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📰 Screening for #malnutrition during a #pandemic:
Discover how the MUAC for Mothers program, which allows mothers to detect the first signs of malnutrition in their children, is more relevant than ever in the context of this pandemic. ⤵
https://t.co/LneBIqqWfs
Second wave- #COVID19 🦠
The number of cases is increasing in West Africa: we must maintain our efforts to limit the spread of the #virus. Let's make sure that health measures are respected, for health workers, visitors, and patients. Take care of yourself and those around you. https://t.co/bgg5PC87JB

👉41,770: this is the number of children admitted and treated in #Chad 🇹🇩 in the therapeutic nutritional units supported by our teams in 2020. We provide free treatment for children under 5 suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
📸© Mamadou Diop / ALIMA https://t.co/Kob050W6vs

[Remaining vigilant in the face of #COVID19]
"Visitors do not always have a sense of danger... When they visit their sick relative, they forget to respect the safety measures."
Boukary Ouedraogo, hygienist at Bogodogo University Hospital (Burkina Faso🇧🇫) underlines difficulties. https://t.co/eVqMfR6tWR

#Malnutrition in #Mali 🇲🇱: raising awareness for better care. Thanks to educational discussion sessions, the ALIMA/AMCP-SP teams can meet with mothers and discuss good nutrition and hygiene practices for their children. https://t.co/36Nb7yJy8X

✨Espérance Kavira Kavota has been a nurse at ALIMA since 2018.
After participating in the #Ebola response, she now works at the General Reference Hospital of Beni ( #DRC).
Dressed in her protective equipment, she is about to assist with an operation
© Pamela Tulizo / ALIMA https://t.co/Fvw8q9EbTV



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humanitarian emergencies covered in 2019
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