[{"bbox": [128, 136, 1134, 189], "category": "List-item", "text": "includes relevant nutrition services and a capacity development component addressed to community health\nworkers and activists for counselling caretakers on improved nutrition."}, {"bbox": [100, 194, 1134, 301], "category": "List-item", "text": "o The *Transforming nutrition*⁵³, a USAID funded program launched in 2020, is led by the implementing partner 'Save the Children International' in Nampula province. It is based on a multi-sector approach with the objectives of strengthening host government capacity, increasing the adoption of optimal behaviours for better nutrition and increasing access to quality services and products for nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene."}, {"bbox": [100, 305, 1134, 360], "category": "List-item", "text": "o The *Transforming Access to WASH and Nutrition Services in Mozambique (T-WASH II)*, a FCDO/UKAID action launched in 2020, focuses on child malnutrition and improved delivery of WASH and nutrition services."}, {"bbox": [100, 364, 1134, 447], "category": "List-item", "text": "o The *Initiative for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa*⁵⁴ (IFNA) in Mozambique, a JICA funded program is promoting a multi-sectoral approach, integrating agriculture with health and WASH interventions. The program is implemented in Niassa until 2022 and has been an important source of data and field evidence."}, {"bbox": [100, 452, 1134, 531], "category": "List-item", "text": "o The *Movimento Social para Mudança de Comportamentos em Nampula*, launched in May 2019 by the Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade⁵⁵, focuses on Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) activities."}, {"bbox": [100, 544, 1134, 625], "category": "List-item", "text": "o EU (ECHO) funded interventions on multi-sectorial humanitarian assistance (about EUR 44 million since 2020), including nutrition and food assistance, protection and WASH interventions for emergency responses in Cabo Delgado."}, {"bbox": [97, 636, 608, 664], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Target group and final beneficiaries (rights-holders)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 668, 1134, 1015], "category": "Text", "text": "By directly supporting keys component of the national stunting strategies, the *target group* of the Action includes children under five years (particularly in the first two years from conception), adolescent girls, and women of reproductive age before and during pregnancy and lactation, and child caretakers in general, hence mothers and fathers alike (across these target groups, attention will be paid to those most at risk, such as women, girls and children with disabilities). SBCC would also target several community-level platforms and change agents (among others: health and social workers, community health workers, health committees, water committees, religious leaders, traditional healers, community leaders, women's organisations, community radios, mobile units, and theatre groups). The *final beneficiaries* of the action will be the population of the targeted districts/communities of the three provinces of Zambezia, Nampula and Cabo Delgado, with a focus on the most vulnerable and the communities most isolated from services, including the internally displaced and the population directly affected by conflict and violence. The advocacy activities carried out by the civil society will have a national coverage and will be targeting different audiences, from decision makers at national level to community arenas, from public to private sector."}, {"bbox": [86, 1054, 604, 1087], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 1107, 508, 1139], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 1166, 1134, 1223], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective (Impact)** of this action is to contribute to the achievement of national targets in the reduction of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age in Mozambique."}, {"bbox": [97, 1249, 608, 1276], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives (Outcomes)** of this action are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1289, 1134, 1347], "category": "List-item", "text": "**Specific Objective 1 -** To improve nutrition governance for better multi-sectoral coordination, planning, and monitoring of nutrition (specific and sensitive) interventions."}, {"bbox": [97, 1352, 1134, 1409], "category": "List-item", "text": "**Specific Objective 2 -** To scale-up effective, equitable and inclusive delivery of quality key nutrition, health and WASH services at community level in targeted districts."}, {"bbox": [97, 1416, 998, 1445], "category": "List-item", "text": "**Specific Objective 3 -** To promote social and behaviour change and advocacy for better nutrition"}, {"bbox": [86, 1471, 992, 1499], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Outputs** to be delivered by this action contributing to the Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are:"}, {"bbox": [86, 1562, 1143, 1601], "category": "Footnote", "text": "deworming of children 12-24 months, 4) counselling on WASH, 5) growth monitoring, 6) vitamin A supplementation for children 6-24 months of age, and 7) provision of micronutrient powders for children 6-24 months"}, {"bbox": [86, 1603, 312, 1625], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵³ Transforming nutrition, USAID"}, {"bbox": [86, 1627, 310, 1649], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵⁴ https://ifna.africa/mozambique/"}, {"bbox": [86, 1650, 519, 1672], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵⁵ http://fdc.org.mz/pt/ The Organization is led by Graça Machel."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 31"}]