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Investing in the Future of Bangladesh: Cost Effective Interventions to Improve Adolescent Nutrition
Policy published by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) in
This policy brief describes the current health challenges facing adolescents in Bangladesh, including increasing overweight/obesity, even as sub-optimal growth, growth faltering, and micronutrient deficiencies persist. The brief includes six recommendations for interventions, including supplementation, school-based nutrition education, and…
Aksi Bergizi: Starting a Healthy Life Now for Today's Adolescents
Training Material published by Ministry of Health in
This toolkit includes an impact evaluation of the Aksi Bergizi pilot programme, facilitator and student guides, the social and behavior change communication strategy, and additional intervention resources (available in Indonesian only).Aksi Bergizi includes three evidence-based interventions including weekly iron–folic acid supplementation, school…
Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategy: Maternal and Child Nutrition During the First 1000 Days and Adolescent Girls’ Nutrition
Technical Report published by Manoff Group, Save the Children, USAID in
This report documents the outcomes and lessons learned from a rapid assessment of Growth through Nutrition’s adolescent girl nutrition SBCC strategy programming in Ethiopia. The report's recommendations focus on the training of teachers and student group leaders/facilitators; actions that teachers, facilitators, and program administrators can…
Frequently Asked Questions: Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplements (WIFAS) for Adolescents
Brief published by Nutrition International in
This document contains answers to 28 common questions about weekly iron and folic acid supplements (WIFAS). The information is organized into the following categories: overview of WIFAS, WIFAS and anemia, the benefits of WIFAS, safety considerations, WIFAS and reproductive health, and WHO-recommended formulation.
Promoting Girls' Nutrition in Early Adolescence: A Last Window of Opportunity!
Informational Infographic published by World Bank in
This infographic highlights the importance of adolescence as the second most crucial period of a child’s life and emphasizes that it is the last opportunity to reverse childhood growth faltering. It also emphasizes the importance of good health and nutrition during adolescence in breaking the inter-generational cycle of undernutrition In…
Suaahara II Annual Survey: Adolescent Panel Year 3
Assessment Tool published by in
This document is the data collection tool used in Year 3 of the Suaahara project, which focused on expanding health and nutrition services for adolescents in Nepal. The tool addresses respondents' health-related background, integrated nutrition exposure, dietary recall, WASH, social participation, freedom of movement, self-efficacy, social…
Handbook for Conducting an Adolescent Health Services Barrier Assessment (AHSBA) with a Focus on Disadvantaged Adolescents
Assessment Tool published by WHO in
This handbook for conducting an adolescent health services barriers assessment discusses how governments can assess health service equity and barriers at national and subnational levels. The handbook focuses on three areas: building in-country capacity to identify barriers, triggering remedial action to address barriers, and focusing on who is…
Adolescent Girl SBCC Nutrition Strategy Summary (USAID Growth through Nutrition Activity)
Framework published by USAID in
This document provides information about the USAID/Growth through Nutrition project's Adolescent Girl Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Nutrition Strategy. It explores the following issues related to adolescent girls' nutrition: nutrition behaviors, priority actors and audiences, facilitators and barriers, messaging and…