ANRiN

The Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project aims at increasing access and utilization of basic nutrition services for pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls and children under five years of age. ANRiN, which is supported by the World Bank (International Development Association and Global Financing Facility), is being implemented in 12 states representing the six geographical zones of Nigeria.

As of 16th of October 2023, the project provided 576,179 children under five years and 169, 468 pregnant, lactating women as well as adolescent mothers with nutrition services.

Institute of Human Virology Nigeria is implementing the ANRiN project in nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kano state. These are, Nasarawa, Kano Municipal, Fagge, Gwale, Tarauni, Kumbostso, Dala, Bunkure and Wudil.

The objectives of the project which commenced in May 2021 are,

• Improve knowledge of mothers/care-givers of children 0-23 months of age on improved behaviors related to maternal, infant and young child feeding, notably early, exclusive and continued breastfeeding, appropriate complementary feeding, and early stimulation
• Improve quality of complementary feeding by providing fifteen sachets of micronutrient powders bi-monthly for children 6-23 months
• Provide at least 90 iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets per pregnant women by specifically addressing barriers that inhibit women from taking a full course of IFA tablets during pregnancy through counseling during ante-natal care sessions
• Provide at least three doses of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during ante-natal care per pregnant woman
• Distribute at least four sachets of zinc/oral rehydration solution (ORS) per year for treatment of diarrhea among children 6-59 months of age
• Semi-annual vitamin A supplementation among children 6-59 months of age.

Semi-annual deworming among children 12-59 months of age.