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Haiti - Social : Health entrepreneurs fight malnutrition in their communities 17/12/2020 09:41:27 The American Ambassador accredited to Haiti Michele Sison declared : "The AKSYON program not only helps fight and prevent malnutrition throughout Haiti. It also creates opportunities for the community health entrepreneurs to grow their own businesses while making a difference in their neighborhoods." Let's recall that AKSYON is a 5-year, 14 million dollar program implemented by Fondasyon Kole Zepòl (Fonkoze) starting in August 2016. AKSYON works through FONKOZE's nation-wide network of community health stores called Boutik Sante to bring reliable, affordable, life-saving health products, information, and services to rural Haiti. AKSYON enables Fonkoze and USAID, through the Boutik Sante Program, to deepen malnutrition interventions. Through the USAID-funded AKSYON program, FONKOZE's 1368 Community Health Entrepreneurs now conduct malnutrition screening campaigns in their communities and with support from registered nurses identify cases of malnutrition and refer them to nearby facilities for treatment. Subsequently, Community Health Entrepreneurs and nurses conduct three months of follow-up visits to make sure the children remain healthy and strong. Through the USAID AKSYON program, they also sell other health products that promote health and nutrition such as antibacterial soap, hand sanitizer, iodized salt, moringa powder, vegetable seeds, oral rehydration salt, and water purification tablets, among others. HL/ HaitiLibre
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