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A collection of publications, tools, and technical resources from USAID and its projects, including USAID Advancing Nutrition. Go to the Hub ›
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Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank ›
Anemia Toolkit ›
COVID-19 Nutrition Resources ›
Diet Assessment Decision Tool ›
Enabling Better Complementary Feeding ›
Feeding and Disability Resource Bank ›
Food Systems Toolkit ›
Infant & Young Child Feeding Image Bank ›
Measuring What it Takes to Provide Care ›
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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
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Disability Resource Bank
Inclusion of Children and Young People with Disabilities in Routine General Health Care: Practice Guide
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guide provides a series of indicative actions for disability inclusion at each stage of the program cycle.
Disability Resource Bank
Disability Resources
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Complementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This resource library compiles videos and booklets on the proper feeding of children with cerebral palsy.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Necessidade de um maior investimento em recursos humanos da área de nutrição como forma de resposta à elevada prevalência da Desnutrição Crónica na província de Nampula
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Early Childhood Development
Acute MalnutritionChild Nutrition
A redução dos índices de Desnutrição Crónica (baixa altura para idade) constitui uma prioridade do Governo de Moçambique, onde a média nacional é de 43% em crianças menores de cinco anos de idade.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
India SBC Rapid Assessment
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for NutritionCOVID-19Economic GrowthGenderMaternal Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition conducted social and behavior change (SBC) formative research in the three intervention districts of Tinsukia, Goalpara, and Barpeta in Assam to inform the project’s SBC activities.
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Elevating Nutrition in Pre-Service Training: A Competency-Based Tool to Assess Coverage of Nutrition Content
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Capacity Strengthening
Quality pre-service training forms the foundation of all nutrition services, equipping health professionals with the competencies required to deliver quality services from day one on the job. However, nutrition content is often outdated and can be difficult to integrate into pre-service training.
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Strategies, Standards, and Regulations to Increase Access to Safe and Nutritious Foods Webinar
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Food Systems
Raising awareness of and promoting the adoption and enforcement of food safety standards requires government agencies to collaborate closely.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Nurturing Young Children through Responsive Feeding
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Early Childhood DevelopmentResponsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF Counseling
Child NutritionComplementary FeedingEarly Childhood Development
This brief explains what is meant by responsive feeding and how to create the enabling environments for caregivers to responsively feed their young children.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
M&E Online Course Repository (Resource Collection)
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Many Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) courses, developed by USAID and other organizations, are available to USAID Mission and project staff. The resources in this online M&E Course Repository, will help meet your current needs.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Measuring What it Takes to Provide Care (Resource Collection)
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Capacity StrengtheningEarly Childhood Development
Adolescent NutritionChild NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Mental Health
This toolkit of measures of Caregiver Resources can help program and research teams understand whether their programs successfully influence these Caregiver Resources. We can enhance the effectiveness of programs by recognizing and promoting Caregiver Resources which enable caregivers to participate in nutrition activities and adopt recommended care and feeding behaviors.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Food Systems Toolkit (Resource Collection)
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Food Systems
Food SystemsWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
USAID and USAID Advancing Nutrition curated the Food Systems Toolkit which is focused on a set of tools to support USAID Missions and partners in putting a food systems approach into action. The toolkit comprises resources that provide practical guidance on how to design, implement, and measure concrete activities that improve diets and nutrition through food systems.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Diet Assessment Decision Tool (Resource Collection)
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Diet Quality Measurement
Food Systems
This tool makes it easier for practitioners and decision makers to understand dietary patterns and nutrient intake. Such information is critical to design, monitor, and evaluate efforts to improve diets. The decision tool provides existing data sources and data collection tools related to the different target groups and diet questions below.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Anemia Toolkit (Resource Collection)
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Micronutrient Measurement
Anemia
Anemia is a global public health problem imposing a health burden on individuals at different life stages. This searchable toolkit includes over 100 resources organized into five sections related to anemia—
Biology
Assessment
Interventions
Policies and Programs
Anemia Landscape
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank (Resource Collection)
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Adolescent Nutrition
Adolescent Nutrition
Adolescence is a critical time in the life cycle, presenting what is sometimes called a "second window of opportunity" in an individual’s growth and development.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Effect of Interventions Distributing Home Fortification Products on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices: A Systematic Narrative Review
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and micronutrient powders can address nutrient gaps for young children in low-resource settings. Programs that combine home fortification products with infant and young child feeding (IYCF) interventions may also contribute to improved IYCF practices in some settings.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Anthropometric Criteria for Best-Identifying Children at High Risk of Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of Twelve Cohorts
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Acute MalnutritionChild NutritionGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Researchers compared several anthropometric diagnostic criteria to assess risk of child mortality. The best indicators were weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) <−2, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <125 mm, MUAC < 115 mm or WAZ < −3, and WAZ < −3.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Virtual Convening on Improving Nutrition among Children with Feeding Difficulties and Children with Disabilities
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Early Childhood Development
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This convening engaged experts working in nutrition, health, and disability programming; policy making and advocacy; and research in discussions around opportunities to improve nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and children with disabilities.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Resources for Community Health Workers: Strengthening Nutrition Counseling through Empathetic Care
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This webinar highlights resources developed by Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria using human-centered design to help community health workers improve nutrition counseling. Speakers discuss the Infant and Young Child Feeding Image Bank and how to adapt materials to local contexts and engaged in a question-and-answer session.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Women’s Empowerment: An Essential Ingredient for Improved Nutrition in India
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Acute MalnutritionAdolescent NutritionChild NutritionCOVID-19GenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Participants in this study prioritized joint decision-making between women and men about agriculture-related household assets and women’s use of improved practices to grow nutrient-dense vegetables and fruits or to fish for household consumption and sales.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Opening the Box on How Gender and Intrahousehold Dynamics Affect What South Asia Eats: Why, How, and Who
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Food SystemsGender
To better understand why people consume the foods they do, this blog examines issues of food access, availability, and affordability; taste and preferences; power dynamics; and whose preferences matter most. It also examines how food is procured and prepared, the challenges of doing so, who decides why certain foods are consumed, and who performs food-related tasks.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nourishing Connections: Community Health Worker Job Aid
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
GenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This booklet provides detailed activities and instructions for community health workers (CHWs) to assess caregiver nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and practices; listen carefully; provide compassionate counseling on child feeding through tailored discussions and problem solving; and develop an action plan.