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Mali trains 60 health workers on malnutrition

Community health agents in Yorosso are learning to screen and treat malnutrition.

Over 60 community health agents, including 40 women, are attending a training session in Yorosso, Mali. The workshop focuses on the screening and management of malnutrition. The training aims to strengthen their skills and health service package.

The regional health directorate of Koutiala organized the event in partnership with UNICEF. The workshop began on Tuesday and concludes on Thursday, November 5.

The training is intended to reinforce the agents' skills and their health service package.

Why it mattersCommunity health agents in Mali are receiving training to better manage malnutrition.