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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Impact of Maternal Supplementation During Pregnancy and the First 6 Months Postpartum on the Growth Status of the Next Child Born After the Intervention Period: Follow‐Up Results from Bangladesh and Ghana
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
Pregnancy and breastfeeding lower a mother’s nutrient stores, potentially affecting her nutritional status upon conceiving another child.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
How Can We Realise the Full Potential of Health Systems for Nutrition?
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingMicronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
Although the movement to eradicate malnutrition has been gaining momentum, countries are still struggling to achieve their nutrition goals. This article emphasizes the important role health systems play in nutrition intervention and examines how they are, or are not, reaching critical groups.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effects of Preventive Nutrition Interventions among Adolescents on Health and Nutritional Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
This article summarizes findings from 10 studies to assess the impact of preventative nutrition interventions on the health and nutrition of 10-19 year-olds in low- and middle-income countries.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Maternal Depression: The Potential Role of Nutrition in Prevention and Treatment
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
Micronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
Maternal depression can have a great impact on the health and development of both a mother and her child during pregnancy and for up to a year postpartum. This brief explores the risk factors that can lead to maternal depression, focusing heavily on the potential role specific nutrients play in supporting a mother’s mental health and the fetus’ development.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Improving Young Children’s Diets During the Complementary Feeding Period
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The complementary feeding period from 6 to 23 months of age is important for promoting physical and cognitive development, the effects of which will last into adulthood. This UNICEF guidance not only provides information on the benefits of and steps for complementary feeding, but also recognizes the difficulties many face in providing nutritious and sustainable diets for young children.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Breastfeeding and Prevention of Overweight in Children
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingEconomic Growth
Breastfeeding gives a baby a healthy start in life that extends into adulthood and can even impact nations as a whole. This advocacy brief describes the various benefits of breastfeeding, focusing on the reduction of childhood overweight risk and obesity that can extend into adulthood.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Home Fortification of Foods with Multiple Micronutrient Powders for Health and Nutrition in Children under Two Years of Age
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Anemia
This article updates a 2011 systematic review that assessed the impact of home fortification of foods with micronutrient powders (MNP) on nutrition, health, and developmental outcomes in children under 2 years of age. It covered 29 studies on 33,147 children in low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean where anemia is prevalent.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Global Launch: A Future for the World's Children
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Early Childhood DevelopmentFood SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionBreastfeeding
The WHO, UNICEF, and the Lancet Commission released a groundbreaking report highlighting the dramatic threats to children’s health, development, and wellbeing due to existential threats, including climate change and predatory marketing of harmful products such as alcohol, tobacco, sugar-sweetened beverages, and breastmilk substitutes.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Association between Malaria Infection and Early Childhood Development Mediated by Anemia in Rural Kenya
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
Anemia
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years and anemia is a well known morbidity resulting from malaria infection. This study in western Kenya found malaria infection significantly increased odds of risk for delays in gross motor, communication, and social-emotional development.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Measuring Country Progress – Introducing Early Childhood Development Country Profiles
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health aims to strengthen measurement of progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on “intervention coverage and inequality.” In this webinar, presenters discussed country profiles of nurturing care indicators that can help measure progress in nurturing care (health, nutrition, responsive care,
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Improving Early Childhood Development: WHO Guideline
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
Systematic reviews of available evidence inform this guideline, which provides recommendations for improving child development within the health sector. Key recommendations include promoting responsive care for early learning, integrating responsive care and nutrition interventions, and supporting maternal mental health.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Maternal Nutrition for Girls and Women: Technical Guidance Brief
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Adolescent NutritionMaternal Nutrition
This brief presents information on why the nutrition of adolescent girls and mothers is important, the causes of malnutrition, and the scope of the problem. It also provides an overview of key, nutrition-specific interventions that address the immediate causes of malnutrition in adolescent girls and mothers.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Nutrition of Adolescent Girls and Women of Reproductive Age in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Current Context and Scientific Basis for Moving Forward
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Adolescent NutritionMaternal Nutrition
The Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project and the Pan American Health Organization identified the need for a core set of key practices that characterize the diet and feeding practices associated with good nutrition among adolescent girls, women, and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Nutrition Job Aid How to Help Mothers and Young Children Stay Healthy
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children. It provides messaging about the importance of antenatal care, proper nutrition during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, postpartum care and newborn contact, and young child health and nutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Malawi Guidelines for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
These guidelines are intended to standardize and improve the quality of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) service delivery in Malawi. The guidelines serve as a practical guide for field implementers and policymakers, since they provide clear protocols, steps, and procedures for CMAM implementation.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Monitoring Tool and Guide
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This tool is designed to help programs monitor progress in achieving key behaviors related to infant and young child feeding. The tool is designed for community workers to track individual behaviors during each counseling session or contact point with a caregiver, thereby providing a record of progress toward reaching an optimal mix of practices for the child.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Healthy Nutrition for Mothers to Promote the Growth and Development of Your Baby
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The booklet helps mothers understand how crucial the first 1,000 days is for a child’s growth and development. It provides recommendations for pregnant and lactating mothers to ensure proper nutrition for themselves and their baby during the first 1,000 days to provide the foundation for a child’s physical and cognitive growth.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Facility-Level Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support: A User's Guide
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Nutrition and Health Systems
HIVNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This tool helps gather information on the capacity of health facilities to implement nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services for pregnant women, children, and people living with HIV.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Situational Analysis: Informing Contextual Livelihood Programming
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Nutrition and Health Systems
HIVNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Livelihoods and Technical Assistance (LIFT) project developed this document as an interactive guide for project staff, implementing partners, and practitioners involved in linking clinical facilities, particularly those offering nutrition assessment counseling and support with economic strengthening, livelihood, and food security programs.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Integrating Food and Nutrition Security and Early Childhood Development in Community Development Programming: Monitoring and Supervision Tool
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Food Security
This monitoring and supervision tool was largely developed to monitor the integration of food and nutrition security and early childhood development issues (with an emphasis on communicating and playing with children) into community development programming in Uganda.