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UNICEF, Global Technical Assistance Mechanism

UNICEF, the Global Nutrition Cluster, and GTAM have put together technical guidance and tools to help address the effects of COVID-19 on nutrition programming. They are also producing a series of nutrition guidance briefs to help programmers respond to and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. The first three briefs cover Prevention and Management of Wasting, Nutrition for UNICEF, the Global Nutrition Cluster, and GTAM have put together technical guidance and tools to help address the effects of COVID-19 on nutrition programming. They are also producing a series of nutrition guidance briefs to help programmers respond to and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. The first three briefs cover Prevention and Management of Wasting, Nutrition for Infants and Young Children, and Nutrition Information Systems.The briefs outline priority actions, recommend adaptations, and outstanding evidence gaps for each topic area, providing practitioners with the most up-to-date nutrition evidence to complement more general COVID-19 response guidance.