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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.

Photo showing a small child holding a can of food provided food by USAID Africa after thousands displaced from Goma after Volcano eruption.

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.

Photo of a small child being fed a "Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)".

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.

women sitting at desks in a classroom with their 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.