The Acting Lundazi District Commissioner, Mukule Banda in Eastern province of Zambia says our food, its origins, and the stories it tells are an integral part of our African cultural heritage, our identity. However, the Acting Lundazi District Commissioner noted that the food we consume today, the understanding of…
World Vision Nutrition Coordinator Ignatius Kaunda in Lundazi Town, Eastern province, has expressed concern on the growing number of fatal malnutrition cases among under-fives in the area.
Mr. Kaunda said his organization was concerned that due to food insecurity in the area, many parents and guardians were unable to feed their families especially under-fives, adequately.
He said as a result, the Town recorded four deaths of malnutrition cases in under five-year-old children out of the 515 severe acute and moderate malnutrition cases in the last quarter of 2020.
ZANIS reports that Mr Kaunda has advised parents and guardians in the area to improve on their household food insecurity and feeding practices for malnutrition cases to reduce in the district.
The government with the support of United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) has started implementing a single-window nutrition project aimed at integrating social protection activities.
And Lundazi in Eastern Province has being picked as one of the six pilot districts for the project.
Lundazi District Commissioner Janet Palukani said yesterday that the piloted single-window nutrition project was an initiative aimed at improving coordination and reducing fragmentation in the implementation of social protection programmes.
Ms Palukani mentioned that government has recognised nutrition as one of the key elements of social protection hence, the decision to embark on linking nutrition outcomes with social protection programming.