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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.

Explore our Technical Area Spotlights featuring research and tools from USAID and USAID Advancing Nutrition that can help you adopt proven approaches to reduce malnutrition.

Our Focus Areas

Activities

Browse a selection of 3 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.

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Improving Quality of Nutrition Service Delivery: A Call to Action to Strengthen the Nutrition Content in Pre-Service Training

Capacity Strengthening Nutrition and Health Systems

USAID Advancing Nutrition held a virtual meeting with stakeholders from six countries to discuss ways to enhance nutrition components of pre-service training for frontline health workers.

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Building the Evidence Base for the Management of Moderate Wasting Using Local Foods

Wasting Treatment and Prevention

Learn about approaches to manage children with moderate wasting using local foods in the absence of targeted supplementary feeding programs or specially formulated foods.

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Working to Prepare Frontline Health Workers to Deliver Quality Nutrition Services

Capacity Strengthening Identification and Use of Nutrition Competencies Pre-Service Training Nutrition and Health Systems

USAID Advancing Nutrition invests in pre-service training curricula, a critical, sustainable, and scalable approach to improving the nutrition-related competencies of health workers.