Publication: Community-based Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Interventions in Nigeria : A Comparative Case Study Analysis on Best Practices
Date
2011-02
ISSN
Published
2011-02
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This study discusses how to effectively
engage in community-based nutrition and health programs
aimed to improve maternal, newborn, and child nutrition and
health outcomes, particularly in Northern Nigeria. It
provides the comparative synthesis of four case studies,
each of which included a community action component for
improving nutrition and health outcomes. It provides a
normative base for designing and planning government
programs that support reforms in outcome-based programming
for maternal, newborn, and child nutrition and health
through program support and investment lending. Central to
the report is the discussion on the roles played by various
stakeholders - state and local government, NGOs, traditional
and religious leaders, and communities themselves - in
creating and sustaining community mobilization. The factors
considered essential or useful contributors to community
mobilization are analyzed. The history of government s role
in Nigerian health care is discussed, as well as the current
situation and future possibilities, especially at the state
and local level.
Citation
“World Bank. 2011. Community-based Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Interventions in Nigeria : A Comparative Case Study Analysis on Best Practices. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/beaa8f20-4fe5-55c0-b64b-cb799050cdc4 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”