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Technical Consultation on Indicators of Adolescent Health: Global Reference List
Indicator Guide published by WHO in
This reference list of health indicators for adolescents age 10 to 19 was developed through a 2014 WHO technical consultation on indicators to measure and report on adolescent health, and to explore mechanisms for validating and/or testing new indicators. The core list includes 20 indicators, with seven additional indicators recommended for…
Adolescent Job Aid
Job Aid published by Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in
This is a desk reference tool for Nepali health workers (trained and registered doctors, nurses, and clinical officers) who provide services to children, adolescents, and adults. The tool provides step-by-step guidance for responding to adolescent patients more effectively and with greater sensitivity when they present with a concern about their…
Zimbabwe National Nutrition Strategy (2014-2018)
Policy published by Ministry of Health and Child Care, Food and Nutrition Council, Zimbabwe in
The Zimbabwe National Nutrition Strategy 2014-2018 includes provisions for increasing the coverage of health and community nutrition services for adolescents to 50 percent by 2018. Strategies and interventions include providing micronutrient supplements to adolescent girls, and implementing school gardens with cooking demonstrations and nutrition…
A Strategic Approach to Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) in India
Policy published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI in
This RMNCH+A strategy promotes links between interventions to enhance coverage throughout the lifecycle to improve child survival in India. The “+” in the acronym refers to the inclusion of adolescence as a distinct life stage within the overall strategy. The strategy addresses issues such as adolescent nutrition education, micronutrient…
Madagascar Plan National D'Action pour la Nutrition (PNAN II) (2012-2015)
Policy published by Republic of Madagascar in
This document contains Madagascar's overarching nutrition strategy for 2012 to 2017 (PNAN II). PNAN II laid the foundation for including adolescent nutrition in the national nutrition strategy. One of PNAN II's primary interventions is the promotion of nutrition for children and youth ages 13 to 20.
Multisectorial Plan for Chronic Malnutrition Reduction in Mozambique (2011-2014/2020)
Policy published by Republic of Mozambique in
The Multisectorial Plan for Chronic Malnutrition Reduction in Mozambique is the country's overarching nutrition strategy. Interventions to strengthen nutrition outcomes for adolescents include monitoring anemia in adolescents ages 10 to 19, reducing early pregnancy among adolescents ages 10 to 19, and strengthening nutritional education as…
National Nutrition Policy of Sri Lanka (2010-2018)
Policy published by Ministry of Health Care and Nutrition, Sri Lanka in
The National Nutrition Policy of Sri Lanka (2010-2018) includes a focus on adolescent undernutrition and obesity. The majority of interventions are implemented in the school setting to establish a positive nutrition enabling environment there. The policy addresses providing nutrition services to non-school going adolescents and regular nutritional…
A New Deal for School Gardens
Guideline/Guidance published by FAO in
This document describes what governments and their development partners can do to promote school gardens to advance a nation’s nutrition and health. The document outlines the history of school gardens, examples of gardens, the need for and approaches to school gardening, garden learning, garden curricula, frameworks for innovation, challenges, and…