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Intégrer le genre dans les programmes de nutrition : Guide du programme
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Ce guide est destiné aux planificateurs et aux responsables de la mise en oeuvre des programmes de nutrition qui visent à intégrer le genre dans les activités de nutrition multisectorielles au niveau mondial ou national. Ce guide partage des ressources et des exemples pour intégrer efficacement le genre à chaque phase d'un programme de nutrition.
Development Process for the Multi-Sector Nutrition Financial Tracking Tool for Kitui, Kisumu, and Kakamega Counties
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
This deliverable is a tool that was produced by the Kenyan government, with contributions from USAID Advancing Nutrition. The tool is intended to be use used to help counties track their expenditures in order to budget effectively for nutrition programming.
Se concentrer sur les normes sociales : Un guide pratique à l’intention des responsables de programme en nutrition pour améliorer l’alimentation des femmes et des enfants
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Les normes sociales influencent la signification et la valeur de la nourriture ainsi que les rôles et les attentes. Ce guide s'adresse aux planificateurs et aux responsables de la mise en oeuvre des programmes de nutrition qui prévoient des activités répondant aux normes dans le cadre de programmes sensibles ou spécifiques à la nutrition.
Standardizing Content for Digital Tracking and Decision-Support Tools to Improve Growth Monitoring and Promotion Services Webinar
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Digital tools have the ability to improve the quality of growth monitoring and promotion services by increasing health workers' adherence to protocols and guidelines.
Услуги по питанию на уровне первичного звена здравоохранени: Роли, обязанности и додипломная подготовкая
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Capacity StrengtheningNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Квалифицированная рабочая сила имеет решающее значение для предоставления услуг в области питания на переднем крае или на уровне первичной медико-санитарной помощи и, в конечном итоге, для достижения лучших результатов в отношении здоровья.
A Guidance Package for Developing Digital Tracking and Decision-Support Tools for Growth Monitoring and Promotion Services
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Nutrition and Health SystemsBehavior Change for NutritionBreastfeedingComplementary FeedingEarly Childhood DevelopmentGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Given the promise of digital tools to improve the quality of GMP services, we developed this guidance package, to facilitate the development of country-specific digital tools for the delivery and supervision of GMP services; save time and resources; reduce duplication of effort, errors, and inconsistencies; and ensure adherence to global guidance.
The Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Supply Chain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsAcute MalnutritionEmergency Nutrition
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the large numbers of children with severe wasting have led to an increased demand for ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), the product used to treat children in outpatient care (IPC 2022).
Strengthening Counseling Capacity through Supportive Supervision and Mentorship
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Nutrition and Health SystemsBehavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This brief highlights the importance of capacity strengthening approaches, including mentorship and supportive supervision programming, to the provision of quality counseling. USAID Advancing Nutrition has been working to address the needs of health workers through both peer and supervisory support to provide high quality nutrition services, including counseling.
Strengthening Counseling through Improved Tools for Health Workers
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Nutrition and Health SystemsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This brief discusses the importance of quality tools to support counseling for nutrition/nurturing care and shares tools that can improve client and provider relationships, counseling behaviors, and counselor workloads to improve quality of counseling for nutrition/nurturing care. Overall, it highlights the need to understand and focus on both the client and health worker perspective.
Policy Brief: Kitui County, Demonstrating the Value of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Investments in Kitui County
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Food SystemsFood Systems
With the support of USAID Advancing Nutrition, county leadership, and nutrition stakeholders, Kitui County developed the county MSN approach, which sets ambitious targets for the scale-up of nutrition interventions over the next five years.
Policy Brief: Kakamega County, Demonstrating the Value of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Investments in Kakamega County
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Food SystemsFood Systems
The Kakamega County stunting level stands at 11.5%, wasting at 1.5%, and underweight at 6.4% (KDHS, 2022). However, the county government demonstrates political commitment for preventing malnutrition by investing in the scale-up of selected high-impact MSN interventions.
Integrating Social Norms in Nutrition Programs Ready-to-Use Menu Options for Program Planners
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
This menu highlights key components of Focusing on Social Norms: A Practical Guide for Nutrition Programmers to Improve Women’s and Children’s Diets. It is meant to inspire programmers as they consider social norms in nutrition programming and is helpful for all types of programs and activities, whether they are multi-sectoral or focused on food or health systems.
SUN Member Advocacy Brief: The Nutrition Policy Marker
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningBuilding Global Consensus
The nutrition policy marker is a voluntary, qualitative reporting tool that identifies investments made with a nutrition objective or indicator within any sector. The policy marker tracks investments to projects with a nutrition objective or indicator over time.
The BOND-KIDS Project: Exploring the Nutritional Ecology of School-Aged Children Webinar
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
The objectives of the BOND-KIDS project are based on the need for better tools to measure the necessity for and functional impact of school-based nutritional interventions on the health and development of school-aged children, ages 5-19.
USAID Advancing Nutrition worked in Uganda from June 2021 to September 2023. Using a multi-sectoral approach, the project supported the Government of Uganda to strengthen national efforts in the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies through Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF).
Policy Brief: Kisumu County, Demonstrating the Value of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Investments
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Child Nutrition
In Kisumu County, the main determinants of malnutrition are high poverty rates with the urban poverty rate at 70%, coupled with increasing household food insecurity (KDHS 2014).
USAID Advancing Nutrition worked in Kenya from August 2020 through September 2023. The project was active in Kakamega, Kisumu, and Kitui Counties as well as at the national level. Our primary objective was to strengthen government capacity to plan, finance, manage, and implement multi-sectoral nutrition interventions to improve the health of populations at risk of nutritional deficiencies.
Profiling and Industry Analysis of Fortified and Fortifiable Foods in Uganda
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Micronutrient Interventions
The Ministry of Health (MOH) adopted industrial food fortification as one of its high-impact and cost effective interventions to contribute to the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies.