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USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
RFS Food Systems Conceptual Framework
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Food Systems
Food Security
USAID's Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) Food Systems Conceptual Framework articulates the agency's contribution to strengthening food systems and provides high-level operational guidance to RFS staff globally, in line with the overall strategy to build more resilient communities and sustainably reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
WASH and its Links to Nutrition
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Nutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This Water and Development Technical Brief summarizes the current state of the evidence of the links between WASH and nutrition. It provides guidance about approaches to WASH that are likely to have greater impact on nutrition outcomes and discusses recommendations for USAID WASH programming.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Strengthening Maternal Nutrition in Health Programs: A Guide for Practitioners
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Maternal Nutrition
Optimal maternal nutrition during the first 1,000 days is important to improve nutritional status and health outcomes for women and their infants.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Modeling Food Fortification Contributions to Micronutrient Requirements in Malawi Using Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Food SystemsMicronutrient Interventions
Large-scale food fortification has the potential to increase micronutrient supplies in the food system but more information is needed to understand whether current strategies are equitably benefiting populations with the greatest micronutrient needs.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Determination of an Acceptable Portion Size of Daal for a Bangladeshi Community-Based Iron Intervention in Adolescent Girls: A Feasibility Study
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMicronutrient Interventions
This feasability study aimed to determine an acceptable portion size of iron-fortified lentils (daal) among adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh. The results of this community-based non-randomized crossover feeding trial indicate that 37.5 g of raw lentils in a thick cooking preparation using a local recipe was most acceptable.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMaternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the effect of multiple-micronutrient (MMN) supplementation vs iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation among adolescents on maternal morbidity, birth outcomes, and mortality outcomes.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
‘I should be disease free, healthy and be happy in whatever I do’: a cross-country analysis of drivers of adolescent diet and physical activity in different low- and middle-income contexts
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Adolescent NutritionPhysical Activity
This article analyzed qualitative data from 5 countries (8 sites), in which focus groups were conducted with adolescents and caregivers. Major themes included: (1) transitions in generational nutrition education and knowledge; (2) transition in caregiver–adolescent power balance and (3) the implications of societal and economic transition for diet and physical activity.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Operational Guideline for Adolescents Nutrition Interventions 2020
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Adolescent Nutrition
This Bangla-language operational guide is intended for use as a reference for the implementation of adolescent nutrition activities in schools and madrasas in Bangladesh. The guide is also intended to support the implementation of Bangladesh's Adolescent Nutrition Program 2020 and to facilitate multisector coordination in order to provide nutrition services to all adolescents.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Nutrition for Adolescent Health During COVID-19 (Toolkit)
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Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19
This toolkit contains several types of resources: advocacy and key messages, multimedia assets, guidance, and contextualised resources. Resources include infographics with nutrition tips, recommendations and strategies for healthy eating from FAO, WHO, and other sources, reports on the status of food security and nutrition, and guidance for school nutrition programming during COVID-19.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Adolescent profile: Current non-communicable diseases (NCDs) trends and risk factors affecting adolescents in Indonesia
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Adolescent NutritionCOVID-19Mental Health
This infographic summarizes the health status of adolescents in Indonesia (10-19 years). The report highlights trends in nutritional status, tobacco use, and mental health issues and their impact on adolescent morbidity and mortality. The adolescent health profile also explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Indonesia, including declines in dietary diversity.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Guidance for Measuring Anaemia among Adolescents
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Anemia
This manual provides guidance on how to measure anemia in adolescent girls using two methods. The first method uses a Hemocue, which requires health workers to collect a drop of blood from participants. The second approach is non-invasive and uses a pulse oximeter.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
A scoping review of literature describing the nutritional status and diets of adolescents in Côte d’Ivoire
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMicronutrient InterventionsWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This review article summarizes the published literature on adolescent nutrition in Cote d'Ivoire. Most research to date has focused on micronutrient deficiencies (anemia) and parasitic infections. The studies found high prevalence of undernutrition, as well as an emerging double burden of overweight and obesity.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Family influences on health and nutrition practices of pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh
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Adolescent NutritionMaternal Nutrition
This resource includes a brief summarizing key findings from qualitative research with pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh focused on prenatal care and nutrition practices, as well as a peer-reviewed publication based on the in-depth interviews.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Frequently Asked Questions: Preventive Chemotherapy (Deworming) for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Among Adolescents and Women of Reproductive Age
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Adolescent NutritionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This document contains answers to common questions about deworming and adolescents. The information is organized into the following categories: overview of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection, drug dosage and effects among adolescents, WHO recommended guidelines and policies, evidence on benefits of deworming among adolescents, and programmatic questions.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA): A Toolkit for Nutrition Programs
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Adolescent Nutrition
This toolkit is intended to guide the development and implementation of sex- and gender-based analysis (SBGA) within nutrition programs. It is based on the premise that women's empowerment and improved nutrition are mutually reinforcing and that addressing underlying gendered barriers and constraints will improve nutritional outcomes in programming.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation for Prevention and Reduction of Anaemia among School-going Adolescent Girls (MITRA Youth) Activity Design Document
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMicronutrient Interventions
The MITRA Youth program design document describes how Nutrition International is expanding pilot work on the MITRA program to improve the nutritional status of adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in two provinces in Indonesia. MITRA Youth focuses on the distribution and uptake of weekly iron folic acid supplements through secondary schools for adolescent girls.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Preparing Adolescents for Young Adulthood (PAYA): Modules 1 & 2
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Adolescent NutritionEconomic GrowthPhysical ActivityReproductive Health
It's My Move is a program that provides youth ages 16-21 years of age the skills and support they need to be successful in independent living. It was originally developed for adolescents aging out of the foster care system and is designed to provide critical information on how to function as an independent adult.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Aksi Bergizi: Starting a Healthy Life Now for Today's Adolescents
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMicronutrient InterventionsPhysical Activity
This toolkit includes an impact evaluation of the Aksi Bergizi pilot programme, facilitator and student guides, the social and behavior change communication strategy, and additional intervention resources (available in Indonesian only).Aksi Bergizi includes three evidence-based interventions including weekly iron–folic acid supplementation, school-based nutrition education sessions promoting he
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
New Tools for High-Quality Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Programming
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WastingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These tools help harmonize design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of nutrition social and behavior change programs. They emphasize prioritizing behaviors that will impact outcomes, addressing critical factors that influence priority nutrition behaviors, and developing activities with a clear pathway between behaviors, factors, and interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Food Security Portal
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Maternal Nutrition
Various e-learning courses address the importance of measuring women’s empowerment within project-specific contexts, impact evaluation, and economic modeling.