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Men as Positive Agents of Change: Findings from a Formative Assessment
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document summarizes the results of an assessment in Kenya’s Western and Eastern Provinces to learn how to best engage men in support of healthy maternal dietary and infant and young child feeding practices.
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Measuring the Quality of Mother-child Feeding Interactions: A Study of Indicators for Responsive Feeding
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This brief describes findings from a study conducted in Peru to assess responsive feeding behaviors and mothers' recall of them. The goal of the study was to identify reliable indicators for responsive feeding that can be obtained through mother interviews in large-scale surveys.
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Maximizing Synergies Between Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This technical brief outlines the rationale for aligning maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and family planning interventions, summarizes evidence on the relationship between these two areas, and provides an overview of opportunities to identify linkages and better integrate counseling and services across multiple interventions.
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Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition in Malawi: Community Nutrition Workers Training Package
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The purpose of the training package is to provide support for improving nutrition in Malawi by strengthening the capacity of community-level workers and volunteers to provide nutrition guidance and support. The package includes curriculum counseling cards, key message booklet, recipe book, and supervision guidelines with national and district-level supervision checklists.
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Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning (MIYCN-FP) Integration Toolkit
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This toolkit contains resources to help advocates, policymakers, program managers, service providers, and other audiences effectively integrate maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and family planning services.
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Lesotho Infant and Young Child Feeding Curriculum and Participant’s Manual
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This curriculum for health workers is based on the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling: An Integrated Course.
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Junk Food Is a Feeding Problem Contributing to Poor Growth and Stunting in Egyptian Children
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Mothers are committed to the care and feeding of young children, but they need knowledge and feasible solutions to face the challenges of infant and young child feeding. This brief outlines the causes and outcomes of stunting in Egyptian children and the role of junk food. It also includes key policy and program recommendations to address junk food in Egypt.
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IYCF-E Toolkit: Rapid Start-Up Resources for Emergency Nutrition Personnel
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The IYCF-E Toolkit was designed to promote best practice and rapid implementation of infant and young child feeding in emergencies. The toolkit aims to meet the needs of emergency nutrition program managers, coordinators, and advisors who are responsible for program design, implementation and management of infant and young children in emergencies (IYCF-E) programs.
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Haiti Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Cards
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project supported the government of Haiti to develop this set of infant and young child feeding counseling cards for health workers and community workers.
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Factors Associated with Early Growth in Egyptian Infants: Implications for Addressing the Dual Burden of Malnutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The article examines infants and young children in Egypt, who face overlapping forms of malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies, stunting, and overweight. Findings demonstrated a need to develop new intervention strategies to address the double burden of malnutrition in this population.
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Engaging Grandmothers to Improve Nutrition: A Training Manual and Guide for Dialogue Group Mentors
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Grandmothers play a pivotal role in advising mothers and families on how to raise young children and care for pregnant women, and therefore it is critical that grandmothers have the best health and feeding information for the optimal growth of infants and care for pregnant women, and are provided with a forum for discussion.
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Cost Study of the Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Years of Age Approach in Burundi and Guatemala
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach (PM2A) is a preventive approach that has been shown to be more effective in reducing the prevalence of stunting, being underweight, and wasting than a traditional recuperative program model.
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Consulting with caregivers: Formative research to determine the barriers and facilitators to optimal infant and young child feeding in three regions of Malawi
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This report and handout summarize research intended to provide the information necessary to design effective activities to improve infant and young child feeding and nutrition within new or existing programs in Malawi.
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Conducting an Infant and Young Child Feeding Support Group Meeting in Nigeria
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This two-page job aid helps community volunteers in Nigeria conduct community infant and young child feeding support groups after completing training on infant and young child feeding.
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Body Mass Index (BMI) Wheel
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This time-saving tool helps health care workers in developing countries to quickly calculate body mass index (BMI) and BMI-for-age to determine a client’s nutritional status. Determining BMI is an inexpensive, reliable way for health workers to identify malnutrition in children over 5 years of age, adolescents, and non-pregnant, non-lactating adults.
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Baby‐Friendly Community Initiative—From National Guidelines to Implementation: A Multisectoral Platform for Improving Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Integrated Health Services
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Baby‐Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI) is an extension of the 10th step of the Ten Steps of Successful Breastfeeding and the Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative and provides continued breastfeeding support to communities upon facility discharge after birth.
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Advocacy Briefs 'Working Together for the Future of Tanzania: A Call to Action on Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This brief outlines the causes and possible solutions for chronic malnutrition in Tanzania. It includes calls to action for different audiences including government, development partners, media, civil society organizations, private sector, district leaders, and district executives.
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Acceptability of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements and Micronutrient Powders among Pregnant and Lactating Women and Infants and Young Children in Bangladesh and Their Perceptions about Malnutrition and Nutrient Supplements
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Bangladesh has a high prevalence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among pregnant and lactating women and infants and young children. This study was carried out to assess the acceptability of lipid-based nutrient supplements among pregnant and lactating women and infants and young children, and micronutrient powders among infants and young children.
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Zambia Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support (NACS) Training Materials for Facility-Based Providers
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project developed a package of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support training materials for facility-based providers in Zambia to improve their nutrition knowledge and skills. The training package includes a facilitators guide, participant handouts, and a set of PowerPoint slides to reinforce the training.
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Zambia Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support (NACS) Training Materials for Community Volunteers
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project developed a package of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support training materials for community volunteers in Zambia.