USAID Advancing Nutrition works with a range of nutrition stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the government, implementing partners, and UN agencies to better understand and document ways to strengthen the quality and continuity of interventions to treat and prevent wasting in children under 5. Our work focuses on documentation and learning around the following themes:
- Strengthening stakeholder coordination and collaboration across the nutrition continuum of care, particularly between emergency and development actors and programs.
- Identifying effective actions and recommendations to strengthen coordination and collaboration for improved outcomes.
- Analyzing and costing the last mile of the ready-to-use therapeutic food supply chain.
Activities
Browse a selection of 4 activities in this country.
Learning How to Strengthen Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programming in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Blanket supplementary feeding is commonly cited as an approach to prevent wasting in children under five but little is known about the optimal circumstances to implement it in DRC.
Analyzing the Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food Supply Chain in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Identifying drivers of cost and differences in performance across supply chain pipelines will inform efforts to strengthen RUTF delivery to treat malnourished children.
Working to Prepare Frontline Health Workers to Deliver Quality Nutrition Services
USAID Advancing Nutrition invests in pre-service training curricula, a critical, sustainable, and scalable approach to improving the nutrition-related competencies of health workers.
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Quality pre-service training forms the foundation of all nutrition services, equipping health professionals with the competencies required to deliver quality services from day one on the job.