Project profile — Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA)

• Guinea (7.00%)
• Burkina Faso (4.50%)
• Benin (6.00%)
• Mozambique (9.00%)
• Cameroon (4.50%)
• Central African Republic (4.50%)
• Congo, Democratic Republic (11.00%)
• Togolese Republic (7.00%)
• Sierra Leone (7.00%)
• Angola (5.50%)
• Malawi (4.50%)
• Chad (4.50%)
• Madagascar (8.50%)
• South Sudan (5.50%)
• Côte d'Ivoire (11.00%)

• Basic Health: Basic nutrition (12240) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (principal objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

Periodic, high-dose vitamin A supplementation of children 6-59 months is a proven, low-cost intervention that has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality by 12 to 24 percent and is an essential programme supporting efforts to reduce child mortality. Global Affairs Canada-funded three-year Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) project (FY2023-2026) aims to reduce mortality in girls and boys under five years at high risk of vitamin A deficiency in fifteen countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Through this project, UNICEF will support more equitable, gender-responsive and efficient delivery of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) by working in partnership with country ministries of health. The VINA project will support increased government ownership and financial sustainability of vitamin A supplementation programs, strengthen delivery systems, and enhance women's and girls' empowerment. The project also addresses systematic gender barriers at a household level that impede access to health services. Overall, UNICEF estimates that this project will reach approximately 41 million children under five in 15 countries with vitamin A supplementation by 2026, focusing on vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased agency of women and girls (primary caregivers of children under 5 years) involved in and reached by VAS programming; and (2) increased coverage of VAS for girls and boys under five years of age.

Results achieved will be updated yearly, pending receipt of UNICEF’s annual reports.

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