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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Building Momentum for Nutrition: Putting Proven Tools to Work
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Knowledge Management
WastingAnemiaBreastfeedingCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This interactive webpage discusses challenges related to addressing nutrition, including COVID-19, climate change, and conflict. It presents cost-effective and evidence-based solutions and tools for ending severe malnutrition, discusses the goals of the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act, and highlights USAID MOMENTUM’s work in several countries.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Stronger Food and Nutrition Security Impacts from More Intense Project Participation: Evidence from a Multi-Country Intervention Program
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Capacity Strengthening
GenderNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Nutrition Sensitive AgricultureResilienceWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Households targeted for programming were more likely to be food secure, targeted women and children were more likely to consume a nutrient-adequate diet, and each additional intervention increased the probability of achieving positive nutrition outcomes. Stakeholders should diversify intervention packages and enable and incentivize beneficiaries to participate in multiple interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nutrition Capacity Assessment of Agriculture Extension Services in Nigeria
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Capacity Strengthening
Food SafetyNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Deploying agriculture extension agents to deliver nutrition services requires sufficient staffing, better transportation, additional training, and improvements in organizational capacity. It also requires addressing contextual factors, including worker safety. This article is behind a paywall.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Benefits of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements for Child Nutrition and Survival Warrant Moving to Scale
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
AnemiaBreastfeedingChild NutritionComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements are a highly cost-effective intervention to reduce relative risk of mortality, severe wasting and stunting, iron deficiency anemia, and developmental delay between 6 and 23 months of age.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
From Outpost to Health Post
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BreastfeedingCOVID-19Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, USAID MOMENTUM worked with 53 facilities in Sierra Leone to make structural improvements; introduce infection prevention and control standards; improve water, sanitation, and hygiene. These efforts produced safer spaces, increased service scope, and improved patient attendance.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Reducing Inequities in Maternal and Child Health in Rural Guatemala Through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: Paper 4. Nutrition-Related Activities and Changes in Childhood Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
Child NutritionGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
In Guatemala, the inclusion of care groups and community birthing centers in the Census-Based, Impact-Oriented Approach intervention produced a decline in the prevalence of stunting and measures of undernutrition in children under age two compared with the control group. Authors call for the broader application and further evaluation of this approach.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
No Time to Waste: Tackling Malnutrition Together
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AnemiaBreastfeedingChild NutritionCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Private-Sector Engagement
Strengthening nutrition governance, elevating local voices and experiences, sharing evidence, promoting capacity strengthening and advocacy, and maximizing the reach of USAID Advancing Nutrition’s work are critical to sustain nutrition outcomes. The global nutrition community must strengthen coordination and collaboration to meet and sustain global goals.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Fighting Malnutrition in Ghana: How Health Workers Are Leading the Charge
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Knowledge Management
AnemiaBreastfeedingChild NutritionGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Training helps health workers integrate malnutrition screening and treatment into comprehensive primary health care services, conduct home visits to follow up with children being treated for malnutrition, and provide nutrition services to pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent further childhood malnutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria State Committee on Food and Nutrition Capacity Assessment Report - Bauchi
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Knowledge Management
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
State Committees for Food and Nutrition (SCFN) are key players in coordinating food and nutrition interventions across states in Nigeria. The USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria scoping exercise identified the need to assess SCFN's capacity to perform oversight functions in nutrition activities. This report presents results from the assessment in Bauchi State.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria State Committee on Food and Nutrition Capacity Assessment Report - Kebbi
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Knowledge Management
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
State Committees for Food and Nutrition (SCFN) are key players in coordinating food and nutrition interventions across states in Nigeria. The USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria scoping exercise identified the need to assess SCFN capacity to perform oversight functions in nutrition activities. This report presents results from the assessment in Kebbi State.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria State Committee for Food and Nutrition Capacity Assessment Report - Sokoto
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Knowledge Management
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
State Committees for Food and Nutrition (SCFN) are key players in coordinating food and nutrition interventions across states in Nigeria. The USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria scoping exercise identified the need to assess SCFN capacity to perform oversight functions in nutrition activities. This report presents results from the assessment in Sokoto State.
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
USAID Advancing Nutrition @ 22nd International Congress of Nutrition
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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
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Counseling is Complex: Approaches and Tools to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Quality
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Learn about key considerations, barriers, and opportunities for implementing counseling that improves infant and young child feeding in this interactive session. This session was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Knowledge and Skills to Counsel on Infant and Young Child Feeding During and After Illness Among Community Health Volunteers in Turkana County, Kenya
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This study outlined in this poster examines whether and how community health volunteers counsel caregivers on infant and young child feeding during and after illness to prevent malnutrition. This poster was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Strengthening Maternal Nutrition Counselling during Routine Health Services: A Gap Analysis to Guide Country Programmes
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Delivering maternal nutrition counseling through multiple delivery platforms improved maternal diet and/or weight gain during pregnancy.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
A Mixed Methods Study to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
WastingAdolescent NutritionCOVID-19Emergency NutritionMaternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The pandemic has reversed decades of progress in maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN), especially in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Reduced or suspended funding and insufficient adaptation strategies have likely increased morbidity and mortality.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Storytelling for Persuasion: Insights from Community Health Workers on How They Engage Family Members to Improve Adoption of Recommended Maternal Nutrition and Breastfeeding Behaviours in Rural Bangladesh
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionBreastfeedingMaternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Mothers, fathers, and mothers-in-law in Bangladesh each responded to different types of messaging from community health workers counseling families on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. Key motivators were improved fetal growth and child intelligence, while improved maternal health was the least motivating outcome, even among mothers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Can Digitally Enabling Community Health and Nutrition Workers Improve Services Delivery to Pregnant Women and Mothers of Infants? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a National-Scale Nutrition Programme in India
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Integrating a mobile app with existing services improved timeliness of home visits and appropriate counseling, especially when existing service levels were low, but did not impact infant and young child feeding practices. Digital enhancements can complement but should not replace other efforts to strengthen health systems and address structural barriers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
USAID Administrator Power on the State of Global Food Security and Nutrition
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Knowledge Management
WastingAdolescent NutritionCOVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflict have increased the number of acutely food insecure people to historic highs; the war in Ukraine will add to this number, which is projected to reach 323 million people in 2022. USAID, technical experts, and philanthropists pursuing public-private investment discuss steps to combat the worsening crisis. This is a webinar.