What We Do | USAID Advancing Nutrition

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

Capacity Strengthening

Early Childhood Development

Food Systems

Knowledge Management

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Nutrition and Health Systems

Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts

Social and Behavior Change and Gender

Activities

Browse a selection of 19 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.

Group of people in a meeting room, wearing masks and reviewing photos of various healthy food on a flip-chart.

The Kyrgyz Republic Module Toolkit for Training Community Health Volunteers

Social and Behavior Change and Gender

Toolkit provides program implementers with training session modules, job aids, and social and behavior change communication materials to promote household nutrition, hygiene, and responsive care.

Village Savings and Loans Association /Mother to Mother Support Groups(VSLA/MTMSGs) in a cooking demonstration of the preparation of soya meal outdoors.

Strengthening Community Structures to Promote Optimal Nutrition Behaviors in Ghana

Capacity Strengthening Nutrition and Health Systems Social and Behavior Change and Gender

In Ghana, USAID Advancing Nutrition is tackling malnutrition by strengthening community structures for social and behavior change.

Small infant being weighed by two health professionals, as the mother watches on.

Strengthening Community-based Integrated Child Services in Western Honduras

Capacity Strengthening Nutrition and Health Systems Social and Behavior Change and Gender

In support of a key government strategy, USAID Advancing Nutrition strengthens the capacity of health service providers to improve community-based nutrition services in western Honduras.

Photo of a group of women sitting in a circle in traditional clothing, while going over training resources.

Driving Consumer Demand for Nutritious Foods in Nigeria

Food Systems Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Social and Behavior Change and Gender

Assessing consumers’ preferences, barriers, and motivators for consuming safe, nutritious foods to design social and behavior change activities in Nigeria.

Photo showing five people dancing outside, with smiles on their faces.

Improving Impact and Sustainability of Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition in Fragile Contexts

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.

Photo of a woman picking greens in her vegetable garden.

Using Human-Centered Design Research Methods to Inform Social and Behavior Change Activities

Social and Behavior Change and Gender Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

USAID Advancing Nutrition implements social and behavior change (SBC) formative research, using human-centered design approaches to identify priority behaviors and design solutions to improve household nutrition and empower rural women in rural…