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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Field Exchange Special Issue on Nutrition of School-Age Children and Adolescents
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19
Developing international targets and goals and systematically tracking nutrition and mortality data are critical to assess the burden of malnutrition, monitor trends, prioritize interventions, advocate with governments, and assess programming efficacy.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Conducting Formative Research on Adolescent Nutrition: Key Considerations
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent Nutrition
Involving adolescents in designing programs and efforts to inform policy allows them to make decisions about their own well-being and ensures the applicability of results in communities. This guidance includes a list of participatory nutrition research methods and pretesting resources.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Renforcer la nutrition maternelle dans les programmes de santé: un guide pour les practiciens
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal Nutrition
Ce guide actualisé fournit des recommandations étape par étape pour ajouter ou renforcer les composantes de nutrition maternelle dans les programmes ou les services fournis par le système de santé, y compris les actions visant à renforcer le système de santé global et l’environnement favorable.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Giving Voice to the Silent Burden: Maternal Mental Health Technical Consultation
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal Nutrition
Common perinatal mental disorders have significant and lasting implications for women’s health and quality of life, as well as newborn health and development. Experts from several related fields discuss necessary interventions to ensure that pregnant and postpartum women receive respectful and nurturing care. This is a webinar.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Impact of Scaling up Prenatal Nutrition Interventions on Human Capital Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Modeling Analysis
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
Scaling up prenatal nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries from current levels to 90 percent may lead to substantial gains in schooling and lifetime income. Decision-makers should consider potential long-term human capital returns on investments in maternal nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effective Nutrition Governance is Correlated with Better Nutrition Outcomes in Nepal
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent Nutrition
Data collected to determine the relationship between the Nutrition Governance Index (NGI) and anthropometry highlight the importance of effective management of policy-based programming and resource use to produce nutrition gains.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Dietary Diversity and Undernutrition in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Given the role that dietary diversity plays in the health status of children, implementing nutrition-specific interventions and strengthening existing interventions to improve infant and young child feeding practices is particularly important in countries where the prevalence of adequate minimum dietary diversity is low and undernutrition is high.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Growth Monitoring and Promotion in Northern Ghana: A Case Study Narrative
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Growth Monitoring and Promotion
Routine growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) of infants and young children provides frequent contacts with caregivers and can serve as an entry point for other essential nutrition and child health and development services.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
WASH and its Links to Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This Water and Development Technical Brief summarizes the current state of the evidence of the links between WASH and nutrition. It provides guidance about approaches to WASH that are likely to have greater impact on nutrition outcomes and discusses recommendations for USAID WASH programming.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Strengthening Maternal Nutrition in Health Programs: A Guide for Practitioners
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal Nutrition
Optimal maternal nutrition during the first 1,000 days is important to improve nutritional status and health outcomes for women and their infants.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Formative Research Guidance for Adolescent Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Adolescent Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition developed this guidance outlining key considerations for conducting formative research on nutrition behaviors with adolescents. Involving adolescents in designing programs and efforts to inform policy empowers them to make decisions about their own well-being and ensures the applicability of results in communities.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Conducting Formative Research on Adolescent Nutrition: Key Considerations
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Nutrition and Health SystemsAdolescent Nutrition
Adolescent Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition developed this guidance outlining key considerations for conducting formative research on nutrition behaviors with adolescents. Involving adolescents in designing programs and efforts to inform policy empowers them to make decisions about their own well-being and ensures the applicability of results in communities.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Mapping Inequalities in Exclusive Breastfeeding in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2000–2018
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Generating exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) prevalence estimates and assessing progress are critical to identify necessary policy and intervention efforts.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Enablers and Barriers of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Employed Women in Low and Lower Middle-Income Countries
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
To increase exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among employed women, employers should offer flexible hours, at least six months maternity leave, and breastfeeding facilities. Identifying modifiable barriers and facilitators may contribute to successful EBF among employed women, thereby reducing mortality and morbidity. This article is behind a paywall.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Effectiveness of Breastfeeding Support Packages in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for Infants under Six Months: A Systematic Review
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding counseling and education support packages have the greatest impact on breastfeeding practices followed by breastfeeding training, promotion, and peer support. For at-risk infants, support packages need to be adapted and formally tested. Additional research should examine the impacts of breastfeeding support on anthropometry and morbidity.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Characteristics Associated with the Transition to Partial Breastfeeding Prior to 6 Months of Age: Data from Seven Sites in a Birth Cohort Study
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
A higher weight-for-length of the child, recent coughing, and food insecurity were associated with slower transition to partial breastfeeding, while a higher maternal depressive symptom score was associated with earlier transition to partial breastfeeding.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Breastfeeding Knowledge and Practices of Working Mothers in the Informal Economy in New Delhi: A Formative Study to Explore New Intervention Pathways towards Improved Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
The conditions and nature of informal employment shape maternal and child health outcomes.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Breastfeeding: Providing a Healthy Start for a Healthy Future
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Early Childhood DevelopmentKnowledge ManagementNutrition and Health SystemsGender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
BreastfeedingEarly Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
For more than 40 years, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has promoted breastfeeding to save lives, prevent malnutrition, and enhance the long-term health and prosperity of women and children. By promoting breastfeeding in programs and policies, USAID is helping families chart productive and prosperous for their children and supporting communities to thrive.
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Not Just Mom's Job: USAID Invests in Breastfeeding Around the World Virtual Event
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
To commemorate World Breastfeeding Week 2021, USAID country programs shared their experiences with protecting and promoting breastfeeding around the world.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Engaging Family Members in Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Activities in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Adolescent NutritionBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Recent guidelines recommend involving fathers, grandmothers, and other family members in maternal and child nutrition programs, but there is a gap in understanding on how to implement such interventions.