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  • Strengthening Community Health Systems to Improve MNH Outcomes at the Last Mile

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  July 26, 2023  //  By Alicia Adler

    Hauwa Mustapha, 30, interacts with other women during mother-mother session within their community at Sulubri, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, on saturday, 25 September 2021 Photo by KC Nwakalor for IRC Hauwa Mustapha, 30, is a community based exclusive breastfeeding advocate. She often goes around in her community speaking to other mothers or soon to be mothers about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, educating them on healthy locally-sourced foods to avoid severe acute malnutrition in their children and other best practices in looking after new-borns. As part of IRC’s sustainability measures towards eradicating severe acute malnutrition in children, mothers were trained in various skill acquisition programs and provided with tools needed to kickstart their journey towards economic independence; if mothers had means of livelihood, they would ultimately provide the nutritional needs for their babies.  These assistance included (but not limited provision) of sewing machines, seedlings for farming and capital grants to start small businesses.

    Advances in reducing maternal mortality were seen all over the world in recent decades. Unfortunately, that progress now has stagnated, and immediate and decisive action is necessary to change the current trajectory.

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