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Zambia Job Aids for Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
To support the integration of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project helped develop a set of job aids to guide health care workers in preventing, identifying, and managing malnutrition in adults and children.
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Tanzania Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) Tools
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The tools provide information needed to plan, implement, monitor, and report on integration of quality nutrition services into routine health care and treatment, based on national and global references and standards. They are key components of Tanzania’s Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (2016−2021) to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions.
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Tanzania National Guidelines for Nutrition Care and Support of People with HIV
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
These guidelines aim to standardize nutrition care and support for malnourished people with HIV at both health facility and community levels; provide a framework for planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; and help frontline service providers deliver quality nutrition services for people with HIV.
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Strengthening Sustainability of Nutrition Programming and Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) into the HIV Treatment, Care, and Support Program in Ethiopia: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2012 to 2018
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This report describes how the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project provided technical assistance, training, and resources at national, regional, and sub-regional levels, to equip the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health, regional health bureaus, and other partners to strengthen the integration of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services as well as nutriti
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Nutrition Workforce Mapping Toolkit
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This simple and easy-to-use toolkit was developed for mapping the nutrition workforce within the health sector. The purpose of this assessment is to collect data on nutrition-specific actions performed by health workers at different levels with the health care service-delivery system.
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Nutrition Service Delivery Assessment Tools for Hospitals and Health Centers in Uganda
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
These tools enabled assessment teams to complete a comprehensive assessment of nutrition care and support services at hospitals and health centers in Uganda.
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Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool for Program Planners (NPDA)
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This tool provides a reference guide and workbook to assist teams with implementing the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support strategy. It helps program planning teams select appropriate community-based nutrition approaches for specific target areas.
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Nutrition Advocacy using PROFILES in Haiti
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project led a multi-stakeholder collaborative process in Haiti that culminated in estimates of the number of lives that could be saved by preventing malnutrition, calculated using a tool for nutrition advocacy, PROFILES.
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Nigeria Nutrition Assessment, Counseling and Support (NACS) Job Aids
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
In partnership with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project created job aids as part of an initiative to integrate nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services into Nigeria’s health service delivery system.
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NACS: A User's Guide
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This e-learning tool serves as an introductory overview of the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) approach. It is a client-centered programmatic approach for integrating a set of priority nutrition interventions into health care services and strengthening health systems.
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NACS Steps
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This infographic shows the steps health workers should take to provide nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services.
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NACS Planning and Costing Tool and User’s Manual
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Microsoft Excel-based planning and costing tool estimates the quantity and cost of inputs to establish and scale-up nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services at national, provincial, and district levels. The tool uses an activity-based costing approach for service delivery, training, supervision, commodities, logistics, startup governance, and routine governance.
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Mozambique Growth Charts and Tables for Children and Adolescents
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The booklets cover the four indices for different age groups: weight-for-height/length, height/length-for-age, weight-for-age, and body mass index-for-age. Two booklets provide growth tables for girls and boys and two provide growth charts for girls and boys.
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Job Aids for Malawi Frontline Health Workers Offering Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Services
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The U.S. Government's Global Food Security Strategy presents an integrated approach to combating the root causes of hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. This guidance on nutrition is one of 18 technical guidance documents intended to provide a shared understanding of key concepts and best practices for designing and implementing Feed the Future programs under the Global Food Security Strategy.
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Integration of Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support into Routine Health Service Delivery
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This technical brief includes information on strategic approaches, achievements attained, lessons learned, and challenges encountered during program implementation in the Ntungamo District in southwestern Uganda.
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Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support into Health Service Delivery—Training Course for Facility-Based Providers in Uganda
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The course aims to improve the capacity of health service providers at all levels to better integrate nutrition assessment, counseling, and support into all health service delivery points.
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Improving Pre-Service Nutrition Education and Training of Frontline Health Care Providers
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This technical brief, aimed at government ministries, pre-service teaching institutions, and other stakeholders, describes the process and methods the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project used to strengthen pre-service nutrition education and training of frontline health care providers.
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Improve Your Health with Nutritious Foods: Individualize Nutrition Guidance for Clients
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This collection of nutrition cards instructs clients who have been assessed as severely malnourished, moderately malnourished, healthy weight, overweight, and obese on the types and amounts of foods they should eat.
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Implementation Science: Translating Nutrition Research into Practice
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This case study gives several examples of how theoretical nutrition interventions have been translated into practice. The report identifies successes and failures, problems and solutions, in a variety of nutrition interventions tried by the U.S. Agency for International Development in several different countries.
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Haiti: Exploring Approaches to Building Capacity for Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support Services
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Given the need to strengthen nutrition services within health systems, the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project has explored the advantages and disadvantages of two approaches they use in Haiti for rolling out trainings on infant and young child feeding and nutrition assessment, counseling, and support for health facility staff.