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.
Women’s Diets Research: Collaborating with the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre to Design and Implement a Food intake Study
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Evidence Generation
Collaborating with the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC) to plan and implement dietary intake research among women.
HEmoglobin MEasurement Study: Improving Anemia Assessment
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
To test methods to improve procedures to determine anemia estimates, five partners to understand which most accurately measures hemoglobin concentrations.
New Estimates Help the Nutrition Community Understand the Global Burden of Micronutrient Deficiency
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Research supported by USAID Advancing Nutrition clarifies the burden of micronutrient deficiencies and provides a methodology for future updates.
Comparing Data Collection Methods for Assessing Child Minimum Dietary Diversity
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Evidence Generation
Study comparing list-based method and open dietary recall to a non-quantitative observation of food intake.
Integrating Responsive Care and Early Learning Practices into Infant and Young Child Feeding Activities in the Kyrgyz Republic and Ghana
Early Childhood Development Responsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF Counseling Social and Behavior Change and Gender Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations
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.
USAID Advancing Nutrition Tanzania Supports Implementation of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition in Tanzania
Capacity Strengthening Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
USAID Advancing Nutrition Tanzania has been working with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center (TFNC) to provide technical support and strengthen coordination.