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Minara, mother and her 14-month-old baby Ismat Ara.
Community nutrition volunteers suspected that Ismat Ara may have Severe Acute Malnutrition and referred her to UNICEF supported Outpatient Therapeutic Programmes (OTP) for identification and screening tests.
Jobaida Akter a health assistant evaluates Ismat Ara for severe malnutrition measuring her Middle Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), weight and height in UNICEF supported Outpatient Therapeutic Programmes (OTP) in the Rohingya refugee camp.
UNICEF and partners operate 33 outpatient therapeutic programmes (OTPs) to treat malnutrition in children under 5 in the Rohingya refugee camps. In 2018, 21,000 children were admitted to UNICEF supported OTPs and treated for severe acute malnutrition. The OTP cure rate was over 96 per cent. Overall, the malnutrition rate has reduced. However, contributing factors such as poverty, lack of dietary diversity, nutrient deficiency and access to safe water and sanitation remain a challenge to reduce malnutrition rates further.
Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.
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