Construction of 4 incinerators in Nigeria and extension of a 5 kilometer water pipeline in Kenya

The initiative to improve the nutritional status of vulnerable populations through delivering emergency nutrition and complementary health and water, sanitation and hygiene services is funded by the Canadian government through Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and implemented by Action Against Hunger. The initiative's activities include: (1) providing treatment of severe acute malnutrition for girls and boys under the age of five and women of reproductive age; (2) providing gender-sensitive health support for women, girls and boys, such as access to baby and child-friendly spaces and gender-based violence referral pathways; (3) providing gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene services at the community level and in health facilities; (4) providing sexual reproductive health and rights services and support for the decision-making role of women; (5) providing mental health gender-based violence-related support for women, girls, men and boys; and (6) providing nutrition technical support services to global, regional, national, and local actors. To ensure a safe and healthy environment, the initiative will construct 4 incinerators in Nigeria and extend a 5 kilometer water pipeline in Kenya.