Community Outreach Projects
A preliminary assessment on the neighhourbood of PPR Lembah Subang 1 showed:
- 1 in 3 children are either stunted or underweight
- Many children only receive 1 to 2 meals a day
UMMC Department of Paediatrics approached these issues through 4 avenues:
- To eliminate hunger and to improve nutrition
- Micronutrient Supplementation for Children of Urban Poverty Iron Project (CUPIP)
- Dietary Diversity of infants and Young Children during the CoVID pandemic (CoDDIYC) study
- Nutritional education
- Child health
- Women empowerment
