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Globally, poverty, undernutrition, and inadequate care put 250 million children at risk of not reaching their developmental potential. The Nurturing Care Framework recognizes the critical role multiple sectors, especially health and nutrition, play in creating an environment that protects, promotes, and nourishes child growth and development.

Our work

  • Integrates responsive care and early learning with nutrition services, promoting optimal growth and development outcomes for children through a gender-sensitive lens 
  • Strengthens nutrition and health services for delivering nurturing care
  • Contributes to the evidence-base on how to deliver integrated services with quality, equity, and impact  
  • Strengthens capacity for leadership and governance for holistic child development.

Activities

Browse a selection of 6 activities from this Focus Area technical team.

Ghana GMP Health Worker counseling a young mother

Strengthening Growth Monitoring and Promotion: A Core Child Health and Nutrition Service

Learning from country experiences implementing growth monitoring and promotion.

community health worker provides counseling to a mother and infant

Project Year 4 Summary: Priorities and Key Accomplishments

Over the past four years, USAID Advancing Nutrition has supported policies, programs, interventions, and systems to realize our vision of a world where countries, communities, and families are well…

Grandmother and Grandfather in traditional Kyrgyz clothing with their four grandchildren of various ages, in a group photo.

Integrating Responsive Care and Early Learning Practices into Infant and Young Child Feeding Activities in the Kyrgyz Republic and Ghana

USAID Advancing Nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic is piloting its Responsive Care and Early Learning Addendum through facility and community platforms to better understand its feasibility.

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Resources

 
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Situational Analysis of Early Childhood Care and Development Services in Ghana

Published by: USAID Advancing Nutrition

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Nurturing Young Children through Responsive Feeding

Published by: USAID Advancing Nutrition, UNICEF, WHO

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Necessidade de um maior investimento em recursos humanos da área de nutrição como forma de resposta à elevada prevalência da Desnutrição Crónica na província de Nampula

Published by: USAID Advancing Nutrition

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Nutritional Care for Children with Feeding Difficulties and Disabilities: A Scoping Review - Journal Article

Published by: USAID Advancing Nutrition, PLoS

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News

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USAID, USAID Advancing Nutrition, and UNICEF Co-Host Virtual Convening to Support the Nutrition of Children with Feeding Difficulties and Disabilities
On April 26-27, 2023, USAID, USAID Advancing Nutrition, and UNICEF hosted a virtual convening to discuss the importance of and opportunities for supporting the nutrition and feeding of children with…
Connecting with Caregivers in the Kyrgyz Republic to Improve Children’s Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition presented at a forum for caregivers in the Kyrgyz Republic to share Kyrgyz language resources and information about infant and young child feeding, early learning, and…
USAID Advancing Nutrition Presents at the 2022 Core Group Global Health Practitioner Conference
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, this year’s theme for the conference was “Transforming the Global Health Landscape."