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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Development and Validation of a Health and Nutrition Module for the Project‐Level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro‐WEAI+HN)
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingChild NutritionGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Adding a health- and nutrition-related agency module to the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) produced seven distinct indicators. Using these indicators could strengthen the evidence base about how nutrition-sensitive agricultural development programs enhance women's empowerment to improve health and nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Scale Up of Maternal Nutrition Interventions Strengthens Antenatal Care in Ethiopia
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Nutrition and Health Systems
AnemiaBreastfeedingCOVID-19Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
This evaluation found improved coverage of maternal nutrition topics among women in Ethiopia who attended antenatal care visits and high levels of health worker satisfaction with the intervention package. Facilities could better utilize home visits and engage husbands and other household members to support pregnant women.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Integrating Women and Girls’ Nutrition Services into Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionGenderMaternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Increasing service coverage and improving health outcomes for current and future generations of girls and women will require addressing barriers to service integration in the public health system and gaps in nutrition services, especially for non-pregnant girls, women of reproductive age, and postpartum women.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Impact Evaluation of a Community Nutrition and Livelihood Program on Child Nutrition in Rural Bangladesh
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Child NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Adding an economic development component to the Positive Deviant/Hearth program significantly increases income and dietary diversity among young children and mothers, promotes household food security, and diversifies crop production.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
How COVID-19 Affected Food Systems, Health Service Delivery, and Maternal and Infant Nutrition Practices: Implications for Moving Forward in Kenya
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingCOVID-19Food SystemsInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
In Kenya, fear of infection and government lockdowns reduces health service uptake, a lack of clear guidance delayed breastfeeding, and increased mother-child separation following delivery among COVID-19-positive women.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Determinants of Maternal Diet Quality in Winter in the Kyrgyz Republic
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Food SystemsMaternal Nutrition
Dietary diversity in the Kyrgyz Republic is strongly associated with the cultural practices of preserving and storing food during the fall. Identifying and promoting positive cultural practices to support greater diet diversity, engaging food systems, and increasing market access to improve maternal diets are critical.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
A Review of Measures and Indicators for Assessing the Relationship between Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Child NutritionGenderMaternal Nutrition
This paper identifies how relationships between women’s empowerment and nutrition have historically been assessed and what components of women’s empowerment may be most useful in influencing diet and nutrition outcomes among women and children.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
USAID Advancing Nutrition Presents at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit
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Knowledge Management
Child NutritionGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionPrivate-Sector Engagement
Summit topics include generating demand for healthy diets, supporting local leadership skills development for social and behavior change (SBC), and prioritizing behaviors for effective multi-sectoral nutrition SBC. Accompanying resources include posters and slide decks.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
USAID Advancing Nutrition @ 22nd International Congress of Nutrition
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Knowledge Management
Child NutritionCOVID-19Growth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Presentations focus on tools to improve the quantity of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling, small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement programs, food taboos and preferences among women, the knowledge and skills needed to counsel on IYCF during and after illness, nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities, and using child growth monitoring and prom
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Getting to 2030: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Technical Roadmap
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Knowledge Management
Child NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This roadmap supports a coordinated, strategic approach to strengthening essential services and health systems for women and children and informs the development, measurement, and adjustment of country level strategic plans.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
La Revolution des Algues: A Seaweed Revolution for a New Future in Sustainable Food Systems
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Food Systems
Food SystemsGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Sensitive AgricultureResilience
A new book suggests seaweed could play a significant role in increasing food and nutrition security; mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss; and increasing sustainable job creation, economic growth, and gender equality.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Food Inflation and Child Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Food Systems
Adolescent NutritionChild NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Food inflation increases the risk of wasting and severe wasting in infants and older children, especially male children and those from poor and rural households. Food inflation during pregnancy and in the first year after birth increases the risk of stunting in children aged two to five years. Interventions to prevent food inflation and mitigate its impacts are critical.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nurturing Care and Men's Engagement: Thematic Brief
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Early Childhood Development
BreastfeedingGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The engagement of men is associated with higher levels of antenatal, childbirth, and postnatal care, better infant and mother nutrition, higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding, and a reduction of postpartum depression and violence against women and children.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Women's Nutrition: A Summary Of Evidence, Policy and Practice Including Adolescent and Maternal Life Stages
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
GenderMaternal Nutrition
Malnutrition disproportionately affects women and girls, with more than 1 billion women globally experiencing at least one form of malnutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Learning to Respond to Social Norms to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
By understanding social norms and engaging those who influence them, practitioners can better monitor and measure shifts that influence dietary practices. This session was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Learning from Implementers of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement Programs for Children and Pregnant and Lactating Women in Honduras, Niger, and Somalia to Strengthen Programming and Scale-Up
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
USAID Advancing Nutrition aimed to understand how to scale small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements effectively to reduce mortality and undernutrition. This session was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Barriers and Facilitators in the Use of Iron and Folic Acid and Vitamin A Supplementation and Improving Dietary Practices: A Qualitative Study in Zinder and Maradi, Niger
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
To reduce micronutrient deficiencies and improve health in Niger, this formative research aimed to understand how to improve access to and use of iron-folic acid and vitamin A supplementation and dietary practices. This session was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Food Taboos and Preferences among Women of Reproductive Age in Mainland Tanzania: A Qualitative Study
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
GenderMaternal Nutrition
This research identified food preferences for women of reproductive age, adolescent girls, and children in mainland Tanzania to contribute to the understanding of nutritious dietary practices and the design of interventions that reduce maternal malnutrition. This poster was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Determinants of Maternal Diet Quality in Winter in the Kyrgyz Republic
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal Nutrition
Diet quality influences maternal health and nutrition from preconception through pregnancy and lactation, as well as infant health and nutrition.
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.