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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Growth Monitoring and Promotion Expert Consultation Summary Report
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Growth Monitoring and Promotion
Programmers, researchers, and policymakers discussed advances and opportunities in growth monitoring and promotion since the 2018 convening.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
From Evidence to Action: Uniting Around Nutrition in the 1000-Day Window
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Improving nutrition security in the first 1,000 days requires long term investment in early childhood development, better integration of nutrition issues in the healthcare system, greater attention to nutrition among donors, and comprehensive implementation of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Increased surveillance of pregnant and nursing people and young children is also critical.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Building High-Quality Health Systems to Improve Nutrition Services for Women and Children: Policy and Implementation Considerations
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Child NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
High-quality health systems for nutrition require integrated service provision and supplies, performance monitoring, strategic purchasing, and functioning referral services. Critical to achieve this are political leadership and commitment, well-defined quality metrics, quality and timely nutrition data, and a strong accountability system.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days in the United States: A Federal Perspective
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient Interventions
Authors provide a high-level summary of the state of nutrition in the first 1,000 days in the United States, discuss opportunities to strengthen federal research and surveillance, advocate for effective communication and dissemination efforts, and identify priorities for further action.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Implementing Two National Responsibilities of the Revised UNICEF/WHO Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: A Two-Country Case Study
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
To institutionalize the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, systematic coordination, effective communication about national policies and plans, performance monitoring, and multi-sectoral advocacy to secure national and local commitment and funding are all important.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Anthropometric Deficits and the Associated Risk of Death by Age and Sex in Children Aged 6–59 Months: A Meta-Analysis
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
Wasting
Researchers found no age- or gender-specific differences in the risk of mortality associated with child wasting, indicating the need to include all children under five in wasting treatment programs.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Building the Future of Girls: Alive & Thrive Interventions for Improved Adolescent Nutrition in Ethiopia
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent Nutrition
These videos introduce Alive & Thrive’s adolescent nutrition intervention, including interviews with girls, school teachers and administrators, health extension workers, government officials, and project staff. The videos are available in Amharic with English subtitles.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Growth Monitoring and Promotion Expert Consultation Summary Report
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Growth Monitoring and Promotion
The Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) Expert Consultation was hosted virtually from April 20–21, 2022 by USAID and USAID Advancing Nutrition in collaboration with the Global Financing Facility, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Implementing Two National Responsibilities of the Revised UNICEF/WHO Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: A Two-Country Case Study
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
The 2018 implementation guidance for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) recommends institutionalizing the Ten Steps through nine national responsibilities for universal coverage and sustainability.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Take Ten Steps up for Breastfeeding
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Speakers discuss key updates to implementation guidance and responsibilities for a national Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative program and introduce new implementation resources. Several speakers share their experiences using the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. This is a webinar. It is available in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Systematic Evidence and Gap Map of Research Linking Food Security and Nutrition to Mental Health
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionBreastfeedingComplementary FeedingFood SecurityGrowth Monitoring and PromotionHIVInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
The relationship between depression and diets and anthropometry was most common in the literature, while the connection between infant and young child feeding and anxiety, stress, and mental well-being were least studied.
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.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Exclusive Breastfeeding: Measurement to Match the Global Recommendation
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months of life. To estimate the proportion of infants that are exclusively breastfed, many agencies use the point prevalence of EBF among infants currently 0–5.9 months of age, as recommended by WHO and UNICEF.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Navigating Transitions: Current Global Challenges in School-Age and Adolescent Health
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19Gender
Speakers discuss the impact of, and response to, the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia, the future of adolescent health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa, and the delivery of arts-based sexual and mental health education with Indigenous youth.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Re-Imagining Technical Assistance for Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health and Health Systems Strengthening
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Stakeholders defined current concerns with technical assistance, identified their root causes, and developed innovative and context-specific solutions. Developing a more collaborative and less dependent relationship between governments and donors and shifting from siloed projects to more holistic and patient-centered work are important.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
How AI Is Transforming Maternal Health Care in Vietnam
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Knowledge ManagementNutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionAnemiaBehavior Change for NutritionBreastfeedingCOVID-19GenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Momby app is a virtual assistant that provides nutritional advice and education on fetal development, bonding practices, essential newborn care, and breastfeeding. Users can make health care appointments and ask questions in real time. The app also features a version for fathers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Mothers' Milk Contributes Almost $4 Trillion to the Global Economy—But Its Value Has Never Been Considered. A New Tool Now Makes That Possible
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Food SystemsKnowledge ManagementNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingEconomic Growth
The tool uses existing data to estimate the value of breastmilk. The accompanying webinar and brief advocate for developing paid maternity leave and workplace policies that support breastfeeding, ending exploitative marketing of commercial formula milk, and improving access to skilled counseling.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Improving the Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: Implementation Guide for National, District, and Facility Levels
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Nutrition and Health Systems
The guide provides practical guidance for policymakers, program managers, health practitioners, and other actors working to establish and implement quality of care programs for maternal, newborn, and child health.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Process of Developing Models of Maternal Nutrition Interventions Integrated into Antenatal Care Services in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingMaternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Strategic use of data can contextualize nutrition guidelines, protocols, capacity strengthening, and supervision approaches and improve micronutrient supply chains and record-keeping and strengthen health services.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Countries' Experiences Scaling Up National Breastfeeding, Protection, Promotion and Support Programmes: Comparative Case Studies Analysis
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Implementation science frameworks help identify key drivers for the scale- up of breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support policies and programs.