Our Work
Save the Children's Nutrition programme is dedicated to improving the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women, newborns, and children under five by scaling up evidence-based, high-impact nutrition interventions. Our work focuses on strengthening health systems, promoting maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, advancing social and behaviour change communication, building the capacity of Community Health Promoters and health workers, and supporting nutrition policy review and development.
Our programmes include the Management of Small and Nutritionally At-risk Infants under Six Months and their mothers (MAMI), the integration of acute malnutrition management into Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM), and emergency nutrition programmes. Across all our interventions, we integrate climate-resilient approaches, digital innovation, and gender-responsive programming to strengthen nutrition services and improve outcomes for children and families.
We work closely with the Ministry of Health, county governments, United Nations agencies, and partners including WARDA, WOKIKE, and TCDM to strengthen nutrition systems and expand access to life-saving nutrition services across Kenya.
Alim*,43, smiling at her 8-month-old Abei* who was treated for pneumonia. Save the Children.
KEY FACTS
- 18% of the children under the age of five years are stunted (short for their age) and will not achieve their full potential, 11% are underweight and 4% are wasted
- Only 60% of the children under years are exclusively breastfed
- Only 31% of children aged 6–23 months are fed a minimum acceptable diet.
- As of February 2026, about 810,871 children 6 to 59 Months children and 116,796 Pregnant and Breastfeeding women/Girls (PBW) required management of acute malnutrition
- 63.6% children 6-59 months have received vitamin A supplements in last the 6 months