The Department for Health and Sanitation, in partnership with SAPCONE, has conducted the piloting of a Positive Deviance (PD) Health program.
This is geared towards empowering communities to utilise locally available resources and food to address malnutrition and offer sustainable nutrition in Aroo Sub-County.
Since the project kick-off, 968 children have benefited including 457 children under the age of five who were enrolled in the first phase of initial assessment and the new 511 enrolled by end of May 2025.
The program targeted facilities with a high prevalence of underweight children in Lopur, Korinyang, Lokapel, Kalemung'orok, and Kaputir.
