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Consulting with caregivers: Formative research to determine the barriers and facilitators to optimal infant and young child feeding in three regions of Malawi
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This report and handout summarize research intended to provide the information necessary to design effective activities to improve infant and young child feeding and nutrition within new or existing programs in Malawi.
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Conducting an Infant and Young Child Feeding Support Group Meeting in Nigeria
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This two-page job aid helps community volunteers in Nigeria conduct community infant and young child feeding support groups after completing training on infant and young child feeding.
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Body Mass Index (BMI) Wheel
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This time-saving tool helps health care workers in developing countries to quickly calculate body mass index (BMI) and BMI-for-age to determine a client’s nutritional status. Determining BMI is an inexpensive, reliable way for health workers to identify malnutrition in children over 5 years of age, adolescents, and non-pregnant, non-lactating adults.
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Baby‐Friendly Community Initiative—From National Guidelines to Implementation: A Multisectoral Platform for Improving Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Integrated Health Services
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Baby‐Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI) is an extension of the 10th step of the Ten Steps of Successful Breastfeeding and the Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative and provides continued breastfeeding support to communities upon facility discharge after birth.
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Advocacy Briefs 'Working Together for the Future of Tanzania: A Call to Action on Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This brief outlines the causes and possible solutions for chronic malnutrition in Tanzania. It includes calls to action for different audiences including government, development partners, media, civil society organizations, private sector, district leaders, and district executives.
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Acceptability of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements and Micronutrient Powders among Pregnant and Lactating Women and Infants and Young Children in Bangladesh and Their Perceptions about Malnutrition and Nutrient Supplements
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Bangladesh has a high prevalence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among pregnant and lactating women and infants and young children. This study was carried out to assess the acceptability of lipid-based nutrient supplements among pregnant and lactating women and infants and young children, and micronutrient powders among infants and young children.
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SoyBytes: The Role of Soy in Early Childhood Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Experts from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research and their partners are involved in a number of initiatives and programs designed to improve production and utilization of soybeans in sub-Saharan Africa. Their new podcast series, SoyBytes, offers an inside look at innovations and technologies, directly from the experts themselves. In this SoyByte, Dr.
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Nutrition for 6-9 Month Old Infants
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Introducing solid foods to infants, also known as complementary feeding, is an important part of their growth and development. The purpose of this activity sheet is to explain how to properly introduce solid foods to children.
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Nigeria: Complementary Feeding and Food Demonstration Training Package
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These materials can be used by health service providers, households, and communities as reference materials and learning aids for improved understanding and knowledge of complementary feeding. The training also emphasizes best practices around water, sanitation, and hygiene in addition to food safety during the processing and preparation of food.
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National Recipe Guide for Complementary Feeding of Children 6-24 Months of Age
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This national recipe guide is based on locally grown foods to help improve complementary feeding of children 6 to 24 months of age. The guide, in French, offers simple recipes and is intended to be used for counseling of mothers and caregivers.
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Behavior Change Interventions and Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from the Promotion of Improved Complementary Feeding Practices
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This review analyzes complementary feeding behavior change interventions aiming to improve complementary feeding practices and child nutritional status, providing recommendations for their design and implementation. This resource should be used in designing and/or implementing interventions similar in nature to the studied interventions.
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Accelerating Progress for Complementary Feeding in Kenya: Key Government Actions and the Way Forward
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This case study describes key actions for complementary feeding put in place by the Kenya Ministry of Health as well as approaches for improving and monitoring complementary feeding within existing health platforms.