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"I love my job saving children from malnutrition."
Maryanrun is a community health worker and refugee who is helping the International Rescue Committee save children's lives in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- Video
- July 19, 2022
Mia Farrow visits the IRC's malnutrition programs in Chad
Mia Farrow visited the IRC's malnutrition programs in Chad, where over 1 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. The IRC's new solution aims to expand access to treatment so that more children can receive the care they need. Follow Mia's journey.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Treating malnutrition in the community
The IRC conducted a pilot in South Sudan to determine the feasibility of low-literate community health workers providing treatment for severe acute malnutrition in their communities.
- Report
- November 10, 2017
In Afghanistan, an IRC volunteer goes door to door to prevent child malnutrition
From the IRC's 2022 Global Virtual Event, a story about Nazo, an IRC community health worker from Afghanistan, a country that was recently hit with a devastating earthquake. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
- Video
- July 27, 2022
Cost efficiency: malnutrition treatment
The analysis examines eight community management of acute malnutrition programs, looking at how variations in program features, as well as differences in the contexts in which these programs were run, impacted their cost efficiency.
- Report
- September 9, 2016
No More Deaths From Wasting: Changing How the World Fights Acute Child Malnutrition
A memo summarizing the ways the world could become more effective in saving the lives of children impacted by acute malnutrition.
- Report
- September 14, 2023
Enabling treatment of severe acute malnutrition in the community: Study of a simplified algorithm and tools in South Sudan
This study assesses the feasibility of low-literate community health workers in South Sudan providing treatment for severe acute malnutrition in their homes.
- Report
- September 12, 2018
Think Tank TV: Combating malnutrition in South Sudan
Bethany Marron of the IRC speaks with Think Tank TV on malnutrition research in South Sudan. She focuses on a tool the IRC developed to support low-literacy community health workers in tackling childhood malnutrition.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
The Case for a New IDA Tier 1 Indicator on Treatment Coverage for Acute Malnutrition
In this brief, the IRC builds the case for the inclusion of an IDA indicator on acute malnutrition treatment with the aim of increasing accountability and expanding the coverage of life-saving treatment in children.
- Resource
- December 23, 2021
Humanitarian Leaders Call for a Transformation in Acute Malnutrition Treatment
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022