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USAID Advancing Nutrition draws together global nutrition experience to design, implement, and evaluate programs that address the root causes of malnutrition. Working across and through varied sectors, we provide technical support to and implementation of nutrition interventions for USAID and its partners to address the root causes of malnutrition. We also provide technical assistance to USAID to support the implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014-2025 in the many countries where USAID works.

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Activities

Browse a selection of 79 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.

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Improving Impact and Sustainability of Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition in Emergency Settings

Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Social and Behavior Change and Gender

Resources and tools to support USAID Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) activities implement quality SBC for greater impact and sustainability of multi-sectoral programs.

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Improving Food Fortification in Honduras: Data in Action

Food Systems

USAID Advancing Nutrition conducted a study on fortified foods in Honduras and, based on the results and recommendations of the study, organized a meeting with several key stakeholders to develop an action plan to promote food fortification in the…

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Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Interventions in Protracted Emergencies

Food Systems Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Improving Women and Children’s Diets in Emergency Contexts

USAID Advancing Nutrition worked with partners to better understand where evidence gaps exist for effective nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions and practices in emergency response and recovery programming (6-18 months duration),…

Mother feeding child

Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Improving Women and Children’s Diets in Emergency Contexts

USAID Advancing Nutrition worked in collaboration with the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Cluster to map and identify gaps in available complementary feeding tools and resources. In 2020, the Emergency Nutrition Network published …

Female producer and her husband implement agricultural productivity lessons learned from the horticulture trainings in their garden, as they tend to said garden

Spurring Agricultural Productivity for Improved Nutrition in India

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Jumping back from COVID-19, USAID Advancing Nutrition implements nutrition-sensitive agriculture activities to improve incomes, women’s empowerment, and consumption of healthy diets.

USAID Advancing Nutrition local implementer SeSTA supports community cadres to facilitate a training on nutrition-sensitive agriculture which is held outdoors and the participants sit around in a big circle, listening to the instructor.

Empowering Local Stakeholders to Implement Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

USAID Advancing Nutrition is supporting Seven Sisters Development Assistance in Assam, India to implement nutrition-sensitive agriculture activities to improve household nutrition.