United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition
Working Group on Micronutrients

A2Z
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• Held advocacy and skill development workshops
• Developed a protocol to conduct formative research on the role of Community Health Workers
• Conducted a rapid population-based assessment for four A2Z districts
• Developed job aids on vitamin A supplementation and deworming for health facility and village health workers
• Organized a national task force meeting to evaluate and provide feedback to stakeholders on the performance of vitamin A supplementation
• Shared a zinc formative research protocol with partners
• A2Z – Country Programs (page 18)

No

Helen Keller International
Mtitu Street Upanga area
Plot No. 382, P.O Box 34424
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Advocacy to district councilors, district (council) health management teams, non-health heads of departments, leaders of political parties and religious faith groups on supporting twice-yearly VAS and deworming program. With the decentralization process in Tanzania, the districts are tasked with health planning and allocating funding for activities based on needs and priorities in their district.
• Mini-population based assessment to validate the tally-sheet based coverage of children aged 6-59 months with VAS and deworming
• Conduct formative research on introducing zinc as an adjunct therapy for diarrhea treatment and the role of community health workers in accelerating the twice-yearly VAS and deworming interventions.
• A series of National Nutrition Working Group (NNWG) meetings were conducted to develop a concrete set of actions the members propose to undertake jointly and help them start realizing their shared vision for nutrition in Tanzania.

Yes

World Vision
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• The Centres of Excellence Project aims at addressing micronutrient deficiencies through supplementation, dietary improvement, building community capacity to implement activities to control micronutrient malnutrition at the household level, and through partnership with local government departments and academic institutions.
• The Small Scale Fortification Project contributes to the reduction of micronutrient malnutrition by improving access to vitamin and mineral fortified maize flour for women & children. In addition to promotion of and training for maize flour fortification, the project is working with pre-mix user groups to move towards a cost-recovery model for sustainability.

Yes

Yes

• Promotion of the production and consumption of indigenous vegetable crops in vulnerable communities to meet the recommended intakes of vitamins A and C, and iron throughout the year
• Research on street-food consumption by primary school children in urban areas

Yes

UNICEF
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• Major activities supported by UNICEF include policy and advocacy, programming, research and implementation of the interventions mainly in the area of Control of Iodine Deficiency disorders through salt iodation
• Vitamin A supplementation (Twice yearly) Vitamin A supplementation integrated with other health services e. g de-worming, growth monitoring and promotion, immunizations and ITN distribution.
• Advocacy done to influence policy e.g. establishment of salt regulation.

Yes