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The Innocenti Framework on Food Systems for Children and Adolescents
Framework published by UNICEF in
The report describes the Innocenti Framework on Food Systems for Children and Adolescents' five drivers and four determinants that shape children and adolescents’ diets. It details each component, how they interact, and how a food systems approach can improve diets.
Guideline: Implementing Effective Actions for Improving Adolescent Nutrition
Guideline/Guidance published by WHO in
This guideline aims to summarize the global, evidence-based recommendations by the WHO to address all forms of malnutrtion in adolescents. It aims to facilitate the implementation of various existing guidelines and to identify gaps in various nutrtion-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions for improving the health and well-being of adolescents.
Empowering Girls Through SMS
Journal Article published by UNICEF in
A digital counseling service called SMS BIZ, also known as U-Report, was introduced in Mozambique in October 2015. The goal of the project was to create a safe place for adolescents to ask questions and seek counseling on topics generally counsidered taboo in their communities. The text message-based program preserved the anonymity of the…
Pakistan Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2018-2025
Policy published by Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, Government of Pakistan in
The Pakistan Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy for 2018-2025 adopts a multi-sectoral planning and analysis framework. The strategy includes provisions for adolescent girls' nutrition, including micronutrient supplementation, regulation of foods marketed to adolescents, addressing gender equality issues, and health and nutrition education.
Strengthening Nutrition Action: A Resource Guide for Countries Based on the Policy Recommendations of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
Guideline/Guidance published by FAO, WHO in
This resource guide is intended for policy advisors supporting decision makers and development partners involved in multisectoral food and nutrition-related policy-making processes. One of the recommendations is the establishment of policies and the strengthening of interventions to improve maternal nutrition and health, beginning with adolescent…
Nutrition Care, Support, and Treatment for Adolescents and Adults: Training for Facility-Based Service Providers—Participant’s Manual: Module 3. Nutrition Counselling and Education
Training Material published by Ministry of Health in
This training manual was developed by the Government of Malawi with support from USAID. It aims to guide facility-based service providers on how to effectively counsel adolescents on nutrition-related topics.
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…
Madagascar Plan National D'Action pour la Nutrition (PNAN III) (2017-2021)
Policy published by Republic of Madagascar in
This document contains Madagascar's overarching nutrition strategy from 2017 to 2021 (PNAN III). PNAN III incorporates provisions for adolescent nutrition in school and community settings, including nutrition education, IFA supplements, and deworming.