HEALTH & NUTRITION
Access to quality healthcare and nutrition is extremely limited in Nicaragua and the absence of these basic necessities are detrimental.
Our health and nutrition programs strive to improve lives with an integrated approach on healthcare. Our work is based on alliances with other centers to achieve greater coverage or executed directly in the communities and centers.Through an increased focus on prevention, ANF promotes healthy lifestyles, builds awareness through school-level health education campaigns, delivers mobility assistance devices, and ensures quality nutrition for malnourished children.
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Our program improves the health and nutrition of children by strengthening the detection of severe malnutrition, providing comprehensive care, and undergoing periodic weight and height evaluations. The centers are provided with technical consultations, food and milk donations, nutritional supplements, cereals, vitamins, medicines, and other supplies to improve children’s development and quality of life.
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
Our Healthy Communities program aims to improve knowledge and practices for disease prevention as well as promotes healthier lifestyles through educational campaigns on nutritional issues, diabetes, personal hygiene, deworming, and environmental protection campaigns are developed with playful methodologies in schools.
ELIMINATING BARRIERS PROGRAM
In the rehabilitation field, our Eliminating Barriers program improves the quality of life and mobility of people with disabilities through the donation of wheelchairs and other disability support equipment.
