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.
Activities
Browse a selection of 69 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.
Using An Illustrative List of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Behaviors to Engage the Food System For Improved Nutrition
Food Systems Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of Practice Social and Behavior Change and Gender
An illustrative list of nutrition-sensitive agriculture behaviors helps program planners and managers take the first step toward nutrition social and behavior change. Defining actions at all levels of the food system can help improve and achieve…
Increasing Nutrition Literacy Across Sectors at USAID
Capacity Strengthening Food Systems Knowledge Management Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Social and Behavior Change and Gender
To increase USAID staff’s core knowledge of nutrition concepts, USAID and USAID Advancing Nutrition developed a course that would prepare them to respond to the increasing need to strategically integrate nutrition into programming as part of their…
Project Year 4 Summary: Priorities and Key Accomplishments
Capacity Strengthening Early Childhood Development Food Systems Knowledge Management Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
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 nourished, resilient, and able to thrive.
What Makes a Quality Peer Group? Members Respond through Participatory Research in Zimbabwe and Malawi
Social and Behavior Change and Gender
USAID Advancing Nutrition and USAID implementing partners are conducting implementation research to improve the quality of peer groups.
Working to Prepare Frontline Health Workers to Deliver Quality Nutrition Services
Capacity Strengthening 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.
A Qualitative Study of Food Taboos and Preferences Among Women of Reproductive Age in Mainland Tanzania
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Evidence Generation
Collaborating with the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC) to conduct a qualitative study to generate evidence on food taboos and preferences in Tanzania.