – 59 months)
  2. Vitamin A Supplementation (0 – 59 months)
  3. Breastfeeding (0 – 6months)
  4. Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (IFA)
  5. Micro Nutrient powder supplementation (MNP)
  6. Minimum Package for Nutrition Friendly School Imitative (NFSI)
  7. Fruits and Vegetable Days
  8. Girls Iron and Folic Acid Tablets Supplementation (GIFTs)
  9. General Cleaning Day
  10. Health Inspection Day
  11. Physical Activity Day.

ANNUAL REPORT FOR NUTRITION.

INTRODUCTION:

The unit is responsible for implementing nutrition intervention issues in the district. The Unit also collaborates with the Assembly decentralized departments such as Agriculture, community development and social welfare, and environmental health etc to carry out its activities.

The unit is able to achieve this through 96 static Child Welfare Clinic (CWC) and outreach points strategically positioned around the District.

CHALLENGES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

  • Low coverage of vitamin A supplementation for children 12 – 59 months.
  • Shortage of vitamin A capsules for children 6 – 59 months.
  • Lack of cooperation and supports form parents, adolescents on Girls’ iron and folic acid tablet supplementation (GIFTs)
  • Low uptake of Girls irons folic acid supplementation programme.

NUTRITION ORIENTED INTERVENTIONS:

  1. Growth monitoring and promotion:

This indicator measures the nutritional status of the children 0 – 59 months by comparing their weight to their age (W/A) in monthly basis.

  • Stunting: This is also another indicator for measurement where the child’s height will be compared to his/her age (Height per age) in every three months.

Analysis of underweight among attendance 0 – 59 months

Age group (months)No. of children weighedNo. underweightCoverage
0 -1114151150.10%
12 – 2310216100.13%
24 – 59741670.09%
Total31,783320.10%

STUNTING (H/A)

Sub-districtNo. measuredNo. stuntedCoverage
Ateiku50000.00
Daboase49020.40%
Atobiase65020.30%
Sekyere Krobo39710.25%
District2,03750.24%

VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION:

Annual target for children 6 – 11 months (2%) of the population – 2078

Number dosed – 2,413(116.4%)

Target for Children 0 -59 months (18%) – 18,700

Number dosed – 21,486 (114.9%)

BREASTFEEDING:

Timely initiation of exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months.

Sub-districtNumber exclusively breastfed (ebf)OtherCoverage
Ateiku7221298.4%
Daboase608499.3%
Atobiase 3661366199.4%
Sekyere Krobo356199.1%
District2,0521899.1%

NB: Ninety-nine percent of the babies were exclusively breastfed without water for the first three months which is an increase as compared to the previous year of ninety-five percent.

EARLY INITIATION OF COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING:

This stage is very critical because the breast-milk may not be enough for the baby and needs family food in addition.

As a district 2421 children were complementary breastfed and 25 babies were still on Exclusive breastfeeding.

Distribution of Micronutrient Powder (MNP) – Chn 6 – 59 months.

Age (months)Children received MNPTotal childrenMNP distributed
MaleFemale
6 – 1180684716535678
12 – 2360287814803576
24 – 593584538112933
Total1,7662,1783,94412,187

NUTRITION FRIENDLY SCHOOL INITIATIVE PROGRAMME (NFSI)

This is a school based health and nutrition programme being introduced to improve the nutritional status of the school children in other to reduce malnutrition in the schools.

The programme started with six schools namely

Name of schoolNo. of school children participatedTotal
MaleFemale
New Subri D/A223207430
Nsadweso D/A169155324
Daboase D/A274305579
Krofofrom234206440
SIPL304306610
Akyempim A217218435
Total142113972818

The minimum package was the highlight for the NFSI which includes.

  1. Fruits and vegetables
  2. General cleaning of school compound day
  3. Health inspection day
  4. Physical activities day
  5. GIFT Day (Girls Iron and Folic Acid tablet)

The table below shows the District performance on GIFTs for out-of-school adolescence.

No. of new clients enrolled2660
Total Adolescence registered (New + Old)30335
Number given IFA9725
Number screened for anaemia2478
Number anemic0
Number of adolescent exited from the register42

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