Where we work
Zambia
Catherine Mukuka, IYCN country coordinator (second from left), leads a focus group with community volunteers at an infant and young child growth monitoring clinic in Zambia. |
In Zambia, inadequate feeding practices put many infants and children at risk of chronic malnutrition. In addition, infants of HIV-positive mothers are at high risk of HIV transmission because of unsafe feeding practices. We work to improve nutrition interventions in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and child health services and conduct supportive community-based activities. We are also working to increase the availability of nutrient-dense foods for HIV-positive mothers, their children, and other orphans and vulnerable children.
Highlights
- The IYCN Project is helping the government of Zambia and PEPFAR partners improve training for health workers and community volunteers in maternal nutrition and infant and young child feeding counseling for HIV-positive mothers and other caregivers of HIV-affected children to prevent malnutrition in mothers and children and prevent mother-to-child transmission.
- We are helping identify, improve, and ensure the quality of existing food supplements and new food supplements for HIV-positive women, their children, and other orphans and vulnerable children.
News and events archive
- Brown bag: IYCN Project achievements and lessons learned in Zambia (April 2011)
- World Breastfeeding Week: Walking in support of breastfeeding (August 2010)
- Success Story: Provincial training teams increase nutrition support for HIV-positive moms (July 2010)
- Update from the field: The making of a radio campaign in Zambia - Bushes That Grow Are the Future Forest (April 2010)
- World Breastfeeding Week: Media campaign to promote exclusive breastfeeding (August 2009)
- Success Story: Improving infant feeding to protect babies from HIV (August 2009) [also available in PDF]
- Brown Bag: Responding to a Nutrition Emergency in Lusaka, Zambia (May 2009)
IYCN resources
- Video: Connecting with the community: Kabwe's story (2011)
- Our approach: Improving nutrition counseling across the across the continuum of care in Zambia (2011)
- Country brief: Preventing malnutrition of mothers and children in Zambia (2011)
- IYCN Project achievements and lessons learned in Zambia: July 2008-March 2011 (2011)
- Recipe Book on Zambian Traditional Foods (2010)
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Qualitative Assessment of Maternal Nutrition Practices in Zambia (2009)
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling: An Integrated Course (2008)
Learn more
Contact
For more information, contact the IYCN office in Zambia.
Photos: Aurelio Ayala III, Richard Lord, Marni Laverentz
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