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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
COVID-19, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition – What Does the Science Tell Us? A Repository
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsKnowledge Management
COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This regularly updated collection of peer-reviewed journal articles on COVID-19 and maternal and child health and nutrition summarizes current evidence. The collection includes syntheses of key points from recently published articles, as well as observations made by the curators.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Collecting Quality Anthropometric Data in the DHS Program
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program has collected anthropometric (height and weight) data from children, women, and men for more than 30 years to help countries monitor and evaluate their progress in improving nutritional status.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Food Systems Dashboard Is a New Tool to Inform Better Food Policy
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Food Systems
Policymakers often have difficulty accessing and visualizing food systems data, which limits their ability to identify gaps, compare change over time, and develop policies to improve nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Inclusive Food System Transformations for Healthy Diets: National Experiences with a Global Challenge
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Food Systems
Food Security
Each country’s food system is unique. Although context-specific approaches are critical to transforming food systems for better nutrition, policymakers and implementers can learn from each other's successes and challenges.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
FAO e-Learning Academy: Sustainable Food Value Chains for Nutrition
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Food Systems
Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This recently released online course on improving nutrition through agriculture and food systems targets implementers and policymakers. It covers the basics of a value chain approach, fundamental entry points and pathways for improving nutrition, and processes for designing activities and interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
COVID-19 and the Crisis in Food Systems: Symptoms, Causes, and Potential Solutions
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Food Systems
COVID-19Food SecurityNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided unexpected insights into the vulnerabilities and strengths of food systems globally.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2020 Hunger Report: Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow
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Food SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
COVID-19Food SecurityNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Given a confluence of events—from COVID-19 to the Nutrition Growth Summit—2020 is an ideal time for the international community to make progress toward better nutrition. To mobilize support, the report outlines actions that policymakers and partners can take to reduce the burdens of malnutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
WASH, Nutrition and Child Growth: Webinar Series for Implementing Partners
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Early Childhood DevelopmentFood SystemsNutrition and Health Systems
Food SafetyNutrition Sensitive AgricultureWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This series of three webinars focuses on the growing body of evidence that persistent exposure to fecal matter causes delays in infant and young child growth and that interventions must go beyond water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to prevent infection.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Nurturing Care Framework – The Education and Health Nexus
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsNutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Panelists from the International Rescue Committee, USAID, and PATH participated in a webinar to explain how their organizations incorporate the Nurturing Care Framework into humanitarian settings, nutrition programs, and the health sector.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Brain Architects Podcast: COVID-19 Special Edition: A Different World
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Early Childhood Development
COVID-19
Caregivers and health care workers caring for children through the current pandemic can listen to this series of podcasts on child development for advice and support.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Maternal Mental Health Modifies the Association of Food Insecurity and Early Child Development
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Early Childhood DevelopmentFood Systems
Food Security
How significantly do maternal depression and anxiety affect early childhood development in food-insecure households?
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Human Resources and Curricula Content for Early Child Development Implementation: Multicountry Mixed Methods Evaluation
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Early Childhood Development
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Researchers evaluated 32 responsive caregiving and early learning projects in 17 low- and middle-income countries on 4 continents to identify human resources and curricula critical for program implementation
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Household Food Insecurity and Early Childhood Development: Longitudinal Evidence from Ghana
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Early Childhood Development
Food Security
An analysis of longitudinal information on preschool-age children and their households in Ghana informs this study. Authors focus on the relationship between three levels of food-insecure households and early childhood development domains across three years.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
All Children Surviving and Thriving: Re-envisioning UNICEF’s Conceptual Framework of Malnutrition
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Wasting
The authors of this commentary propose a revision to UNICEF’s malnutrition conceptual framework, adding responsive care, learning opportunities, and safety and security components to health and nutrition.
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Engaging Family Members for Improved Maternal and Child Nutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Webinar
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This webinar shared results of scoping and mixed methods reviews of studies examining behavioral interventions to increase family support for recommended maternal and child nutrition practices in low- and middle-income countries.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
HEmoglobin MEasurement (HEME) Laboratory Protocol for Measurement of Hemoglobin in Population Surveys
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Micronutrient Measurement
AnemiaMicronutrient Interventions
USAID Advancing Nutrition, the Agency’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, seeks public comments on our research protocol titled, Laboratory Protocol for Comparative Evaluation of Blood Sampling Methods and Analytical Devices in the Measurement of Hemoglobin in Population Surveys. The public comment period is from June 2, 2020 to September 2, 2020.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Behaviors to Improve Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This user-friendly tool supports project staff, country offices, USAID staff, and Mission staff when designing, implementing, and evaluating social and behavior change programs for multi-sectoral nutrition. The list of prioritized nutrition-specific behaviors cover six critical areas from diet and care during pregnancy to managing diarrhea and wasting.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Defining Social and Behavior Change Competencies for Multi-Sectoral Nutrition: A List for Assessing, Developing, and Evaluating Staff Skills
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Capacity StrengtheningIdentification and Use of Nutrition CompetenciesSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for Nutrition
This tool identifies 52 social and behavior change competencies—knowledge, skills, and attitudes—that project staff must demonstrate to design, implement, and evaluate the SBC components of multi-sectoral nutrition programs.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Expertise on USAID Advancing Nutrition Brochure
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
This two-page brief describes the range of monitoring, evaluation, and learning expertise and tools USAID Advancing Nutrition can offer in support of USAID efforts to collect, use, and adapt data for multi-sectoral nutrition programs.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Lessons from Using Cluster-Randomized Evaluations to Build Evidence on Large-Scale Nutrition Behavior Change Interventions
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Collaborative program evaluations using randomized controlled trials, among other methods, can provide substantive insight into nutrition behavior change interventions. This paper describes lessons learned from efforts led by the Alive & Thrive global nutrition initiative.