France props up Ethiopia`s child nutrition programme
France props up Ethiopia`s child nutrition programme
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09/30 - France Friday donated US $897,305 in support of Ethiopia`s initiative to provide better nutrition to pregnant and lactating mothers, malnourished children under the age of five and HIV/AIDS affected people.
Backed by UNICEF and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ethiopia is currently running a targeted supplementary feeding programme in order to reduce child mortality rates.
The initiative is designed to increase access to health care for the target group and to provide supplementary food and essential nutrition education to those identified as malnourished.
"As part of their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the French authorities pay particular attention to the health of pregnant and lactating women as well as of children, and they work in close relation with UNFP and WHO to improve their situation," said French Ambassador Stephane Gompertz.
The donation followed the signing of an agreement between the Government of France and WFP. Gompertz and WFP Country Director in Ethiopia, Mohamed Diab, signed the agreement.
"This is a generous donation from the Government of France which will allow WFP to provide children and pregnant and lactating women with vitally nutritional food and supplements under our targeted supplementary feeding programme," Diab said.
"The programme has been a hugely successful humanitarian intervention for WFP Ethiopia. By the end of this year, we plan to have provided approximately 270,000 pregnant and nursing women and 481,000 children under the age of five with enhanced nutritional support," he added.
Part of the French donation will be used to assist HIV/AIDS infected and affected people in Ethiopia.
With an official estimated prevalence of 3.5 percent, HIV/AIDS poses a real threat to the development and prosperity of Ethiopia.
In a bid to contribute to food security among HIV/AIDS affected and infected households in urban Ethiopia, WFP provides a monthly ration of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and blended food to symptomatic beneficiaries under its HIV/AIDS development programme
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09/30 - France Friday donated US $897,305 in support of Ethiopia`s initiative to provide better nutrition to pregnant and lactating mothers, malnourished children under the age of five and HIV/AIDS affected people.
Backed by UNICEF and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ethiopia is currently running a targeted supplementary feeding programme in order to reduce child mortality rates.
The initiative is designed to increase access to health care for the target group and to provide supplementary food and essential nutrition education to those identified as malnourished.
"As part of their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the French authorities pay particular attention to the health of pregnant and lactating women as well as of children, and they work in close relation with UNFP and WHO to improve their situation," said French Ambassador Stephane Gompertz.
The donation followed the signing of an agreement between the Government of France and WFP. Gompertz and WFP Country Director in Ethiopia, Mohamed Diab, signed the agreement.
"This is a generous donation from the Government of France which will allow WFP to provide children and pregnant and lactating women with vitally nutritional food and supplements under our targeted supplementary feeding programme," Diab said.
"The programme has been a hugely successful humanitarian intervention for WFP Ethiopia. By the end of this year, we plan to have provided approximately 270,000 pregnant and nursing women and 481,000 children under the age of five with enhanced nutritional support," he added.
Part of the French donation will be used to assist HIV/AIDS infected and affected people in Ethiopia.
With an official estimated prevalence of 3.5 percent, HIV/AIDS poses a real threat to the development and prosperity of Ethiopia.
In a bid to contribute to food security among HIV/AIDS affected and infected households in urban Ethiopia, WFP provides a monthly ration of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and blended food to symptomatic beneficiaries under its HIV/AIDS development programme
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