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Recommended Maternal Nutrition Priorities for Uganda: Findings from the Maternal Nutrition Operational Guidance Field Test
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal Nutrition
This report on maternal nutrition priorities in Uganda highlights findings from a field test of Maternal Nutrition Operational Guidance: Program Considerations for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, published by the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Survival Program.
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USAID Advancing Nutrition Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank Launch: Resources to Inspire Action Webinar
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Nutrition and Health SystemsAdolescent Nutrition
Adolescence is a critical time in the life cycle, presenting what is sometimes called a "second window of opportunity" in an individual’s growth and development. USAID Advancing Nutrition believes that the international development community must give greater attention to the nutritional status and practices of this age group.
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Recommended Priority Actions for Improved Maternal Nutrition in Uganda Webinar
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Nutrition and Health Systems
In Uganda, similar to other low- and middle-income countries, maternal undernutrition and inadequate gestational weight gain are prevalent and of growing concern. The Government of Uganda (GOU) and partners are working together to help prevent maternal undernutrition during pregnancy and the postnatal period, including lactation.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Where Are We Now? Digital Health for Nutrition Service Delivery
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Growth Monitoring and Promotion
This presentation given at the Global Digital Health Forum 2020 provides an overview and examples of how digital tools have been used to strengthen the delivery of nutrition services. It also lays out next steps for reviewing the effectiveness of these tools and creating guidance for the development and use of digital tools for effective growth monitoring and promotion.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Nutritional Interventions: Multiple Micronutrient and Vitamin D Supplements during Pregnancy
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Micronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
This guideline includes updated recommendations include multiple micronutrient and vitamin D supplement during pregnancy. Viewers must request an invitation to watch this webinar but there is no fee to do so.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
WHO Antenatal Care Recommendations for a Positive Pregnancy Experience: Nutritional Interventions Update: Multiple Micronutrient Supplements during Pregnancy
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Micronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
This guideline includes updated recommendations include multiple micronutrient supplements and vitamin D supplements during pregnancy.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Field Exchange 63
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Nutrition and Health Systems
WastingAdolescent NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient Interventions
The articles in this South Asia edition focus on integrating nutrition interventions into primary health care to prevent and treat wasting, integrating management of children with acute malnutrition in pediatric inpatient facilities, supporting healthy growth in infants in low-resource settings, integrating screening for acute malnutrition into the vitamin A supplementation campaign in the Rohi
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Insights on Exclusive Breastfeeding Norms in Kinshasa: Findings from a Qualitative Study
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Focus group discussions with young first-time mothers (FTMs), male partners, mothers, and mothers-in-law to identify norms that influence exclusive breastfeeding found important barriers. For instance, FTMs believed exclusive breastfeeding was uncommon and would result in social sanctions from the community.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Characteristics and Outcomes of Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the UK: A Prospective National Cohort Study Using Active Surveillance
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Nutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19
This study, conducted among babies with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first 28 days of life who received inpatient care, found that infection following birth to a mother with perinatal SARS-CoV-2 infection was unlikely, and vertical transmission rare. This supports current international guidance to avoid separation of mother and baby.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Combined IYCF with Small-Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplementation Is Associated with a Reduction in Anemia
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Nutrition and Health Systems
AnemiaGrowth Monitoring and Promotion
Researchers analyzed data from 2,995 children after an intervention area received enhanced infant and young child feeding counseling and daily small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation for infants 6–12 months and a control area received the standard counseling package without the nutrient supplementation.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Frontline Nutrition Service Delivery A Comparison of Packages for Policymakers and Program Managers
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Early Childhood DevelopmentResponsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF CounselingNutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
Nutrition program packages—such as the Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) toolkit, the Integration Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI), the Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) approach, and Essential Nutrition Actions/Essential Health Actions (ENA/EHA) framework for example—typically include training materials and job aids designed to improve nutriti
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Tool and Guide for Reviewing the Nutrition Content of Pre-Service Training Curricula
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Identification and Use of Nutrition CompetenciesNutrition and Health Systems
AnemiaBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionMicronutrient InterventionsNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Quality pre-service training forms the foundation of all nutrition services, equipping health professionals with the competencies required to deliver quality services from day one on the job. However, nutrition content is often outdated and can be difficult to integrate into pre-service training.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for Small, Sick and Preterm Newborns
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Poor planning for breastfeeding, inconsistent advice, misinformation, lack of knowledge or time, and facility policies impact breastfeeding small, sick, and preterm infants.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Training Course for Maternity Staff
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Many health workers lack training to support women to establish and sustain breastfeeding. This resource provides guidance for leaders to plan a course and select trainers and participants. The trainer's guide contains slides and other materials to facilitate the course, while the participant manual provides worksheets, checklists, and job aids.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Maternal Diets Matter for Children's Dietary Quality: Seasonal Dietary Diversity and Animal-Source Foods Consumption in Rural Timor-Leste
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal NutritionNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Women's dietary quality and education levels are strong predictors of children's dietary diversity and consumption of animal-source foods, while seasonality impacts diversity and consumption. Production, affordability, and consumption of nutrient‐dense foods require widespread market access and sustained nutrition‐sensitive programs.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Making the Health System Work for the Delivery of Nutrition Interventions
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Nutrition and Health Systems
WastingMicronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
Successful delivery of nutrition interventions requires a skilled and motivated health workforce, an effective supply chain, demand for services, and access to services. Programs should encourage delivery of nutrition interventions at every client-provider interaction and should actively generate demand for both general and nutrition services.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Barriers and Facilitators to Growth Monitoring and Promotion in Nepal: Household, Health Worker and Female Community Health Volunteer Perceptions
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Growth Monitoring and Promotion
Growth assessment, analysis of growth status, and counseling are important factors in measuring growth monitoring and promotion (GMP). Research finds that providers and beneficiaries view GMP as secondary to curative services. Distance, long lines, and crying children hinder engagement, while provider knowledge, skills, and training are barriers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Resilience and Food Security COVID-19 Learning Hub
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Sensitive AgricultureResilienceWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This Learning Hub disseminates lessons learned about how to prevent widespread hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and water insecurity. It also provides guidance about how to mitigate and respond to the pandemic’s impacts through agriculture, nutrition, resilience, and water security, sanitation, and hygiene policy and programming.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Responding to COVID-19’s Impact on Resilience and Food Security
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SafetyFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The U.S. Agency for International Development predicts that 148 million additional people may fall into extreme poverty and that emergency food assistance needs will increase by 25% due to COVID-19.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
How Countries Can Reduce Child Stunting at Scale: Lessons from Exemplar Countries
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Nutrition and Health Systems
WastingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Reducing child stunting requires interventions in multiple sectors. Improving maternal education, fertility practices, and nutrition, as well as maternal and newborn care, are strong contributors to change. Investing to improve reproductive health practices are important to increase contraceptive use, delay first pregnancy, and increase birth spacing.