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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Building High-Quality Health Systems to Improve Nutrition Services for Women and Children: Policy and Implementation Considerations
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Child NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
High-quality health systems for nutrition require integrated service provision and supplies, performance monitoring, strategic purchasing, and functioning referral services. Critical to achieve this are political leadership and commitment, well-defined quality metrics, quality and timely nutrition data, and a strong accountability system.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days in the United States: A Federal Perspective
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient Interventions
Authors provide a high-level summary of the state of nutrition in the first 1,000 days in the United States, discuss opportunities to strengthen federal research and surveillance, advocate for effective communication and dissemination efforts, and identify priorities for further action.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Micronutrient Deficiencies among Preschool-Aged Children and Women of Reproductive Age Worldwide: A Pooled Analysis of Individual-Level Data from Population-Representative Surveys
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
AnemiaFood SystemsInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient Interventions
New estimates of the global prevalence of deficiency in at least one of three micronutrients suggest 56 percent of preschool-aged children and 69 percent of non-pregnant women of reproductive age are affected.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Re-imagining Technical Assistance Hub
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Knowledge Management
Child NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Ministries of health used human-centered design to identify how to improve technical assistance delivery for maternal, newborn, and child health and health systems strengthening, all of which contribute to improved nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Global Report on Food Crises 2022—Mid-Year Update
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Food Systems
Food SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Despite humanitarian and development assistance, the number of people requiring urgent humanitarian assistance worldwide is rising due to economic shocks, COVID-19, conflict, and climate change.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Strengthening Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition Training and Counseling in Ghana: A Community-Based Approach
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Early Childhood Development
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Caregivers prioritized provider counseling, family and community support, and food safety knowledge and practice as important for responsive feeding (RF) and parenting. Providers stressed the need to integrate RF into maternal, infant, and young child nutrition training and counseling, and provide facilities with RF tools and materials.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Feeding, Caregiving Practices, and Developmental Delay among Children Under Five in Lowland Nepal: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
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Early Childhood Development
BreastfeedingComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Suboptimal early breastfeeding practices, delayed introduction of complementary foods, inadequate dietary diversity, low animal-source food consumption, and inadequate early stimulation and responsive caregiving are common in Nepal. Younger children from poor households with young mothers are at particular risk for poor feeding and caregiving practices.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Integrating Gender into Nutrition Programs: Program Guide
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Adolescent NutritionBehavior Change for NutritionComplementary FeedingFood SystemsInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This guide is for nutrition program planners and implementers who aim to integrate gender into global or country-based multi-sectoral nutrition activities.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Behavioral Barriers to Feeding Young Children During and After Illness
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderInfant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations
Behavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Qualitative research, informed by behavioral science, helps to explain why young children do not receive enough food and breastmilk during and after illness to recover and grow well.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Behavioral Solutions for Child Feeding During and After Illness
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderInfant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations
Behavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
In close collaboration with caregivers, health providers, programmers, and policymakers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Breakthrough ACTION and USAID Advancing Nutrition used behavioral design to develop solutions that support families so they can continue feeding their young children during periods of illness and feed children more in the two weeks following illness.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Feeding and Disability Resource Bank (Collection)
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Early Childhood DevelopmentFeeding and Disability
Adolescent NutritionChild NutritionComplementary FeedingEarly Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Feeding and Disability Resource Bank is a repository of materials that help nutrition and disability program managers, government leaders, and donor agency staff design and implement effective nutrition programs for children with disabilities. Resources include manuals, job aids, training curricula, and assessment tools as well as research articles that provide programmatic tools.
Disability Resource Bank
Feeding & Nutrition: Resources for Families
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These resources educate families on feeding children with cleft lips and/or palates to keep them healthy and strong.
Disability Resource Bank
Responsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF Counseling
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BreastfeedingComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This package of counseling materials contains materials on the care and feeding for children with feeding difficulties and seeking help if a caregiver is concerned about a child's development.
Disability Resource Bank
Our Videos: Care of Small Babies
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BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These short, practical videos enable learners at all levels to easily understand and remember critical teaching points about caring for small babies.
Disability Resource Bank
Nurturing Care Handbook, Strategic Action 4: Monitor Progress
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Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This section of the Nurturing Care Handbook provides information on monitoring implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework.
Disability Resource Bank
“Chewing Can Be Tricky” Dysphagia Coloring Book
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Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This coloring book includes a list of activities that parents and professionals can use to teach children about safe and healthy eating and how to reduce the likelihood of choking.
Disability Resource Bank
Improving Young Children’s Diets During the Complementary Feeding Period
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Complementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guidance document from UNICEF includes practical suggestions on how to improve complementary feeding for children with disabilities.
Disability Resource Bank
Parent’s Guide to Feeding Behavior in Children with Autism
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Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This guide supports families affected by autism spectrum disorders by helping them understand and address feeding issues.
Disability Resource Bank
Our Videos: Breastfeeding
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BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These short, practical videos enable learners at all levels to easily understand and remember critical teaching points about proper breastfeeding practices.
Disability Resource Bank
Learn First Aid for a Child who is Choking
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These videos provide information on how to assist children above the age of one year when they are choking.