USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
Lessons in Collaboration from DRC to Address Acute Malnutrition Programming in Complex Settings
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
In complex contexts like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), delivering a holistic continuum of care for nutrition is both critical and difficult to achieve.
Opportunities to Improve Micronutrient Intake through Food Processing in USAID’s Feed the Future Program
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Food processing has the potential to improve micronutrient availability, bioavailability, and density. USAID’s Feed the Future projects can increase year-round access to and use of micronutrient-rich foods, in part through food processing.
Iodine in Salt Can Be Determined Reliably, Affordably, and Simply in a Common UV/Vis Spectrophotometer
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningMicronutrient Interventions
Spectrophotometric methods accurately and precisely reproduce the results of the titrimetric method for iodine if applied to solutions made with sufficient salt. Learn more about USAID Advancing Nutrition at the 5th Micronutrient Forum Global Conference.
Recommended Priority Actions for Improved Maternal Nutrition in Uganda Webinar
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Nutrition and Health Systems
In Uganda, similar to other low- and middle-income countries, maternal undernutrition and inadequate gestational weight gain are prevalent and of growing concern. The Government of Uganda (GOU) and partners are working together to help prevent maternal undernutrition during pregnancy and the postnatal period, including lactation.
This bilingual fact sheet (English and Portuguese) describes the work of USAID Advancing Nutrition in Mozambique, including project goals, timeline, and partners.
USAID Advancing Nutrition works to improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age (15 to 49) and children under 5 in the Kyrgyz Republic, with a specific focus on the 1,000-day window of opportunity for preventing malnutrition between the start of a woman’s pregnancy and the child’s second birthday.
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community of Practice: Community Charter
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Capacity StrengtheningNutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of PracticeNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
The Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide community charter documents the goals, activities, and resources required to successfully launch and cultivate a sustainable community of practice (CoP) focused on uptake and use of the Design Guide.
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide: Practical Guidance For Implementing Partners Webinar
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Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of PracticeNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Applying nutrition-sensitive agriculture continues to challenge development practitioners all over the world. USAID Advancing Nutrition recently finalized the Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide—a facilitator’s guide with accompanying slides and handouts for a 3-day workshop for newly awarded USAID-funded agriculture projects.
Where Are We Now? Digital Health for Nutrition Service Delivery
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Nutrition and Health SystemsGrowth Monitoring and Promotion
This presentation given at the Global Digital Health Forum 2020 provides an overview and examples of how digital tools have been used to strengthen the delivery of nutrition services. It also lays out next steps for reviewing the effectiveness of these tools and creating guidance for the development and use of digital tools for effective growth monitoring and promotion.
Quality Anthropometric Data Collection in Household Surveys Webinar
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Actions can be taken to promote the collection of accurate and precise anthropometric data in surveys and enhance the ability to interpret these results.
This graphic provides an overview of countries that have adopted biofortified crops (fortified with vitamin A, iron, or zinc), ranging from bananas to wheat.
Senegal: Major Shift for Women and Adolescent Girls' Nutrition
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Anemia
This article describes the Micronutrient Initiative’s Right Start program in Senegal, funded by the Government of Canada, which aims to significantly improve nutrition for women and adolescent girls.
How Non Consumers Differ from Consumers: A Qualitative Approach to Synthesize the Attributes of Iron Folic Acid End Users
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Anemia
This study explores the manifold aspects related to anemia and iron–folic acid supplementation with special emphasis on contributory factors behind low levels of iron–folic acid consumption at the consumer end. The authors identify an informational gap as the fundamental factor contributing to suboptimal iron–folic acid consumption.
Multiple-Micronutrient Supplementation for Women During Pregnancy
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Anemia
This Cochrane Systematic Review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the benefits to both mother and infant of multiple‐micronutrient supplements in pregnancy, and aims to assess the risk of adverse events as a result of supplementation.
Impact of Increasing Inter-pregnancy Interval on Maternal and Infant Health
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Anemia
The objective of this systematic review was to assess the impact of increasing interpregnancy intervals (the time between the birth of a previous child and conception of the next child), defined as the time from birth to conception, on maternal and child health outcomes in any setting.
Effects of Birth Spacing on Maternal, Perinatal, Infant, and Child Health: A Systematic Review of Causal Mechanisms
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Anemia
This systematic review of 58 observational studies identified hypothetical causal mechanisms explaining the effects of short and long intervals between pregnancies on maternal, perinatal, infant, and child health.
Guideline: Use of Multiple Micronutrient Powders for Home Fortification of Foods Consumed by Pregnant Women
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Anemia
This WHO guideline is intended to help member states make evidence-informed decisions on the appropriate nutrition actions to improve the nutritional status of pregnant women.