| Author: BASICS II |
| InfoShare Partner: BASICS II |
| Publication Date: April 2004 |
| Update Date: May 2004 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Child health/survival, Nutrition |
| Region: Middle East/North Africa |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 479 KB |
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This report describes the BASICS II-supported community-based growth promotion (CBGP) program in Zambia, BASICS II's technical approach and accomplishments, implementation milestones, lessons learned, and contributions of the program to global and regional initiatives. CBGP was launched in three communities in Kitwe, Zambia starting in 1998. BASICS II worked closely with the National Food and Nutrition Commission and the Zambia Integrated Health Programme to develop training, implementation, and monitoring tools to support systematic expansion of CBGP, which, in Zambia, focuses on children less than two years of age, monitors adequacy of child growth, is implemented within communities by teams of trained community volunteers, focuses on the prevention of malnutrition, and shares information about progress regularly with the community. CBGP is now being implemented in 16 districts in more than 670 communities, with some communities reporting local innovations and improved feeding practices.
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