UNICEF: GOBI & FFF Program Prepare by BPH VI Manik Rajbhandari
Introduction of UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Established 11 December 1946 Headquarters New York City, U.S. Parent Organization United Nations Legal Status Active 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 2
Provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. To save the lives of approximately 7 million young children a year Four relatively simple and inexpensive methods and save the lives of up to 20,000 children each day. (State of the World's Children) UNICEF has a history of more than four decades of work in Nepal. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 3
The Declaration of Alma-Ata Conference was held on Primary Health Care in Kazakhstan, 6–12 September 1978. One year after the Alma-Alta declaration, Julia Walsh and Kenneth Warren presented “selective primary health care”. They proposed that a selective PHC, maximize improvement of health in developing countries. SPHC focus on four vertical programs i.e. GOBI & 3F was added later Growth monitoring Oral rehydration therapy Breastfeeding Immunization Family planning Female education Food supplementation Mainly focus on children. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 4
Growth monitoring Starting in the 1980s Growth Monitoring was promoted as one of the key components of critical prevention care for young children. UNICEF conducted an evaluation of growth monitoring in 1995. To prevent most child malnutrition before begins. Provide basic awareness on weaning also from local food. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 5
Oral rehydration Oral rehydration save more than 4 million young children. 1 out 0f 20 U5 children is died in developing country from diarrhoeal. Main cause of U5 mortality in developing country. Child can be rehydrate by water, salt and sugar solution administration by mother in home. Most of child is save by simple oral rehydration therapy. It is simplest and most important intervention to prevent dehydration. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 6
Breast feeding Infant need exclusive breast feeding for first 6 months of life. Colostrum, the yellowish, sticky breast milk produced at the end of pregnancy is perfect food for the new-born, and feeding should be initiated within the first hour after birth For infants, breast milk is more nutritious, more hygienic and provide immunity for infections. Breast milk is important for growth and development of brain and body. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 7
Immunization Measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, tuberculosis and polio kill as estimated 5 million U5 children each year. 5 million are disable by this 5 disease. Major cause of Malnutrition. So, immunization is a major intervention to prevent from this disease. Immunization protect from VIP. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 8
Female education Even within low-income communities, a child born to a mother with no education has been shown to be twice as likely to die in infancy as a child born to a mother with even 4 years of schooling. UNICEF’s ‘Go Girls! Education for Every Child’ campaign is about raising awareness, generating public support and mobilizing resources. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 9
Family Planning Infant and child deaths have been found to be on average, twice as high when the interval between births is less than 2 years. Child spacing as bringing about an improvement in the survival, well-being and quality of life of the child, the mother and the family. In 1994, the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development made it clear that family planning programmes must be part of a wider approach to improved child survival, safe motherhood and reproductive health. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 10
Food supplements A handful of extra food each day for at risk pregnant women show reduce the risk of low birth weight, decrease 2 to 3 times of infant death. UNICEF and partners support the distribution of food supplements for children at risk of malnutrition. 27/06/2018 UNICEF's GOBI-FFF 11