A woman in a grocery. [Photo/usaid.gov]The East, Central, and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) have introduced in-service nutrition training package for health workers.ECSA-HC director general Yoswa Mbulalina said the in-service package that provides technical reference resources will cover nutrition-specific and sensitive topics necessary for the frontline workers in all contexts.“The use of this training package will help to strengthen nutrition practices across countries in an effort to scale up effective implementation of high impact nutrition interventions in the region,” he said.The  ECSA-HC has also developed a regional pre-service nutrition model curriculum for frontline health workers in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.The nutrition model was developed involved the training institutions, regulatory bodies and professional associations, the ministry of health representatives from the three countries, non-governmental organizations and special interest groups.

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