1. Team 7
Rachel Heath
Joseph Henry
Alesia Pruitt
Allison Schauwecker
Erica Wilson

2. Oromiya Region, Ethiopia
Photos: http://www.younglives.org.uk/images/countries/ethiopia/ethiopia_map_650.gif
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3. Program Objective
 To reduce the rate of Acute Malnutrition in Oromiyan
children by disseminating health education through
culturally appropriate music and community
educators
 Reducing Oromiyan Acute Malnutrition (ROAM)
 “Malnutrition is a major underlying and preventable
factor in more than 5 million child deaths under the
age of five.” – Case Prompt
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4. Acute vs. Chronic Care
 Current Acute Malnutrition cases: 126,000
 Significantly higher costs (monetarily and workforce)
are required to give tertiary care than to provide long-
term care
 Hunger is inherently a chronic condition due to
developmental effects seen in children
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5. Target Population
 Members of communities within rural areas
throughout the Oromiya Region
 Work with Médecins Sans Frontières to identify
communities with high concentration of severe cases
 MSF has had feeding programs within the region since
2008
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6. Plan Outline
 Establish working relationships with partners and
share data of problem areas
 Recruit and train educators and musicians in Addis
Ababa
 Release music through live tours and radio to
initiate program messages
 Community educator lead training sessions
 Follow up evaluations of adopted practices
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7. Community Education
 Identify Community Leaders throughout the targeted
communities within the greater Oromiya Region
 Utilize educated Oromiyans to serve as Community
Educators to travel in teams of two throughout the
region
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8. Implemented Drip Irrigation System & Azmari Musician
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Photos: http://www.ideorg.org/OurTechnologies/IDE_DripAlbum.pdf , http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3186347558_00809ae0a8.jpg

9. Musical Diffusion
 Employ respectable, well-known musicians to
establish rapport and inform the public
 Songs teaching:
 Optimal nutrition with available crops
 Symptoms and treatment of malnutrition
 Water sanitation
 Use of animal fertilizer
 Drip irrigation systems
 Hand washing
 Community health educators
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10. Partnerships
 Médecins Sans Frontières
 World Food Programme
 USAID
 FDRE Ministry of Health
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11. Monitoring for Accountability
 Quantitative
 Regional data from existing hospitals and clinics on
treatment of acutely malnourished children
 Qualitative
 Assessments by community educators on effectiveness
of program practices
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12. ROAM Breakdown
Sites Complete Timeline
 2 years training  4 years implementation
 2 years training
 150 workers villages
 75 teams
 2 years of follow-up
 2 people/team
 Adoption of
 7,500 villages program practices
 1 village/team/wk  Evaluation of health
 50 villages/yr/team status of
community
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13. Budget
Number per
Item Cost Amount Total Cost Site
Community
Health Workers $4,800 $150 $720,000 2
Drip Irrigation $5 $22,500 $112,500 3
Tippy Tap $3 $15,000 $45,000 2
Visual Aids $1 $37,500 $37,500 5
Transportation - - $10,000 1
Seeds (millet,
teff, and
pulses) $10 $7,500 $75,000 1
$1,000,000
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