Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that, as health services divert their attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery of essential nutrition services may be compromised. This impact may be more pronounced in the context of humanitarian crises, such as the one currently unfolding in...
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| author | Ferima Coulibaly-Zerbo Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh Zita C. Weise Prinzo Marina Adrianopoli Eshrak Naji Mohammed Al-Falahi Shafekah Alahnoumy Nosheen Mohsan Usman Fanda Ahmed Moqbel Latifah Abbas Ali Mohammed Shroh Ensegam Mohammed Al-Sakkaf Abdulrazzaq Musaed Maison Al-Sakkaf Mohammed Dahnan Fahim Al-Hakimi Doa Kutbi Omer Moatsim Hael Lara Nasreddine |
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| description | The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that, as health services divert their attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery of essential nutrition services may be compromised. This impact may be more pronounced in the context of humanitarian crises, such as the one currently unfolding in Yemen. In line with Pillar 9 of the WHO’s COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, this paper reports on the nutrition program adaptations in Yemen to maintain the delivery of essential nutrition services to under-five children. The process of adaptation focused on the services provided within the nutrition surveillance system (NSS), therapeutic feeding centers (TFC), and isolation units (IU). It was conducted in five steps: (1) situation analysis; (2) development of guidance documents; (3) consultation process; (4) capacity-building programs; and (5) incorporation of programmatic adaptation within nutrition services. As of September 2020, NSS, TFC, and IUs services have shifted their standard operating procedures in line with the context-specific adaptations. The process described in this paper may serve as a case-study for other countries that intend to undertake similar adaptations in their nutrition program to contribute to the implementation of the WHO response plan and maintain the delivery of essential nutrition services to children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-329263f065f6458facc2fa08a38fd0032023-11-21T17:35:22ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672021-04-018535010.3390/children8050350Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 PandemicFerima Coulibaly-Zerbo0Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh1Zita C. Weise Prinzo2Marina Adrianopoli3Eshrak Naji Mohammed Al-Falahi4Shafekah Alahnoumy5Nosheen Mohsan Usman6Fanda Ahmed Moqbel7Latifah Abbas Ali8Mohammed Shroh9Ensegam Mohammed Al-Sakkaf10Abdulrazzaq Musaed11Maison Al-Sakkaf12Mohammed Dahnan13Fahim Al-Hakimi14Doa Kutbi Omer15Moatsim Hael16Lara Nasreddine17World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenRegional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), World Health Organization (WHO), Cairo 7608, EgyptDepartment of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO), Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Genève 27, SwitzerlandWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWater, Sanitation and Environmental Health Department, World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenWorld Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, YemenNutrition and Food Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 11-0236, LebanonThe World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that, as health services divert their attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery of essential nutrition services may be compromised. This impact may be more pronounced in the context of humanitarian crises, such as the one currently unfolding in Yemen. In line with Pillar 9 of the WHO’s COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, this paper reports on the nutrition program adaptations in Yemen to maintain the delivery of essential nutrition services to under-five children. The process of adaptation focused on the services provided within the nutrition surveillance system (NSS), therapeutic feeding centers (TFC), and isolation units (IU). It was conducted in five steps: (1) situation analysis; (2) development of guidance documents; (3) consultation process; (4) capacity-building programs; and (5) incorporation of programmatic adaptation within nutrition services. As of September 2020, NSS, TFC, and IUs services have shifted their standard operating procedures in line with the context-specific adaptations. The process described in this paper may serve as a case-study for other countries that intend to undertake similar adaptations in their nutrition program to contribute to the implementation of the WHO response plan and maintain the delivery of essential nutrition services to children.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/350COVID-19nutritionadaptationunder-five childrenYemen |
| spellingShingle | Ferima Coulibaly-Zerbo Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh Zita C. Weise Prinzo Marina Adrianopoli Eshrak Naji Mohammed Al-Falahi Shafekah Alahnoumy Nosheen Mohsan Usman Fanda Ahmed Moqbel Latifah Abbas Ali Mohammed Shroh Ensegam Mohammed Al-Sakkaf Abdulrazzaq Musaed Maison Al-Sakkaf Mohammed Dahnan Fahim Al-Hakimi Doa Kutbi Omer Moatsim Hael Lara Nasreddine Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic Children COVID-19 nutrition adaptation under-five children Yemen |
| title | Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | maintaining essential nutrition services to underfive children in yemen a programmatic adaptation amidst the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 nutrition adaptation under-five children Yemen |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/350 |
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