Health & Nutrition

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application/pdf Case Study of Fatuma Mussa Afar Region, Ethiopia June 2013Fatuma Mussa is living on the side of the highway connecting Djibouti to Semera town in Afar region lives with her husband and her son Mohammed Issey in their dome-shaped hut. The village where Fatuma lives is severely affected by shortage of water which has forced them to entirely depend on water trucking that is provided by government and non-government organizations like Save the Children.21/02/2014175KB
application/pdfAIDS Widower Now Able to Feed and Educate her 8 ChildrenA case study of Shewawork Neji who is a widow with eight children. Shewawork is one of the beneficiaries of ENGINE's project. The project provided her 12 vaccinated chickens of an improved breed and assisted her in planting a homestead vegetable garden. Shewawork learned to mix ingredients to make a homemade chicken feed and other management techniques to support her chickens when egg-laying production is low. 01/06/2015341KB
application/pdfCase Study of Amina Abadu Afar Region, Ethiopia June 2013Amina’s family is highly dependent on livestock which have been affected by the current drought in Afar. At 21, Amina has two children (Momina Abdela, two, female and Habib Abdela, seven months old, male).19/02/2014178KB
application/pdfCase study of Elsa Desalegn, SNNPR, Ethiopia, May 2015Elsa Desalegn, 21, is a health extension worker at Moroncho Goriche health post, Goriche district of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia. She serves 8,238 people in her locality. As a health extension worker she provides services such as, immunization for under five years children, growth monitoring of young children, family planning, Anti Natal Care (ANC), Postnatal Care (PNC), treatment of children with common childhood illness, regular home visit and nutrition counseling. 15/07/2015282KB
application/pdfCase Study of Essa Faraga Afar Region, Ethiopia June 2013Essa Faraga, 21, has four children including Itelyn Yous (10 months). They live in a harsh environment, in a district called Elidaar in the Afar Region. Itelyn was severely malnourished and brought to the stabilization centre (SC) for treatment.21/02/2014178KB
application/pdfCase Study of Hassen Ibrahim Afar Region, Ethiopia June 2013Hassen Ibrahim is a clinical nurse by profession working in the under five clinic in the Elidaar health centre in Afar region. He has been recently trained by Save the Children on Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) and SC treatment protocol.21/02/2014176KB
application/pdfCase study of Hawa Momin, Afar, Ethiopia, March 2015Hawa Momin is a mother of two children who lives in a very remote rural area in the Afar Regional State of Ethiopia. There is no access to basic health care near the area where she lives. As a result, she had to walk for more than three hours to reach to Ewa health centre to get treatment for her sick child.15/07/2015242KB
application/pdfCase Study of Hawi Ali Afar Region, Ethiopia June 2013Hawi is Ahmed’s aunt who has brought him to the Asayita hospital for treatment for severe acute malnutrition. They live in a small rural village called Mamule in Afar region. Ahmed, two years and four months old has been in the SC centre for the past eight days.21/02/2014176KB
application/pdfCase study of Kalkidan Elias, SNNPR, Ethiopia, May 2015Kalkidan, 16, is a student in eighth grade at Wosha Full Cycle Elementary School in Wondogenet district of the SNNPRs, Ethiopia. Kalikidan is a member of the school Health and Nutrition Club. This is a small group of students who work together to deliver tailored educational messages on health and nutrition to their fellow students through drama, songs and practical cooking lessons. The club members received training on homestead gardening and how to disseminate key messages on health and nutrition, that gave them the necessary skills to facilitate educational sessions to their peers.15/07/2015316KB
application/pdfCase study of Malika Ali, Afar Region, Ethiopia, May 2015Malika, has three children (Taisa Kaloita, female, 8, Fatima Kaloita, female, 5, and Mohamed kaloita, male, 2,). They live in a very remote rural village called Eligalla, in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. In Afar Region, access to basic health service is extremely difficult. 15/07/2015258KB
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