UNICEF- Nutrition -0588-093 Tasfia-30 months Mother: Fatema (25), housewife and father: Siraj (32), rickshaw puller Smiling and posing for photographs. Tasfia was the second child of her parent. She was identified as having Severe Acute Malnutrition with other medical complications such as edema, fever, and anemia. The Community Nutrition Worker spent time with her parents to convince them that Tasfia required urgent inpatient care for SAM at the Cox’s Bazar District hospital. They finally agreed and Tasfia was admitted for 12 days before she was well enough to be discharged. Her parents are pleased to Tasfia received care when she needed it and now she is recovering well. In 2018, UNICEF supported host families in Cox’s Bazar through the diligence of 60 Community Nutrition Volunteers who screened over 28,000 children for malnutrition. In total, 419 children were treated in UNICEF supported in-patient SAM units in Cox’s Bazar District Hospital and Upazilla Health Complexes in Ukhiya, Teknaf, Ramu, and Pekua. Meanwhile, over 58,000 pregnant and lactating women received high quality counselling and messaging on care and feeding practices for infants and young children. Address: Village: Charpara, Union: Jhilangja, Upazila: Cox’s Bazar Sadar, District: Cox’s Bazar Photo: b.a.sujaN / UNICEF / Map

UNICEF- Nutrition -0588-093 Tasfia-30 months Mother: Fatema (25), housewife and father: Siraj (32), rickshaw puller Smiling and posing for photographs. Tasfia was the second child of her parent. She was identified as having Severe Acute Malnutrition with other medical complications such as edema, fever, and anemia. The Community Nutrition Worker spent time with her parents to convince them that Tasfia required urgent inpatient care for SAM at the Cox’s Bazar District hospital. They finally agreed and Tasfia was admitted for 12 days before she was well enough to be discharged. Her parents are pleased to Tasfia received care when she needed it and now she is recovering well. In 2018, UNICEF supported host families in Cox’s Bazar through the diligence of 60 Community Nutrition Volunteers who screened over 28,000 children for malnutrition. In total, 419 children were treated in UNICEF supported in-patient SAM units in Cox’s Bazar District Hospital and Upazilla Health Complexes in Ukhiya, Teknaf, Ramu, and Pekua. Meanwhile, over 58,000 pregnant and lactating women received high quality counselling and messaging on care and feeding practices for infants and young children. Address: Village: Charpara, Union: Jhilangja, Upazila: Cox’s Bazar Sadar, District: Cox’s Bazar Photo: b.a.sujaN / UNICEF / Map