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Manual For The Integration Of Child Care Practices And Mental Health Into Nutrition Programs was developed to promote the integration of mental health and child care practices within nutrition. This technical guide offers a set of concrete actions and practical orientations to combine focus on prevention and treatment of severe malnutrition with mental health and child care practices. Everyone are encouraged to apply these practices in the Therapeutic Feeding Centre (TFCs) during admissions, playtime or mealtime, and during outpatient treatment. This document can help nutrition program experts to implement child care practices through simple actions. It is presented as a step-by-step tool-kit.