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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nutrition Counseling and Care During and After Childhood Illness Literature Review: Evidence from African Countries
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The review proposes recommendations to improve caregiver practices, strengthen the quality of feeding counseling during illness, address evidence gaps related to feeding care during illness, and identify enablers and barriers to those providing optimal feeding counseling and support after illness or during recovery.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Integrating Early Detection and Treatment of Child Wasting into Routine Primary Health Care Services: A Resource Guide to Support National Planning
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Adolescent NutritionGrowth Monitoring and PromotionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The guide presents a process to identify integration actions to address the early detection and treatment of child wasting within primary health care services. Programmers must consider feasibility, risks, and benefits to guide integration and in what form. For each health system component, the guide presents common constraints and presents a set of integration actions to address them.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Fed to Fail? The Crisis of Children’s Diets in Early Life
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Policies and programs to improve young children’s diets are not prioritized and are being further eroded by the coronavirus pandemic. UNICEF calls on governments and partners to work collectively to transform food, health, and social protection systems. The report is available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Predictors of Complementary Feeding Practices among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Five Countries in the Middle East and North Africa Region
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Findings showed that maternal education and age, paternal education and wealth, culture and geographic location, and utilization of health services were associated with minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, and minimum acceptable diet.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Impact of Scaling up Prenatal Nutrition Interventions on Human Capital Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Modeling Analysis
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
Scaling up prenatal nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries from current levels to 90 percent may lead to substantial gains in schooling and lifetime income. Decision-makers should consider potential long-term human capital returns on investments in maternal nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effective Nutrition Governance is Correlated with Better Nutrition Outcomes in Nepal
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent Nutrition
Data collected to determine the relationship between the Nutrition Governance Index (NGI) and anthropometry highlight the importance of effective management of policy-based programming and resource use to produce nutrition gains.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Dietary Diversity and Undernutrition in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Given the role that dietary diversity plays in the health status of children, implementing nutrition-specific interventions and strengthening existing interventions to improve infant and young child feeding practices is particularly important in countries where the prevalence of adequate minimum dietary diversity is low and undernutrition is high.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Beyond Stunting: Complementary Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating USAID Nutrition Activities
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Recent literature has critically examined the use of stunting as an indicator for evaluating the impact of nutrition interventions. The guidance document suggests approaches and indicators to measure the results of nutrition programs in a comprehensive and meaningful way.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Projecting the Impact of Nutrition Policy to Improve Child Stunting: A Case Study in Guatemala Using the Lives Saved Tool
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Adolescent Nutrition
Results point to the need for strategies that address social determinants impacting stunting rather than a more narrow focus on nutrition-specific interventions. Addressing structural drivers of stunting requires multi-sectoral nutrition and social policies.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Modeling Food Fortification Contributions to Micronutrient Requirements in Malawi Using Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Food SecurityMicronutrient Interventions
Large-scale food fortification may be a cost-effective intervention to increase micronutrient supplies in the food system when implemented under appropriate conditions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Health Facility-Based Counselling and Community Outreach are Associated with Maternal Dietary Practices in a Cross-Sectional Study from Tanzania
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Maternal Nutrition
Women who received nutrition advice were more likely to eat larger quantities of food during pregnancy compared with women who did not, while women who received antenatal care and advice on nutrition before, during, and after pregnancy were more likely to eat a wider variety of foods.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Food and Youth: What I Have Learned from Young People and Their Desire to Fix the Food Systems They Live In
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Knowledge Management
Adolescent Nutrition
UNICEF’s executive director and youth representatives discuss young people’s struggles with their food choices and food environments, share how young people are contributing to the transformation of global and local food systems, and offer concrete next steps to ensure that children and young people are at the center of discussions about food systems transformation. This is a webinar.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
We Can All Become Food Heroes
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Knowledge Management
Students from six countries made a #FoodHeroes music video to discuss how young people can take action to make agri-food systems more sustainable. Their goal is to encourage youth to be change-makers and advocates for a hunger-free and sustainable world.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Power of Small Fish to Nourish Women and Children
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Knowledge Management
Economic GrowthFood SecurityNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Dr. Thilsted shares insights about nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems. She discusses challenges for addressing nutritional needs of infants, young children, and pregnant and lactating women and shares how she engages with agriculture, food security, and food systems colleagues.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Reviewing the UN Food Systems Summit with Agnes Kalibata
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Knowledge Management
Food Security
In her role as the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy, Agnes Kalibata discusses outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit, explains key issues affecting food systems, and discusses criticism of the Summit. She evaluates the United States’ $10 billion commitment to food security and describes what food security leadership should look like in the future. This is a podcast.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nutrient Profiling: Designing a Healthier Future for Global Benefit
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Knowledge Management
Micronutrient Interventions
Nutrient profiling models have the potential to address stunting and micronutrient deficiencies. Researchers and programmers should consider all forms of malnutrition, including inadequate intakes of vitamins and minerals, the lack of high quality protein intakes, and overweight and obesity.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
In the Interest of Every Woman’s Health and Nutrition
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Knowledge Management
Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19GenderMaternal Nutrition
Critical gaps in programming tools to improve women’s diets throughout the life cycle remain.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Food Safety for Mothers and Children
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Knowledge Management
Food SafetyWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Toxins and germs that come from food, improper food preparation, and poor storage are harmful to the health of children and pregnant women. Cooking food at a safe temperature, boiling water, washing hands with soap, and enforcing food safety rules saves lives.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Climate Crisis and Nutrition: Examples from Niger
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Knowledge Management
Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19Maternal Nutrition
USAID Chief Nutritionist Shawn Baker describes the Wadata program, which provides hands-on training in natural resource management, nutrition, food preparation with local ingredients, financial literacy, and interpersonal communication.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Acting on the Call
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Knowledge Management
Adolescent NutritionMaternal Nutrition
The annual Acting on the Call report continues to highlight progress toward a shared vision and commitment to preventing child and maternal deaths.