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Aiming to improve the health and nutrition of children and young mothers in Nepal, the Government of Japan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Nepal, have signed a US$3.47 million grant agreement for the implementation of the Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Program (MCHNP).
Signed by Saigo Masamichi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Susan Jane Pearce, Representative and Country Director of WFP Nepal, the program will be implemented in five vulnerable districts of Provinces 1 and 2 in Nepal.
Stating that this partnership between the Japanese Government, the Government of Nepal, and WFP Nepal has the potential to improve the health and nutrition of 19,000 children aged 6 to 23 months as well as 49,700 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers through specialized...