Nagaland teams up with NGO to tackle child malnutrition, mortality

Kohima: Nagaland government has inked a partnership with an international not-for-profit organisation to help address issues of child malnutrition and mortality of those under five years of age in the state, mission director of National Health Mission (NHM) in the state department of health and family welfare I Talitemsula Jamir said here on Tuesday.

The partnership will also focus on increasing availability and strengthening the administration of Vitamin A, multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) and de-worming interventions, strengthening supply chain mechanism of the vitamin and de-worming tablets, supporting capacity building of frontline workers in health and nutrition interventions, strengthening the Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Programme (MIYCN) and deliver MMS to pregnant women, Jamir said.

The NHM and the organisation, Vitamin Angels, had signed an MoU earlier this year for technical assistance to strengthen and expand public health nutrition interventions targeted towards children under five and pregnant and lactating women across the state.