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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture and Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from Six Countries in Africa and Asia
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Food SecurityNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Although evidence exists linking women’s empowerment and improved child human capital outcomes, researchers lack evidence about the relationship between women’s empowerment and child nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Creating Demand for Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS): A Mini Guide
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Micronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
Public health practitioners who wish to improve demand for, uptake of, and adherence to multiple micronutrient supplements can look to this guide for assistance. It contains tips categorized into three phases: getting started, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Factors Associated with Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health Systems
Economic GrowthMaternal Nutrition
Data from the 2007–2008 Demographic and Health Surveys were used to assess how 26 factors are associated with child stunting, underweight, and wasting.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Effects of Community Home Visit and Peer Group Nutrition Intervention Delivery Platforms on Nutrition Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Nutrition and Health Systems
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
How effective are community health worker home visits and mother/peer groups in improving nutrition outcomes in low- and middle-income countries?
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Early Estimates of the Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal and Child Mortality in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Modelling Study
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsFood SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The authors of this study estimate maternal and child deaths that may result as an indirect consequence of COVID-19 and the disruption the pandemic may cause to health systems and the food supply.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Determinants of Under-Nutrition among Children under Five Years of Age in Ethiopia
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Food Security
Responding to the high rate of child undernutrition in Ethiopia, this study analyzed data from Ethiopia’s 2016 Demographic and Health Survey to identify factors associated with undernutrition, including maternal education, source of drinking water, anemic status of the child, and others.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Strengthening Promotion Activities within Growth Monitoring Programs
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Growth Monitoring and Promotion
During growth monitoring and promotion, health care workers are meant to provide vital, individualized nutrition and growth counseling to suit each child’s needs. However, too often counseling by frontline workers is inadequate, generic, or even non-existent.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) East and Southern Africa Capacity Mapping and Assessment Tool
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Nutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
WastingBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Protecting, promoting, and supporting proper infant and young child feeding practices is especially important in emergency contexts with higher rates of child mortality and acute malnutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2020 Global Nutrition Report
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
WastingEconomic Growth
With a focus on promoting equality in food and health systems, this year’s report calls on governments, businesses, and civil society to act now to mainstream nutrition into food and health systems.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2020 Severe Malnutrition Non-Technical Learning Series
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
WastingBreastfeedingMicronutrient Interventions
In this monthly online learning series from 1,000 Days, subject-matter experts present the latest evidence on severe acute malnutrition. The series is designed to help non-technical audiences inform severe malnutrition policies and advocacy campaigns.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Examining Coverage, Content, and Impact of Maternal Nutrition Interventions: The Case for Quality-Adjusted Coverage Measurement
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
To better understand health system performance and the benefits of accessing antenatal care, the authors adjusted maternity care coverage measures for quality of nutrition interventions in Malawi to determine the impact of infant birth weight and breastfeeding.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Using Health Management Information Systems Data to Contextualize Survey-Based Estimates of Fertility, Mortality, and Wasting
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
To better understand the validity of DHS Program estimates and trends of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition outcomes, the authors examined the use of routine health facility data to contextualize estimates of fertility, maternal mortality, under-5 mortality, and wasting.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2020 Hunger Report: Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Food SecurityNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Given a confluence of events—from COVID-19 to the Nutrition Growth Summit—2020 is an ideal time for the international community to make progress toward better nutrition. To mobilize support, the report outlines actions that policymakers and partners can take to reduce the burdens of malnutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
WASH, Nutrition and Child Growth: Webinar Series for Implementing Partners
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Early Childhood DevelopmentFood SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Food SafetyNutrition Sensitive AgricultureWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This series of three webinars focuses on the growing body of evidence that persistent exposure to fecal matter causes delays in infant and young child growth and that interventions must go beyond water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to prevent infection.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Nurturing Care Framework – The Education and Health Nexus
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Panelists from the International Rescue Committee, USAID, and PATH participated in a webinar to explain how their organizations incorporate the Nurturing Care Framework into humanitarian settings, nutrition programs, and the health sector.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Social Norms Exploration Tool (SNET)
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
The Social Norms Exploration Tool, also referred to as SNET, is a learning and action tool that helps programs understand a community’s social norms by conducting a social norms exploration.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Social Determinants of Health: Roles of Structure and Agency
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
This presentation by Dr. Carol Underwood of Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs provides a look into the social determinants of health, ranging from economic opportunity to crime rates, and what affects change in those determinants. Dr.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Sick Child Feeding Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Children Less Than 24 Months Old, in Burayu Town, Ethiopia
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
It is important to optimize infant and young child feeding (IYCF), especially in the first 2 years of life, if a child is to develop to his or her full potential. Researchers conducted this study to assess IYCF practices among mothers with children under 24 months of age in Burayu Town, Ethiopia.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Different Combinations of Behavior Change Interventions and Frequencies of Interpersonal Contacts Are Associated with Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This study examined endline survey data from intervention evaluations in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam to assess how different combinations of social and behavior change communication interventions and varying levels of exposure to the interventions affected infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
A Systematic Review of Costing Studies for Implementing and Scaling-Up Breastfeeding Interventions: What Do We Know and What Are the Gaps?
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Breastfeeding
Despite the positive impact breastfeeding has on maternal and child health during infancy and beyond, exclusive breastfeeding is still underutilized. This review examines the costs of implementing and scaling-up breastfeeding interventions at multiple levels and the barriers to intervening in low-, middle- and high-income countries.