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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Delivering Nutrition Interventions to Women and Children in Conflict Settings: A Systematic Review
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Adolescent NutritionBreastfeedingEmergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This review synthesizes data on the delivery, coverage, and effectiveness of nutrition programs in areas of conflict. Available studies focus on micronutrient supplementation, nutrition assessments, and interventions for young children and pregnant and lactating women, but there is little research evaluating coverage or effectiveness of nutrition interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Indicators for Assessing Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices: Definitions and Measurement Methods
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BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document provides new and updated indicators to assess infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices at the household level and tools for collecting and calculating the indicators.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Old Tricks, New Opportunities: How Companies Violate the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and Undermine Maternal and Child Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Companies are using health claims and misinformation about breastfeeding (BF) to capitalize on pandemic fears. Proposed immediate actions include using findings to inform World Health Assembly actions, increasing enforcement of International Code violations, and addressing misinformation about BF in the context of the pandemic.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Initiation of Breastfeeding in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Time-to-Event Analysis
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BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Cesarean deliveries are associated with a significant delay in initiating breastfeeding (BF) while immediate skin-to-skin contact is associated with earlier initiation.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Implementing a Novel Facility-Community Intervention for Strengthening Integration of Infant Nutrition and Family Planning in Mara and Kagera, Tanzania
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BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
A multifaceted intervention to integrate maternal and infant nutrition and postpartum family planning (FP) into existing health contacts increased FP and early breastfeeding (EBF) at six weeks postpartum, demonstrated that lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) was acceptable, provided an entry point for important FP conversations, and reinforced EBF practices.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Micronutrient Powders for Infants and Young Children
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient Interventions
Food fortification is a highly effective strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies, provided that suitable food products are available and that cost, taste, and appearance are not affected.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
40th Anniversary of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes Event
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BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Speakers present historical examples of implementing the International Code and discuss breastfeeding; first food systems and corporate power; the exposure to, and impact of, baby food marketing; and protecting breastfeeding from breast-milk substitutes marketing. This webinar is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
New Resources for IYCF Programming—Updated Image Bank
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COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
High-quality images are an essential component of social and behavior change, and illustrations can be particularly helpful where literacy rates and access to media are low. Updates expand the collection of IYCF images to include content on responsive feeding, responsive care, and overweight and obesity. This is a webinar.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Mycotoxin Exposure and Nutritional Status in the First 1000 Days: Policy and Programmatic Implications
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Food SafetyInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Speakers discuss the programmatic and policy implications of the relationship between nutritional status and mycotoxin exposure. This is a webinar.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Key Messages to Help Strengthen Infant and Young Child Feeding during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This video provides frontline health and nutrition workers with messages to provide pregnant women, mothers, and caregivers about infant and young child feeding in the context of the pandemic. This webinar is available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Why We Need to Focus on Quality Care for Women and Newborns
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The Network for Improving Quality Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health provides a platform for collaboration and learning across programs and countries.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Principles of Nurturing Care Promote Human Capital and Mitigate Adversities from Preconception through Adolescence
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Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Extending the Nurturing Care Framework from preconception through age 20 in laws, policies, and services improves human capital by promoting resilience and adaptive developmental trajectories and mitigating negative consequences of adversities.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Parenting Interventions to Promote Early Child Development in the First Three Years of Life: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Parenting interventions improve young child socioemotional development and cognitive, language, and motor skills. Interventions also improve parenting knowledge and practices and parent–child interactions and reduce behavioral issues.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Aligning Best Practices and Addressing Misinformation for Optimal Infant Feeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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BreastfeedingCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This brief discusses hospital best practices to encourage breastfeeding and ensure lactation success for COVID-19 infected mothers and their newborns. It also addresses whether COVID-19 can be passed from mother to infant at delivery, whether rooming-in and breastfeeding with an infected mother are safe, and whether it is safe to use donor milk during the pandemic.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Grandmothers—A Neglected Family Resource for Saving Newborn Lives
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Grandmothers play important roles in newborn care. Grounding newborn research and interventions within a family systems framework that reflects local family structures and dynamics may be more influential in saving lives than strengthening health systems.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Exploring the Influence of Social Norms on Complementary Feeding: A Scoping Review of Observational, Intervention, and Effectiveness Studies
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Food SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Social norms and cultural beliefs can be influential barriers or facilitators for adopting improved complementary feeding (CF) practices, but guidance to address norms and beliefs is limited.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress
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WastingAdolescent NutritionCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
Three new papers build upon findings from the 2008 and 2013 Series. They conclude that despite modest progress, maternal and child undernutrition remains a major global health concern.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Mobilising Evidence, Data, and Resources to Achieve Global Maternal and Child Undernutrition Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Agenda for Action
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaBreastfeedingCOVID-19Emergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Nutrition Sensitive AgricultureWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
New evidence from national and state-level success stories in stunting reduction reinforces the need for multisectoral actions to address underlying determinants of undernutrition and identifies key features of enabling political environments. Well-resourced nutrition data and information systems are essential to support this work.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Micronutrient Forum 5th Global Conference: CONNECTED 2020
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaBreastfeedingCOVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SafetyInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Nutrition Sensitive AgriculturePrivate-Sector Engagement
Recently made available to the public at no cost, conference research tracks explore Micronutrient Biology and Status Assessment, Efficacy and Safety of Micronutrient Interventions, Program Effectiveness, Designing an Enabling Environment for Micronutrients, and Food Systems. Slideshows and other written materials accompany recorded presentations.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Comprehensive Nutrient Gap Assessment (CONGA): Micronutrient Gaps During the Complementary Feeding Period
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Comprehensive Nutrient Gap Assessment tool identifies micronutrient gaps and provides guidance about how to use various types of evidence to assess the significance of nutrient gaps in a given population as well as the best sources of those nutrients.