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Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Guide to Anthropometry: A Practical Tool for Program Planners, Managers, and Implementers
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Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This guide provides information and step-by-step instructions on using anthropometry to assess nutritional status, as well as how anthropometric indicators relate to nutrition for children, adolescents, pregnant women, and WRA.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Bridging the Gap: Engaging Adolescents for Nutrition, Health, and Sustainable Development
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This report summarizes the results of a study of adolescent nutrition conducted in Kenya, Uganda, Guatemala, and Cambodia on the role of adolescents in family health and nutrition. The report recommends that adolescent nutrition programs incorporate and adapt to the complexities of adolescents' lives and engage adolescents in the design, implementation, and monitoring of programs.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Program Guidance: Engaging Family Members in Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition
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Improving Women and Children’s Diets in Emergency ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderGender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
GenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guidance translates research findings into practical recommendations for interventions that effectively engage family members in the care and feeding of children. You will find recommendations for engaging family members at key points in the program cycle in ways that support mothers and other primary caregivers and avoid negative consequences.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Nurturing Care to Improve Early Childhood Development: Kenya Country Profile
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Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
To date, there has been limited integration of responsive care and early learning in health and nutrition services. The Nurturing Care Framework provides guidance to help children and families thrive through care for the individual child within a broader enabling environment of capable caregivers, empowered communities, supportive services, and enabling policies (WHO 2018).
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Frontline Nutrition Service Delivery A Comparison of Packages for Policymakers and Program Managers
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Early Childhood DevelopmentResponsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF CounselingNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Nutrition program packages—such as the Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) toolkit, the Integration Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI), the Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) approach, and Essential Nutrition Actions/Essential Health Actions (ENA/EHA) framework for example—typically include training materials and job aids designed to improve nutriti
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Key Messages Related to Evidence on Transmission of COVID in Breastmilk
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
BreastfeedingCOVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SafetyInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This two-page brief presents key messages on research related to COVID-19 transmission through human breastmilk. The brief was prepared on behalf of the COVID-19 Infant Feeding Working Group and is current as of September 2020.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Tool and Guide for Reviewing the Nutrition Content of Pre-Service Training Curricula
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Identification and Use of Nutrition CompetenciesNutrition and Health Systems
AnemiaBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
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.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Planning Nutritionally Adequate Diets for Groups: Methods Used to Develop Recommendations for a Child and Adult Care Food Program
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Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Because of between-person variations in food choices and nutrient requirements, it is important to select a Target Median Intake that will minimize inadequate nutrient intakes. Ensuring that distributions do not result in intakes that exceed the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for any nutrient is critical. This article is behind a paywall.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
A Learning and Sharing “Café”: IYCF Programming Adaptations in the Context of COVID-19 – Second Cafe
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This platform encourages countries to share lessons learned and experiences with adapting infant and young child feeding (IYCF) programs during COVID-19. It provides videos on breastfeeding and complementary feeding, social media content on IYCF, a detailed review of counseling packages for IYCF, and materials focusing on feeding when COVID is suspected or confirmed.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Guidance on SBC for Nutrition During COVID-19: Technical Brief
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Practitioners must find new ways to engage families and communities while following physical distancing guidelines and may need to adapt messaging and calls to action to acknowledge the reality of people’s daily lives.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment of Wasting in Children 0-59 Months through National Health Systems in the Context of COVID-19
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
WastingCOVID-19Emergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document adapts existing guidance on service delivery for the prevention, early detection, and treatment of child wasting in the context of COVID-19.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Impacts of COVID-19 on Childhood Malnutrition and Nutrition-Related Mortality
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
WastingCOVID-19Economic GrowthFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Authors expect COVID-19 to exacerbate all forms of malnutrition, and estimate that people facing acute food insecurity will nearly double to 265 million this year.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for Small, Sick and Preterm Newborns
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Poor planning for breastfeeding, inconsistent advice, misinformation, lack of knowledge or time, and facility policies impact breastfeeding small, sick, and preterm infants.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Sensitivity of Anthropometric Estimates to Errors in the Measurement of Height, Weight, and Age for Children Under Five in Population-Based Surveys
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Height-for-age (HAZ), weight-for-age (WAZ), and weight-for-height (WHZ) scores for children under 5 years are based on a transformation of height, weight, and age into bivariate relationships.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Net Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Iron-Containing Multiple Micronutrient Powders for Young Children in 78 Countries: A Microsimulation Study
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
AnemiaMicronutrient InterventionsInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The net health benefits of micronutrient powders vary between countries, are highest where the prevalence of moderate and severe anemia is greatest but infection prevalence is smallest, and are ameliorated when coverage of the intervention is poor.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effective Coverage Measurement in Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition: Progress, Future Prospects, and Implications for Quality Health Systems
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The widely used intervention coverage metric does not address quality and potentially overestimates the health benefits of services. Authors recommend that effective coverage be defined as the proportion of a population in need of a service that results in a positive health outcome from the service, and they identify several research priorities.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Can Children Catch Up from the Consequences of Undernourishment? Evidence from Child Linear Growth, Developmental Epigenetics, and Brain and Neurocognitive Development
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Early Childhood Development
Adolescent NutritionGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Undernutrition increases susceptibility to illness and risk of death and contributes to neurocognitive development delays, reduced school achievement, reduced earnings in adulthood, and increased probability of chronic diseases.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Stakeholder Community Meeting: Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 on Food, Nutrition, and Water Security
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Food Systems
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
COVID-19 will drive 70–100 million people into poverty and 80–130 million into chronic hunger. These impacts will persist beyond 2021, the number of malnourished children will increase, and access to water and sanitation services will decrease.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Resilience and Food Security COVID-19 Learning Hub
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Sensitive AgricultureResilienceWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This Learning Hub disseminates lessons learned about how to prevent widespread hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and water insecurity. It also provides guidance about how to mitigate and respond to the pandemic’s impacts through agriculture, nutrition, resilience, and water security, sanitation, and hygiene policy and programming.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Responding to COVID-19’s Impact on Resilience and Food Security
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SafetyFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The U.S. Agency for International Development predicts that 148 million additional people may fall into extreme poverty and that emergency food assistance needs will increase by 25% due to COVID-19.