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USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Social Protection for Improved Nutrition Outcomes in Tanzania
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Micronutrient Interventions
The second National Multi-sectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMNAP II 2021/22–2025/26) has identified social protection as one of the important systems for realization of positive nutrition outcomes.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
How-To Guide: Audience Segmentation for Nutrition Social and Behavior Change
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for Nutrition
This how-to guide walks you through the essential, basic process of audience segmentation necessary for all nutrition programs and services. This guide also introduces a specialized technique called “advanced audience segmentation” to use with quantitative and qualitative research data.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Development of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) Scorecards in Kenya: A Case of Kakamega, Kitui, and Kisumu Counties
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
This tool, developed by the Government of Kenya with support from USAID Advancing Nutrition, uses a multi-sectoral nutrition (MSN) approach to cover various nutrition inventions across varied relevant sectors curated for Kitui, Kakamega, and Kisumu counties. This report explains the development process of the scorecard and how it is used.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Niger: Strengthening National Efforts to Improve Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Anemia
This brochure in English describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's work with the government of Niger as it seeks to address malnutrition in the country.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Defining Healthy and Sustainable Diets for Infants, Children and Adolescents
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Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This article provides an overview of nutrition recommendations for dietary intakes necessary to support normal growth and development of children from birth to 18 years. It identifies gaps in defining optimal intakes for children and youth in various geographical areas.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Nutrition International’s Work to Improve Nutrition for Adolescent Girls
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Adolescent NutritionReproductive Health
This brief summarizes key information on the Adolescent and Women’s Health and Nutrition program, supported by Nutrition International, in eight countries in Asia and Africa.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Building Rights for Improved Girls Health in Tanzania (BRIGHT): Empowering Adolescents in Tanzania to Exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Nutrition Rights
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Adolescent NutritionMental HealthReproductive Health
The webpage provides key information about the Building Rights for Improved Girls Health in Tanzania project in Tabora, Tanzania. It is a seven-year integrated adolescent nutrition initiative designed to build agency and empower adolescents (aged 10–19 years) to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and nutrition rights using youth-centered, feminist, and rights-based approaches.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Guidance on Appropriate Use and Considerations for Limiting Anemia Testing, Assessment and Screening using Hemoglobin in Public Health Anemia Reduction Efforts for Adolescents
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Adolescent NutritionAnemia
This brief provides guidance on appropriate use and considerations for limiting anemia testing, assessment, and screening using hemoglobin in public health anemia reduction efforts for adolescents.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Call to Action for Strengthening Nutrition Content in Pre-Service Training
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Capacity Strengthening
Behavior Change for Nutrition
Investing in pre-service training is an especially effective and sustainable approach to improving nutrition services at scale. However, it requires a collaborative effort by all stakeholders—government ministries, academic institutions, professional associations, funders, and technical experts—to ensure curricula prepare frontline health workers to deliver quality nutrition services.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Permettre une meilleure alimentation complémentaire : Guide et cahier d'exercices
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Complementary Feeding
Un changement social et comportemental (CSC) est nécessaire pour améliorer toutes les composantes de l’alimentation des jeunes enfants : une alimentation adéquate, des services adéquats et des pratiques alimentaires adéquates. Ce manuel met en évidence les défis et les exemples spécifiques au CSC de qualité pour améliorer l'alimentation complémentaire.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Food Taboos and Preferences in Women of Reproductive Age and Children Under Two in Mainland Tanzania
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Micronutrient Interventions
This report presents the findings from a qualitative, formative research study on the food preferences of and cultural/religious prohibitions for women of reproductive age, children 6–23 months, and adolescent girls in selected regions of mainland Tanzania.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Integrating Complementary Feeding in Emergencies: A Decision Tool for Concrete Actions at Each Stage of the Humanitarian Program Cycle
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Complementary FeedingEmergency Nutrition
This decision tool is intended for those involved in the design, planning, implementation, and monitoring of a nutrition humanitarian response before and during an emergency.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Behavioral Design to Inform Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This e-learning course offers a practical introduction to behavioral science and behavioral design and explains how to apply these approaches to nutrition efforts. A case study illustrates the behavioral design process and guides participants to assess whether and how the solutions presented can be adapted to other contexts.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Stronger with Breastmilk Only Initiative in 5 African Countries: Case Study on the Implementation Process and Contribution to the Enabling Environment for Breastfeeding
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Breastfeeding
The Stronger with Breastmilk Only Initiative has contributed to progress in legislation and policies, coordination, funding, training, program delivery, and research and evaluation.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Peer Counselling as an Approach to Improve Complementary Feeding Practices: A Narrative Review
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingComplementary FeedingMicronutrient InterventionsWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This review finds that peer counseling was effective for breastfeeding, complementary feeding, minimum meal frequency, and minimum dietary diversity. These findings may inform future programs to extend the length of peer counseling for mothers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Opportunities and Barriers for Maternal Nutrition Behavior Change: An In-Depth Qualitative Analysis of Pregnant Women and their Families in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingMaternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
This research finds that in India, health worker home visits, convenient transportation, and family support facilitated antenatal care checkups and maternal weight-gain monitoring, but limited motivation and understanding of the importance of checkups represent obstacles to such care.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Rapid Assessments of the Hunger–Climate–Conflict Nexus in Mali, Somalia, and South Sudan
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Emergency Nutrition
This report reviews a project aimed at improving the nutritional status of crisis-affected populations in seven countries. The goal is to identify better ways for aid agencies to address the compounding impacts of long-term fragile governance and conflict and recurring shocks on resilience and food security.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Policy Brief: Kakamega County, Demonstrating the Value of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Investments in Kakamega County
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Acute MalnutritionAdolescent NutritionChild NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
Leaders and stakeholders in Kakamega County, Kenya, used a multi-sectoral nutrition (MSN) approach to set priority targets for the scale-up of interventions over the next five years. They developed a scorecard that defines targets for each intervention, and includes a monitoring and accountability framework, and outlines the costs of interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
ST4N Impact Report: Fighting for Global Nutrition in an Era of Crises: Impact Report | 2020–2022
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Adolescent NutritionChild NutritionCOVID-19Food SecurityFood SystemsGenderMaternal Nutrition
This report summarizes accomplishments of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium, included modeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and maternal nutrition, developing evidence-based recommendations for nutrition policy and funding, advocating for gender-transformative policies, analyzing and reporting on the impact of the war in Ukraine, and measuring the impact of the glo
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Arm Circumference for Age, Arm Circumference and Weight-for-Height Z-Score for the Evaluation of Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Acute Malnutrition
Adjusting mid-upper arm circumference for age (MUACZ) improves identification of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. However, using MUACZ can be more complicated than using weight-for-height Z-scores in the field, so it is important to identify easier ways to use this method. This is a pre-print of a manuscript.