USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
Profil nutritionnel multisectoriel: Région du Sud-Ouest
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Wasting
Ce profil de la région du Sud-Ouest met en évidence les indicateurs des secteurs qui sont essentiels à la mise en œuvre d'une approche multisectorielle pour améliorer la nutrition.
Profil nutritionnel multisectoriel: Région du Centre-Ouest
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Wasting
Ce profil de la région du Centre-Ouest met en évidence les indicateurs des secteurs qui sont essentiels à la mise en œuvre d'une approche multisectorielle pour améliorer la nutrition.
Profil nutritionnel multisectoriel: Région du Centre-Est
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Wasting
Ce profil de la région du Centre-Est met en évidence les indicateurs des secteurs qui sont essentiels à la mise en œuvre d'une approche multisectorielle pour améliorer la nutrition.
USAID Advancing Nutrition Burkina Faso: Renforcer les efforts nationaux pour améliorer la nutrition
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
Cette brochure décrit le travail de l'USAID Advancing Nutrition avec le gouvernement du Burkina Faso dans sa lutte contre la malnutrition dans le pays.
USAID Advancing Nutrition Ghana: Strengthening National Efforts to Improve Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
This brochure in English describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's work with the government of the Ghana as it seeks to address malnutrition in the country.
USAID Advancing Nutrition Tanzania: Strengthening National Efforts to Improve Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
This brochure in English describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's work with the government of Tanzania as it seeks to address malnutrition in the country.
Technical Assistance Provided to the Government of Mozambique
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
This technical brief in English aims to describe USAID Advancing Nutrition’s technical assistance to the government of Mozambique from 2019-2022, including our challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations for future efforts.
USAID Advancing Nutrition Mozambique: Strengthening National Efforts To Improve Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
This brochure in English describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's work with the government of Mozambique as it seeks to address malnutrition in the country.
Policy Brief: Kakamega County, Demonstrating the Value of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Investments in Kakamega County
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsWastingAdolescent 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.
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 ContextsWasting
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.
WHO Guideline on the Prevention and Management of Wasting and Nutritional Oedema (Acute Malnutrition)
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
Speakers discuss new recommendations for the management of infants at risk of poor growth and development and children with wasting and nutritional edema. This is a webinar. It is available in English, French, and Spanish. An audio recording available in Arabic.
Normative Guidance: WHO Guideline on the Prevention and Management of Wasting and Nutritional Oedema (Acute Malnutrition) in Infants and Children Under 5 Years
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Nutrition and Health SystemsWasting
The guideline focuses on the management of infants under six months of age at risk of poor growth and development as well as infants and children ages 6–59 months with wasting and/or nutritional edema. It includes post-exit interventions after recovery and prevention strategies.
Knowledge ManagementWastingCOVID-19Micronutrient InterventionsWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Resources featured in this interactive web page include a framework to address persistent wasting, small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement program implementation, blanket supplementary feeding, treating moderate wasting with local foods, providing training for health workers, and strengthening wasting management and the ready-to-use therapeutic food supply chain, among other topics.
The Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act Implementation Plan presents priority technical areas in nutrition; the approach USAID will take to coordinate and collaborate internally and with priority countries, other federal agencies, and partners; and accountability mechanisms.
Global Evidence for Improving Resilience and Food Security: Findings from the REAPER Agriculture-Led Growth and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Evidence Gap Maps
Implementing partners from the Resilience and Food Security for Programmatic Approaches project present findings from machine learning, comprehensive evidence reviews on agriculture-led growth and nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and new mapping of resilience and water intermediate outcomes to higher-level development objectives. This is a webinar.