How does the IRC combat child hunger?

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Fatima Wakilamtu, an IRC nutrition officer, teaches Bilkisu Ahmed how to measure her child’s arm using a MUAC tape at her home in Borno, Nigeria. Photo: KC Nwakalor for the IRC

The IRC works to reduce child hunger by providing nutritional assistance and other health care, leading community training on malnutrition prevention, and giving cash assistance and clean water to vulnerable families.

Health care

The IRC has set up a series of inpatient stabilization centers to provide treatment for mothers and children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in their own communities, making sure that care comes to those in need and not the other way around. For less severe cases, we host a training program where mothers are taught best feeding practices while children receive nutritious food. 

The IRC also has mobile health teams that provide healthcare and treat malnutrition in remote areas. In KenyaNigeriaSyriaYemen and other places, IRC mobile health teams reach thousands of malnourished children who otherwise struggle to get help.