Breaking the malnutrition cycle in Central Asia - AKDN
Born prematurely, Ismat was treated at the Aga Khan Medical Centre Khorog and is now home with his family. CASI / AKF
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Those babies have a limited chance of survival if they don't get into the NICU. Even if the child is from a village that's not from our programmatic area, it's a no-brainer. We're treating them.

Dr Claudia Hudspeth, Global Health and Nutrition Lead, AKF

We have everything under one roof to have a really significant impact in the geographies where we work, because we're working at scale at critical mass in a multisectoral way. It's not an easy funding environment, but we've got a proven model now that works.

Dr Claudia Hudspeth, Global Health and Nutrition Lead, AKF

There's a lot of focus on behaviour change and community mobilisation through not just education, but also the development of a diet through local recipes, and how the right diet can be made rich through whatever is available.

Dr Aminah Jahangir, CASI Programme Coordinator