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SoyBytes: The Role of Soy in Early Childhood Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Experts from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research and their partners are involved in a number of initiatives and programs designed to improve production and utilization of soybeans in sub-Saharan Africa. Their new podcast series, SoyBytes, offers an inside look at innovations and technologies, directly from the experts themselves. In this SoyByte, Dr.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Nutrition for 6-9 Month Old Infants
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Introducing solid foods to infants, also known as complementary feeding, is an important part of their growth and development. The purpose of this activity sheet is to explain how to properly introduce solid foods to children.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Nigeria: Complementary Feeding and Food Demonstration Training Package
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These materials can be used by health service providers, households, and communities as reference materials and learning aids for improved understanding and knowledge of complementary feeding. The training also emphasizes best practices around water, sanitation, and hygiene in addition to food safety during the processing and preparation of food.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
National Recipe Guide for Complementary Feeding of Children 6-24 Months of Age
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This national recipe guide is based on locally grown foods to help improve complementary feeding of children 6 to 24 months of age. The guide, in French, offers simple recipes and is intended to be used for counseling of mothers and caregivers.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Behavior Change Interventions and Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from the Promotion of Improved Complementary Feeding Practices
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This review analyzes complementary feeding behavior change interventions aiming to improve complementary feeding practices and child nutritional status, providing recommendations for their design and implementation. This resource should be used in designing and/or implementing interventions similar in nature to the studied interventions.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Accelerating Progress for Complementary Feeding in Kenya: Key Government Actions and the Way Forward
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This case study describes key actions for complementary feeding put in place by the Kenya Ministry of Health as well as approaches for improving and monitoring complementary feeding within existing health platforms.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding: Evidence and Program Considerations for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
This nutrition brief summarizes findings from a review led by the Maternal and Child Survival Program identifying key barriers that impede exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life. The brief presents Demographic and Health Survey analyses of three key breastfeeding problems and a compilation of country policies that address exclusive breastfeeding.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Programmatic Implications
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
The purpose of this systematic review was to determine barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in 25 low- and middle-income countries and discuss implications for programs. Sixteen barriers identified including delivery methods, counseling and support, and knowledge.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Implications of Three Major New Trials for the Effect of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene on Childhood Diarrhea and Stunting: A Consensus Statement
Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsFood SystemsKnowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
With the results from the SHINE and WASH Benefits trials demonstrating limited impact of basic water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) on childhood stunting, what role does WASH now play in multi-sectoral nutrition programming?
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Information Diffusion and Social Norms Are Associated with Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Bangladesh
Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Researchers conducted two rounds of surveys in 2,000 Bangladeshi households to examine the diffusion of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) messaging through interventions targeting mothers’ social networks.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Ethiopian Mothers' Experiences with Micronutrient Powders: Perspectives from Continuing and Noncontinuing Users
Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
To respond to deficiencies in the diets of children 0-23 months old, the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia worked with partner organizations to deliver micronutrient powders (MNP) through health extension workers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effects of Nutritional Supplementation and Home Visiting on Growth and Development in Young Children in Madagascar: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
In this cluster-randomized control trial in Madagascar, researchers assigned 3,738 mothers who were pregnant or had children under 11 months old to five different intervention groups within a larger scale community-based nutrition program.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Degree of Exposure to Interventions Influences Maternal and Child Dietary Practices: Evidence from a Large-Scale Multisectoral Nutrition Program
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Suaahara II is a multi-sectoral program created to combat the high prevalence of maternal and child malnutrition in Nepal. Looking at cross-sectional data from an annual monitoring survey, this review analyzes the association between exposure to Suaahara II and dietary diversity, focusing on three behavior change intervention platforms.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Commonly Applied Social-Behavior Change Techniques Used in Complementary Feeding Programs in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Scoping Review
Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
An examination of literature on complementary feeding interventions in lower- and middle-income countries since 2000, this scoping review considered 64 behavior change interventions. Across the interventions, authors identified 28 out of a possible 93 behavior change techniques (BCTs), estimating effectiveness ratios for each.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Maternal Nutrition Operational Guidance Program Considerations for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Developed by USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program, this practical guidance document is meant to help ministries of health, nongovernmental organizations, and implementing partners working in low- and middle-income countries design, implement, and strengthen the delivery of maternal nutrition interventions during
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Impact on Child Acute Malnutrition of Integrating a Preventive Nutrition Package into Facility-Based Screening for Acute Malnutrition during Well-Baby Consultation: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Burkina Faso
Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is an effective approach for treating acute malnutrition (AM), but low (50 percent) screening levels for AM impede effectiveness of CMAM. Scaling up screening coverage to 90 percent of acutely malnourished children could save 435,000 lives per year.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Facility‐ and Community‐based Delivery of Micronutrient Powders in Uganda: Opening the Black Box of Implementation Using Mixed Methods
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
The authors of this study sought to fill a gap in the documentation of lessons learned in micronutrient powder (MNP) implementation programs. To do so, they used a mixed method evaluation to compare community- and facility-based delivery of MNP and document users’ experiences.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Child-Sensitive WASH Composite Score and the Nutritional Status in Cambodian Children
Nutrition and Health Systems
Despite progress in health over the years in Cambodia, the number of malnourished children remains high, which may be associated in part with poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Burden of Child and Maternal Malnutrition and Trends in Its Indicators in the States of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017
Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
To inform subnational nutrition actions in India, researchers analyzed the burden of disease due to malnutrition and trends in malnutrition indicators from 1990 to 2017 in every Indian state as part of Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017. Examining trends in relation to
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nurturing Care for Small and Sick Newborns: Evidence Review and Country Case Studies
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
Small and sick newborns face serious risk of developmental delays, but most newborns can survive and thrive, provided they have access to quality nurturing care. This package summarizes nurturing care evidence and best practices for this population.