Scaling Up Child Health and Nutrition

HKI delivered over 145 million additional vitamin A supplementation (VAS) with DFATD support. The cost per additional dose was $0.14. 381 222 lives were saved through this intervention at an average cost of US$ 43.49 per life saved. Selected results: ­-In Burkina Faso over 10 million children under the age of 5 were reached with VAS through the Child Health Days platform . The post-event coverage (PEC) survey conducted after the first round in 2013 concluded that 96.9% of children in the Eastern Region were reached with no significant differences between boys and girls. ­-In Ivory Coast a total of 51 704 community health workers were trained to support VAS and de-worming activities. ­-In Mozambique results from the PEC survey implemented in the Mandlakazy and Chibuto provinces indicate that VAS coverage of children 6-59 months is 85.3% after HKI’s intervention. Over 11 million children were reached during the life-span of the project. ­-In Niger over 67 million children received VAS through this initiative reaching coverage of over 92% of the targeted population (2012 PEC survey).