Re: [pronut-hiv] Girl Guides Anemia Prevention Badge Project (2)

["cener" <cener@wananchi.com>]

This a very good project.My question is this, who will train the Girl Guides?  

Alice Ojwang-Ndong
MNutr (Stellenbosch), Nutrition and Dietetic Consultant
Center for Nutrition, Education and Research
P.O.Box 8105 - 00200 Nairobi
Kenya
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 -----ProNut-HIV wrote:


  FANTA and the Regional Center for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC), in
  partnership with the African Regional Office of the World Association of
  Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), designed the Girl Guides Anemia
  Prevention Badge Project, a program to reach adolescent girls in East
  and Southern Africa with information and activities on anemia prevention
  and control. Under the program, Girl Guides (ages 7-18) can earn a badge
  in anemia prevention through educational programs and community
  involvement in anemia control. FANTA and RCQHC developed an Anemia
  Prevention Badge Handbook and Workbook for the Girl Guides as well as a
  training manual for Girl Guide leaders. 

  Anemia and iron deficiency remain at epidemic levels among women and
  children in many nations. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is associated
  with 22% of maternal deaths and 24% of perinatal deaths, according to a
  recent meta-analysis. Correcting anemia of any severity reduces the risk
  of death, the analysis also showed. These estimates of the maternal and
  perinatal deaths associated with IDA underscore the importance of
  implementing a package of interventions, such as the Girl Guides badge
  project, to address the multiple causes of anemia. 

  Download Anemia Prevention Badge Handbook, Workbook and Guiders'
  Training Manual
  at:http://www.fantaproject.org/publications/girlguides.shtml