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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Giving Children the Best Start in Life: Resources, Experiences, and Lessons Learned from USAID Advancing Nutrition’s Work Integrating Nutrition, Responsive Care, and Early Learning
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Early Childhood Development
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
USAID Advancing Nutrition speakers discuss why and how they developed the Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) Addendum and the results and lessons learned.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Call to Action for Strengthening Nutrition Content in Pre-Service Training
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Capacity Strengthening
Child NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
Investing in pre-service training is an especially effective and sustainable approach to improving nutrition services at scale. However, it requires a collaborative effort by all stakeholders—government ministries, academic institutions, professional associations, funders, and technical experts—to ensure curricula prepare frontline health workers to deliver quality nutrition services.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Counseling in Growth Monitoring and Promotion: A Rapid Desk Review and Learning Agenda
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Growth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Countries around the world use growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) as an entry point for preventive care and essential child health, nutrition, and development services, however programs have achieved varying levels of quality and success. Given its ubiquity and legacy, recent efforts have been made to rethink strengthening GMP in light of the Sustainable Development Goals.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Multiple Pass 24-Hour Recall for Measuring Children’s Diets: What Subsequent Passes Add in a Standard 24-Hour Recall
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Some large-scale surveys use a multiple pass inquiry to collect 24-hour food consumption data and estimate minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and other indicators among children 6 to 23 months of age. While the multiple pass approach may ensure a comprehensive recording of intake, a simpler list-based method may be cheaper and faster to administer.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
A Guidance Package for Developing Digital Tracking and Decision-Support Tools for Growth Monitoring and Promotion Services
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Behavior Change for NutritionBreastfeedingComplementary FeedingEarly Childhood DevelopmentGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Given the promise of digital tools to improve the quality of GMP services, we developed this guidance package, to facilitate the development of country-specific digital tools for the delivery and supervision of GMP services; save time and resources; reduce duplication of effort, errors, and inconsistencies; and ensure adherence to global guidance.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Supply Chain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Emergency NutritionFood AssistanceInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Wasting
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the large numbers of children with severe wasting have led to an increased demand for ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), the product used to treat children in outpatient care (IPC 2022).
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Strengthening Counseling Capacity through Supportive Supervision and Mentorship
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Behavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This brief highlights the importance of capacity strengthening approaches, including mentorship and supportive supervision programming, to the provision of quality counseling. USAID Advancing Nutrition has been working to address the needs of health workers through both peer and supervisory support to provide high quality nutrition services, including counseling.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effect of Enhanced Nutrition Services with Community‐Based Nutrition Services on the Diet Quality of Young Children in Ethiopia
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Nutrition and Health Systems
WastingChild NutritionComplementary FeedingGenderGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
The multi-sectoral Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia intervention produced significant improvements in almost all aspects of infant and young child feeding practices.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
USAID Position Paper on Child Wasting
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Knowledge Management
WastingBreastfeedingChild NutritionComplementary FeedingEmergency NutritionFood SafetyFood SystemsGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionResilienceWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Future investments should include strengthening nutrition as part of primary health care, identifying pathways through which food systems most effectively and efficiently prevent child wasting, improving access to ready-to-use therapeutic food for treatment and specialized nutritious food (SNF) for prevention, supporting the development of sustainable financing strategies for health systems and
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nurturing Young Children through Responsive Feeding
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Knowledge Management
Child NutritionComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Comprehensive counseling, and responsive feeding (RF) are an essential aspect of adequate nutrition and responsive caregiving. This brief describes how responsive feeding promotes positive caregiver-child interactions and early learning.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nutrition and Feeding of Children with Feeding Difficulties and Disabilities: Gaps, Progress, and Opportunities
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Knowledge Management
BreastfeedingChild NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Supporting children with feeding difficulties and disabilities requires strengthening systems to improve the identification, early intervention, and inclusion of children with complex needs in primary health care services and expanding availability of specialized services. Provide support to families to address social determinants and raise awareness of the need and opportunities.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding in a Protracted Emergency Setting—Caregivers' and Health Workers' Perceptions from North-East Nigeria
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
BreastfeedingEmergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Household and contextual factors strongly influenced the practice, promotion, and support of breastfeeding in North-East Nigeria. Breastfeeding promotion and support were well received and contributed to improved practices, but would be more effective if tailored to address specific barriers to exclusive breastfeeding.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Jalal-Abad TV Spotlights Successful Early Childhood Development Story: Inspiring Early Learning and Responsive Care Practices in the Kyrgyz Republic
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Early Childhood Development
BreastfeedingComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This news segment showcases work that promotes responsive care and early learning, emphasizes efforts to promote good nutrition and feeding practices for mothers and children, and highlights the significance of the critical period from pregnancy through a child’s second birthday to ensure optimal nutrition and growth.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Tool and Guide for Reviewing the Nutrition Content of Pre-Service Training Curricula
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Capacity Strengthening
AnemiaBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The tool and accompanying guide provide resources for prioritizing cadres of health workers providing frontline nutrition services, identify relevant competencies, determine if the pre-service training curricula address these competencies, and update curricula.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
To Improve Nutrition Outcomes, Increase Support for Health Workers’ Skill Development
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Capacity Strengthening
Adolescent NutritionBreastfeedingGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
To detect nutrition issues, support treatment, and facilitate the prevention of malnutrition health workers need the right competencies. Investing in strengthening the nutrition content of pre-service training curricula can have large-scale, sustainable results.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Infant and Young Child Feeding Image Bank (Resource Collection)
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Image Bank is a collection of over 900 images, developed from adaptations of UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
A Guidance Package for Developing Digital Tracking and Decision-Support Tools for Growth Monitoring and Promotion Services
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingComplementary FeedingGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guidance package facilitates the development of country-specific digital tools for delivery and supervision of growth monitoring and promotion services. It provides recommendations to save time and resources; reduce duplication of effort, errors, and inconsistencies; and ensure fidelity to global guidance.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nutrition and Feeding of Children with Feeding Difficulties and Disabilities: Gaps, Progress, and Opportunities
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Early Childhood Development
BreastfeedingChild NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This review offers recommendations including strengthening systems to improve identification, early intervention, and inclusion of children with complex needs in primary health care settings; expanding the availability of specialized services; and providing direct support to families to address social determinants that affect nutrition outcomes.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Scoping Review: SBC in Protracted Nutrition Emergencies
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Adolescent NutritionBehavior Change for NutritionEmergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionProgram DesignWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
USAID Advancing Nutrition conducted a scoping review of social and behavior change (SBC) for nutrition in protracted emergencies to help stakeholders in the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). We identified a range of guidance and standards; toolkits; evidence reviews, briefs, and case studies; and project-specific documents.
Disability Resource Bank
Inclusion of Children and Young People with Disabilities in Routine General Health Care: Practice Guide
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guide provides a series of indicative actions for disability inclusion at each stage of the program cycle.