Institutional Contract-Evaluation of Vulnerable Tender - 28262114

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Country: Botswana

Summary: Institutional Contract-Evaluation of Vulnerable Groups Feeding Programme in Botswana

Deadline: 23 Nov 2018

Posting Date: 10 Nov 2018

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TOT Ref.No.: 28262114

Document Ref. No.: 51375

Competition: ICB

Financier: United Nations Secretariat

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Institutional Contract-Evaluation of Vulnerable Groups Feeding Programme in Botswana
BackgroundBotswana is a country with good access to health care and where several interventions to address malnutrition prevention and management are institutionalised. Nevertheless, available data shows that in Botswana, stunting has remained consistently high between 1996 and 2007 (29 and 31 per cent, respectively) clearly showing a public health concern. Furthermore, 20 per cent of children remain chronically malnourished across many districts. Stunting is associated with low birth weight (most often linked to poor nutritional status of pregnant women), inadequate nutrient intake and repeated infectious diseases. The costs of undernutrition are significant. On average, adults who were stunted as children earn 20 per cent less than their non-stunted counterparts. World Bank estimates show that a 1 per cent loss in adult height due to childhood stunting is associated with a 1.4 per cent loss in economic productivity. As a mitigation to prevent stunting, the Government of Botswana introduced the Vulnerable Groups Feeding Programme (VGFP) in 1988. The VGFP package flagship product is a sorghum-soya fortified complementary food (Tsabana/Malutu), calculated to provide 30 percent of daily nutrient requirements for energy, protein and selected micronutrients of public health importance. In addition, cooking oil and beans are provided and the contents of the take-home rations vary depending on the beneficiary. The monthly rations consist of the complementary food Tsabana for children aged 6 to 36 months and Malutu for those aged 37 to 60 months. Beans and vegetable oil are also provided to medically selected pregnant and lactating women and to TB and leprosy outpatients. The programme is being funded, spearheaded and implemented by the Government and distributed through the monthly Child Welfare Clinics (CWC) sessions. An estimated 85 per cent of children under-5 attend CWC, however, provision of the products is inconsistent. The 2014 Determinants of Malnutrition study, w...

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