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Our technical units

Four specialist units carry the Division's work forward — from community programmes to surveillance and planning.

01

Community Nutrition Unit

Plans and delivers nutrition programmes and public campaigns through communities island-wide — including maternal and child nutrition, growth monitoring, micronutrient supplementation and National Nutrition Month.

Growth monitoring Micronutrients Public campaigns
02

Hospital & Disaster Nutrition Unit

Strengthens clinical nutrition services in hospitals and leads the nutrition response during emergencies and disasters, ensuring vulnerable groups are protected when they need it most.

Clinical nutrition Emergency response
03

District Nutrition Planning Unit

Coordinates multi-sector nutrition planning at district level, supporting district teams to develop and monitor local nutrition action plans aligned to national priorities.

District plans Multi-sector coordination
04

Strategic Information Management & Planning Unit

Runs nutrition surveillance, manages data and produces the statistics and evidence that underpin policy, planning and programme decisions across the Division.

Surveillance Data & evidence Planning