MERF focuses on providing nutrition specific interventions that address the immediate determinants of maternal and child under nutrition. The key interventions include;

• Promote optimal nutrition for women
• Promote adequate intake of iron and folic acid and prevention and control of anaemia for women and children
• Promote adequate intake of iodine by all members of the household
• Promote optimal breastfeeding during the first six months
• Promote optimal complementary feeding starting at 6 months with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond
• Promote optimal nutritional care of sick and severely malnourished children
• Prevent vitamin A deficiency in women and children.