Track, monitor and manage disease cases
Hind, an 8-month-old baby recovering from malnutrition
In one of the miserable camps, the nutrition teams monitored the condition of the 8-month-old girl, Hind Loredi, whose facial features were slender and her body very weak and lifeless.
The initial measurement of the MOAC (113 mm) showed severe malnutrition and severe anemia, due to the poor living situation of the family.
An appetite test was performed, the mother was explained the steps and she was provided with sterilized water with therapeutic butter and the nutritional supplement RUTF, at a rate of 14 sachets per week.
And after following up with the mother by phone every week, and providing her
With the muak measuring tape and following the diet of the little girl while breastfeeding, the muak measurement reached 128 mm with a significant improvement in terms of nutrition and anemia during the second visit.
After the third visit, the MOAC measurement increased to 134 mm, which means the recovery and recovery stage.
We got a picture of Hind later in full health, smiling for the camera, and the team was very happy with this result.
3 out of 5 children in northern Syria under the age of five suffer from malnutrition, and it works especially on tracking, monitoring and managing cases through mobile nutrition teams.
