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USAID Acute Malnutrition Programming in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Observations, Recommendations, and Learning
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
WastingEmergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
USAID Advancing Nutrition facilitated a learning activity in spring and summer 2019 to strengthen collaboration among U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) implementing partners working to reduce acute malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Nutrition Job Aid How to Help Mothers and Young Children Stay Healthy
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children. It provides messaging about the importance of antenatal care, proper nutrition during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, postpartum care and newborn contact, and young child health and nutrition.
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Malawi Guidelines for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
These guidelines are intended to standardize and improve the quality of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) service delivery in Malawi. The guidelines serve as a practical guide for field implementers and policymakers, since they provide clear protocols, steps, and procedures for CMAM implementation.
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Monitoring Tool and Guide
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This tool is designed to help programs monitor progress in achieving key behaviors related to infant and young child feeding. The tool is designed for community workers to track individual behaviors during each counseling session or contact point with a caregiver, thereby providing a record of progress toward reaching an optimal mix of practices for the child.
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Healthy Nutrition for Mothers to Promote the Growth and Development of Your Baby
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The booklet helps mothers understand how crucial the first 1,000 days is for a child’s growth and development. It provides recommendations for pregnant and lactating mothers to ensure proper nutrition for themselves and their baby during the first 1,000 days to provide the foundation for a child’s physical and cognitive growth.
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CMAM Costing Tool
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Food SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This Microsoft Excel-based application estimates the costs of establishing, maintaining, and/or expanding services for community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) at the national, subnational, and district levels.
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Infant and Young Child Feeding and Gender: A Training Manual and Participant Manual for Male Group Leaders
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These manuals are designed for training male group leaders to share information and encourage discussions on gender roles related to optimal infant and young child feeding practices.
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Indicators for Assessing Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document summarizes new and updated indicators to assess infant and young child feeding. The three documents in the series also include an operational guide on measurement issues and an update on the indicator values for 54 countries using data from Demographic and Health Surveys.
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Zambia Radio Program Scripts: Bushes That Grow Are the Future Forest, Feeding Our Children Well for Our Future
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The 13-part radio series scripts are part of a behavior change communication campaign to improve infant and young child nutrition practices in Zambia. The campaign follows Sister Loveness, a health worker, as she travels around the country to teach families how to prevent malnutrition in their children
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Tubaramure, a Food-Assisted Integrated Health and Nutrition Program, Reduces Child Stunting in Burundi: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Intervention Trial
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This article assesses the impact of Burundi's Tubaramure food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program on linear growth. The program targeted women and their children during the first 1,000 days and included (1) food rations, (2) strengthening of health services and promotion of their use, and (3) behavior change communication.
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Training Supervisors to Mentor Health Workers Who Provide Counselling on Infant and Young Child Feeding
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Knowledge ManagementNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guide provides facilitators with the technical knowledge and skills they need to help supervisors mentor health workers who provide infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling.
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Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), 2018 Version
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This training guide is designed for health care managers and providers who manage, supervise, and implement services for the management of acute malnutrition, including those involved in community outreach activities.
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The Roles and Influence of Grandmothers and Men: Evidence Supporting a Family-focused Approach to Optimal Infant and Young Child Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This report reviews evidence on the roles and influence of grandmothers and men on child nutrition, and offers recommendations for program implementers to strengthen community approaches for addressing malnutrition and improving results.
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The Rise in Stunting in Relation to Avian Influenza and Food Consumption Patterns in Lower Egypt in Comparison to Upper Egypt: Results from 2005 and 2008 DHS
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This open access article in BMC Public Health examines determinants of stunting between 2006 and 2008 in Egyptian children 6 to 59 months of age within the context of a 2006 avian influenza outbreak.
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The Nigeria Community and Facility Infant and Young Child Feeding Package
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Since knowledge about feeding young children generally derives from family beliefs, community practices, and information given by health workers, there is a need to empower health workers and community volunteers to provide caregivers with the relevant information and support to achieve optimal nutrition for their children.
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The Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package in Kaduna State, Nigeria: A Mixed Method Evaluation
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Following the development and global dissemination of the generic Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), interest grew in evaluating the effectiveness of the package. In 2014, a formal evaluation of the package was conducted.
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The Basics: Planning for Formative Research for Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guide is intended to assist researchers, who are already familiar with formative research methods, in conducting formative assessments for infant and young child feeding programs.
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Summary of Sociocultural and Epidemiological Findings on Infant and Young Child Feeding in 11 Countries
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document provides a summary of quantitative and qualitative data from formative assessments and existing literature from 11 countries, highlighting common sociocultural practices related to feeding infants and young children and dietary practices of pregnant and lactating women, and providing a framework for a focused strategy to enhance infant and young child nutrition programming.
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Strengthening and Evaluating the Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under 2 Years of Age Approach Summary Report
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This report summarizes the impact of Tubaramure, a development food security activity in eastern Burundi from 2012 to 2014.
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Side-by-Side Summary of Two Packages that Support Community-Based Infant and Young Child Feeding Programs
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This working paper was designed as a quick reference document outlining two internationally recognized sets of infant and young child-related training and counseling materials: the CORE Group’s Essential Nutrition Actions Framework and the UNICEF Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Package.