The Thriposha Programme is Sri Lanka's national supplementary nutrition initiative, begun in 1973 as the country's first island-wide food supplementation effort after Medical Research Institute studies from 1950 to 1973 documented widespread deficiencies of animal protein, vitamins and minerals among the low-income population. Thriposha, meaning three nutrients, is a precooked cereal and legume-based food, today made mostly of maize and soya with added milk powder and vitamins and minerals, distributed free to pregnant and lactating mothers and to undernourished children between six and sixty months of age in lower-income households. Originally supplied using a wheat-and-soy blend from the United States government and managed early on by the CARE Sri Lanka office, the program has continued for close to fifty years under the government of Sri Lanka.
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Target PopulationPregnant women and lactating women (up to six months) 1 Health GoalPrevent underweight and micronutrient deficiencies, and provide a social food transfer 1 Program status (class) Partially Attested
Program StatusSource describes a policy review of the ongoing programme but does not explicitly state its operating status Classification
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Source ENN: Delivering care to address a double burden of maternal malnutrition in Sri Lanka
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1. ENN: Delivering care to address a double burden of maternal malnutrition in Sri Lanka
Thriposha description paragraph, origin sentence
originally created in Sri Lanka in 1973
Policies and programmes, target group sentence
all pregnant women and lactating women (up to six months)
Policies and programmes, purpose sentence
to prevent underweight/micronutrient deficiencies and as a social transfer (food transfer) intervention
Remaining challenges
the Ministry of Health has initiated discussions about moving towards a targeted approach
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the Ministry of Health has initiated discussions about moving towards a targeted approach
Program classification, entity description sentence
The Thriposha Programme is Sri Lanka's national supplementary nutrition initiative, begun in 1973 as the country's first island-wide food supplementation effort after Medical Research Institute studies from 1950 to 1973 documented widespread deficiencies of animal protein, vitamins and minerals among the low-income population.
Associated With: Nutrition Science, Page text
Thriposha is a fortified supplementary food (made of maize, soya, milk and a vitamin and mineral premix), originally created in Sri Lanka in 1973 to address maternal and child undernutrition.
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