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Report on Landscape Analysis on Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Ethiopia
Landscape Analysis published by Alive & Thrive in
This landscape analysis focuses on adolescent health and nutrition in Ethiopia. It describes policies and programs related to adolescent nutrition and findings from the landscape analysis. The findings relate to the knowledge of adolescents; the perceptions of stakeholders; interventions; behavior change channels; monitoring, evaluation and…
Adolescent Nutrition 2000-2017: DHS Data on Adolescents 15-19
Technical Report published by DHS Program in
This report summarizes information about nutrition for adolescent girls and boys ages 15 to 19, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), conducted in 65 low-income and 22 middle-income countries. The report describes the prevalence of anthropometric measurements, childbearing, anemia, iron supplementation, and women’s dietary…
Delivering an Action Agenda for Nutrition Interventions Addressing Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Priorities for Implementation and Research
Journal Article published by Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in
This paper summarizes the evidence for effective nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries and outlines policy recommendations and service delivery opportunities as part of an agenda for improving adolescent nutrition.
Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation for Prevention and Reduction of Anaemia among School-going Adolescent Girls (MITRA Youth) Activity Design Document
Reference Material published by Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in
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…
Bangladesh Second National Nutrition Plan 2016-2025
Policy published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh in
The Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2) of Bangladesh aims to operationalize the sub-strategies of the 2015 National Nutrition Policy (NNP) by specifying key nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions. Adolescent girls are a target group of NNP and NPAN2, with an aim to reduce malnutrition in adolescent girls to less than…
DCP Chapter 3: Global Nutrition Outcomes at Ages 5 to 19
Technical Report published by The World Bank Group in
This book chapter describes the dietary intake and the consequences of malnutrition for children ages 5 to 19, as well as global actions to address these issues.
National Strategy for Adolescent Health 2017-2030 (Bangladesh)
Policy published by Directorate General of Family Planning, GOB, MCH Services Unit in
This National Strategy for Adolescent Health in Bangladesh 2017-2030 was developed to address the overall health needs of adolescents. The four adolescent health priority areas addressed in the national strategy are adolescent sexual and reproductive health, violence against adolescents, adolescent nutrition, and the mental health of adolescents.
Assessment of Adolescent Girl Nutrition, Dietary Practices and Roles in Zimbabwe
Technical Report published by Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) in
This assessment identified a variety of factors that may contribute to adolescent girl nutritional status in Zimbabwe. Rates of food insecurity and low dietary diversity were high. Pregnancy among unmarried adolescents was also common.