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Standards for Improving the Quality of Care for Children and Young Adolescents in Health Facilities
Guideline/Guidance published by WHO in
These standards provide guidance to health care facilities for improving the quality of maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health care. The guidance is designed to ensure that the care given to all children and adolescents in health facilities is evidence-based, safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable,. and appropriate for the patient…
Teen Talk: A Guide for Positive Living
Guideline/Guidance published by USAID in
This resource is a guide for positive living for adolescents living with HIV. The nutrition topics addressed include diet, quantity and quality of foods, junk food, and vitamins and minerals.
Maternal, Infant, Young Child and Adolescent Nutrition Action Plan 2020-2025
Policy published by Government of Uganda in
This action plan is the Ugandan Ministry of Health's 5-year plan to reduce all forms of malnutrition in mothers, infants, young children, and adolescents. The action plan's objectives include to increase adolescents' access to nutrition-specific services and to strengthen school nutrition programs to promote optimal adolescent nutrition for…
Adolescents: Agents of Change for a Well-Nourished World: GAIN Convening Paper Series no. 2
Occasional Paper published by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), WHO in
This report summarizes a consultation that convened researchers, practitioners, policymakers, youth organizations, and adolescents from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Zambia. The report identifies themes that emerged from the consultation, including priorities for adolescent nutrition, lessons from other sectors, and key considerations for…
Feed the Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems: Volume II - Implementation
Guideline/Guidance published by USAID in
Volume II of this two-part Feed The Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems, which is intended for USAID staff and implementers, offers implementation guidance for activity-level interventions. The guide discusses how to develop youth-inclusive projects and activities that account for the diversity of the youth…
Standards for Improving the Quality of Care for Children and Young Adolescents in Health Facilities: Policy Brief
Policy published by WHO in
This policy brief describes the standards that provide guidance to health care facilities for improving the quality of maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health care. The guidance is designed to ensure that the care given to all children and adolescents in health facilities is evidence-based, safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable,…
Potential Interventions Targeting Adolescent Nutrition in Indonesia: A Literature Review
Journal Article published by Academic Journal in
This article summarizes the existing evidence on the impact of interventions specifically among adolescents in Indonesia. Evidence was limited but supports the implementation of the following nutrition-specifc interventions: (i) iron–folic acid supplements, paired with antihelminths delivered at scale via school-based platforms and through health…
Adolescent Pregnancy and Its Impact on the Prevalence of Stunting: Programmatic Considerations for Food for Peace Programs that Aim to Reduce Stunting
Brief published by FANTA in
This technical brief examines the fact that adolescent pregnancy increases the risk of childhood stunting. issue of adolescent pregnancy and its implications for the prevalence of stunting. The brief describes promising evidence of what works to address these issues, including changing community attitudes toward early marriage and providing…