Integration of Malnutrition into Primary Health Care

The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboratin with UNICEF, launched an intiative for the integration of malnutrition into primary health care, aiming at screening and treating diagnosed malnourished cases of children under 5 years of age at PHC centers. Accordingly, pediatricians and health care workers from 217 PHC centers were trained on the screening and diagnosis of acute cases of malnutrition, 57 of which were chosen to be Treatment centers and underwent further training.