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USAID Nutrition Resource Hub

Zambia Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support (NACS) Training Materials for Community Volunteers

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project developed a package of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support training materials for community volunteers in Zambia.
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Zambia Job Aids for Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
To support the integration of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project helped develop a set of job aids to guide health care workers in preventing, identifying, and managing malnutrition in adults and children.
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Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture: Applying the Income Pathway: Technical Guidance Brief

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Food SystemsNutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of Practice Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
The relationship between poverty and malnutrition is evident in a wide range of contexts, but decades of development experience shows that even when incomes rise, households do not necessarily prioritize the purchase and consumption of diverse, nutrient-rich diets.
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Tanzania Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) Tools

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The tools provide information needed to plan, implement, monitor, and report on integration of quality nutrition services into routine health care and treatment, based on national and global references and standards. They are key components of Tanzania’s Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (2016−2021) to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions.
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Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains in Malawi

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Food Systems Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This analysis found that the care group model for nutrition and health promotion was successful and should be continued or expanded. This report provides recommendations for improving the Feed the Future program in Malawi, based on significant change stories and input from nutrition promoters.
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Tanzania National Guidelines for Nutrition Care and Support of People with HIV

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
These guidelines aim to standardize nutrition care and support for malnourished people with HIV at both health facility and community levels; provide a framework for planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; and help frontline service providers deliver quality nutrition services for people with HIV.
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Strengthening Sustainability of Nutrition Programming and Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) into the HIV Treatment, Care, and Support Program in Ethiopia: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2012 to 2018

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This report describes how the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project provided technical assistance, training, and resources at national, regional, and sub-regional levels, to equip the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health, regional health bureaus, and other partners to strengthen the integration of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services as well as nutriti
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Nutrition Workforce Mapping Toolkit

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This simple and easy-to-use toolkit was developed for mapping the nutrition workforce within the health sector. The purpose of this assessment is to collect data on nutrition-specific actions performed by health workers at different levels with the health care service-delivery system.
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Nutrition Service Delivery Assessment Tools for Hospitals and Health Centers in Uganda

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
These tools enabled assessment teams to complete a comprehensive assessment of nutrition care and support services at hospitals and health centers in Uganda.
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Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool for Program Planners (NPDA)

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This tool provides a reference guide and workbook to assist teams with implementing the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support strategy. It helps program planning teams select appropriate community-based nutrition approaches for specific target areas.
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Nutrition Advocacy using PROFILES in Haiti

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project led a multi-stakeholder collaborative process in Haiti that culminated in estimates of the number of lives that could be saved by preventing malnutrition, calculated using a tool for nutrition advocacy, PROFILES.
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Nigeria Nutrition Assessment, Counseling and Support (NACS) Job Aids

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
In partnership with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project created job aids as part of an initiative to integrate nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services into Nigeria’s health service delivery system.
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Designing Effective Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities

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Food Systems Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This workshop provides guidance, recommendations, and ideas for individuals charged with training others on nutrition-sensitive agriculture. This is the seventh of seven sessions included in the Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Training Resource Package. Unlike the first six sessions, this is a full workshop that can be conducted over 2 to 3 days after any of the preceding sessions, as needed.
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NACS: A User's Guide

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This e-learning tool serves as an introductory overview of the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) approach. It is a client-centered programmatic approach for integrating a set of priority nutrition interventions into health care services and strengthening health systems.
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NACS Steps

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
This infographic shows the steps health workers should take to provide nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services.
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U.S. Government Global Food Security Toolbox -- A Guide to Food Security and Nutrition Development Resources

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Food Systems Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This toolbox highlights the tools and resources that the U.S. Government and its partners use to address global food security and nutrition challenges throughout the world. These tools support the main objectives of the Global Food Security Strategy.
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Uganda Legacy Brief: Strengthening Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Programming in Uganda

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Food Systems Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This legacy brief describes the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project’s multi-sectoral nutrition work in Uganda from 2007 to 2014.
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NACS Planning and Costing Tool and User’s Manual

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The Microsoft Excel-based planning and costing tool estimates the quantity and cost of inputs to establish and scale-up nutrition assessment, counseling, and support services at national, provincial, and district levels. The tool uses an activity-based costing approach for service delivery, training, supervision, commodities, logistics, startup governance, and routine governance.
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Mozambique Growth Charts and Tables for Children and Adolescents

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Nutrition and Health Systems Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
The booklets cover the four indices for different age groups: weight-for-height/length, height/length-for-age, weight-for-age, and body mass index-for-age. Two booklets provide growth tables for girls and boys and two provide growth charts for girls and boys.
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Tool for Framing a Discussion Between Nutrition and Agriculture Specialists

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Food Systems Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This tool aims to facilitate agreement between agriculture specialists and nutrition specialists as they jointly design project interventions aimed at improving nutrition for vulnerable women and children under age 2.