Background: Malnutrition is a clinical condition that affects all age groups, with high prevalence among the impoverished population and it remains a major public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, an in-depth understanding of community perception and social aspects of under nutrition and management of acute malnutrition was absent in this context, Cultural and traditional feeding practices influence the type, quantity, and frequency of food given to women and children. Malnutrition is often not identified by the caregivers as they seldom seek health care for it.