(October 10, 2016) The aim of the meeting “The Next Generation Programme: Local Experiences, Global Impact” was to take stock of the efforts under way in Tanzania to combat malnutrition, one of the worst scourges afflicting the local population, and to propose a new integrated strategy. This event was organised by the Italian organszation Doctors with Africa and Cuamm held recently at the Italian Embassy in Tanzania in collaboration with the British Embassy in Tanzania. The meeting was attended by Assery Obey representing the Prime Minister of Tanzania, together with Italian Ambassador Roberto Mengoni, British ambassador Sarah Cooke and representatives of national and local authorities, as well as other organisations engaged in the fight against malnutrition. Doctors with Africa Cuamm are working within the Tanzanian health system with the support of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). Their aim is to identify and treat malnourished children focusing on the simultaneous fight against severe acute and chronic malnutrition with the objective of demonstrating better results at lower costs are possible. Doctors with Africa Cuamm, launched in December 2015, aims to reduce cases of chronic malnutrition by 17% and to treat 16,000 cases of children suffering from acute malnutrition in the Simiyu and Ruvuma regions by the end of 2019. They aim to reach 310,500 pregnant and lactating women and more than 232,000 children under the age of two, along with 7,600 children under the age of 5. (Red)
