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Health and Nutrition

Strengthening Health, Saving Lives. We provide life-saving health and nutrition services to build resilient, healthier communities across Africa.

The health and nutrition of a community are deeply interconnected aspects that can’t be tackled in isolation.

Our approach to Health and Nutrition programming in Africa

Health and nutrition are at the heart of strong, thriving communities. ForAfrika’s programmes focus on delivering life-saving care to the most vulnerable, addressing urgent health needs while building the foundation for long-term resilience. By improving maternal and child health, combating malnutrition, and equipping local health systems with the tools and training they need, we ensure that communities can sustain their own health and well-being.

Key objectives of our Health and Nutrition programming

Health ForAfrika is driving positive health outcomes, creating healthier futures for communities across Africa.

Healthier communities

Expanding healthcare access and timely treatment reduces preventable diseases, building stronger, healthier communities.

Fighting malnutrition

Early detection and treatment improve recovery for children and pregnant women, securing a healthier future for vulnerable groups.

Healthier mothers and children

Antenatal and postnatal care ensure safer pregnancies and healthier starts for newborns, lowering mortality rates.

Resilient health systems

By providing equipment, medicines, and training, we ensure communities receive sustained care, even during crises.

Key interventions of our Health and Nutrition programming

Nutrition

Through our community-based approach, we provide therapeutic foods and early detection to treat malnutrition at home, reducing hospitalisation and empowering families to manage malnutrition sustainably.

Maternal and child health

We prioritise maternal and child health by offering growth monitoring, immunisations, micronutrient supplementation, and promoting breastfeeding. ForAfrika-funded neonatal units and maternity wards save the lives of premature infants and mothers with post-childbirth complications.

Strengthening health systems

Our targeted health system interventions align with the World Health Organization’s building blocks, enhancing the quality and accessibility of healthcare. We focus on capacity building, local ownership, and sustainable solutions to improve access to reproductive, maternal, and child health services.

Health and Nutrition programme resources

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Integrated Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Survey Report
This Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) survey was conducted in Pibor County, Greater Pibo...
Proven Process for Self-Sufficient Communities
Our Proven Process illustrates our approach to working with communities to become self-sufficie...

Impact

Thanks to your support, last year we ensured good health for 652,054 people.

Our core programmatic pillars

Emergency Response

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Food Security and Livelihoods

Health and Nutrition

Education

Economic Empowerment

Sustainable Development Goals

Our Health and Nutrition interventions directly contribute to SDGs: 1, 3 and 5.

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Where we work

We implement Health and Nutrition programming in Angola, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda.

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Our trusted partners

• World Food Programme
• Save The Children
• Unicef
• Sasol
• Ministries of Education/National Council for Children at National and Local levels in each country of operation

Our latest updates on Health and Nutrition

Children at Cuddles and Care ECD during their activity time in the Western Cape, South Africa. ForAfrika:Rebecca Navega

Read more +17 July 2026 By ForAfrika in Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, South Africa

South Africa’s urgent need: Sustaining school feeding in the Western Cape

Our School Feeding Programme in the Western Cape, South Africa, is at risk of closing. In 2025, the programme supported 346 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres across South Africa, providing fortified porridge to vulnerable children and serving more than 1 million nutritious meals throughout the year.

Read more +26 June 2026 By ForAfrika in Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, Uganda

Project combats malnutrition amongst refugees in Uganda

A 27-year-old Susan Sakaya who fled the conflict in South Sudan, arrived at Omugo village in Rhino Refugee Settlement in Uganda's West Nile region from Yondu in Central Equatorial State of South Sudan empty-handed.

puot eating a nutritious meal during lunch break at school.

Read more +22 June 2026 By ForAfrika in Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, South Sudan

A daily meal that keeps children in school

At St. Bakhita Primary School in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan, the impact of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme can be seen in fuller classrooms, more attentive pupils, and children who now look forward to coming to school.