Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Health
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Programme
administered in terms of
the Integrated Nutrition
Programme;
HIV and AIDS
care, management
and treatment plan
(CCMT) provides that
children under the
age of 14 who are
on ART should get a
nutritional package of
vitamin syrup and a
supplement meal;
women receive a
high-energy drink and
nutritional counselling
and advice on feeding
practices once their
infant is born;
malnutrition and
specified danger signs
such as jaundice,
hypoglycaemia,
diarrhoea for more
than seven days,
weeping skin lesions
and refusing feeds
must be hospitalised
and receive urgent
treatment, including
daily assessment by a
doctor. xv
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