Strong systems are important for implementing nutrition services and programs. Adolescents have unique nutritional needs, depending on and affected by their physical, social, and emotional development. Programs and services to support adolescents must be reflected in policies, protocols, strategies, and guidance. Policymakers and program managers need to strengthen the human resource, information, and financial systems to provide or expand nutrition services and programs in locations where adolescents are best reached. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes examples of policies and protocols that address adolescent nutrition..If you have relevant systems strengthening resources, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.
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Delivering an Action Agenda for Nutrition Interventions Addressing Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Journal Article published by Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in
This article discusses delivery platforms and strategies for nutrition interventions for adolescent girls and young women in LMICs. The authors propose packages of preventive care and management that feature nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions to address adolescent undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.
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…
Gabon Politique Nationale de Securite Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (PNSAN) 2017-2025
Policy published by MAEPG, Republique de Gabon in
This document contains Gabon's overarching food security and nutrition policy. The policy promotes the nutrition of adolescents and WRA across nutrition and food interventions, including micronutrient supplementation.
India National Nutrition Strategy (Nourishing India) 2017-2022
Policy published by NITI Aayog, Government of India in
The document is India's National Nutrition Strategy for 2017-2022. A major target of the strategy is to reduce the prevalence of anemia among young children, adolescent girls, and WRA by 2022.
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.
Philippines Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022
Policy published by Department of Health, National Nutrition Council, Philippines in
The Philippines Plan of Action for Nutrition for 2017-2022 focuses on the first 1,000 days of life, the provision of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs, and reaching geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas and indigenous people.
Special Issue: Women's and Adolescent Nutrition
Journal Article published by NYAS in
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Women's and Adolescent Nutrition. It contains articles on such issues as global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people, a systematic review of evidence-based adolescent nutrition interventions, and a review of nutrition guidelines for adolescents…
Adolescent Nutrition Survey in Nepal 2014
Landscape Analysis published by Nepal Health Research Council, Government of Nepal in
This cross-sectional study explored the nutritional status of Nepalese male and female adolescents (ages 10 to 19) from 13 districts in the three ecological regions of Nepal. Data was disaggregated by age, gender, geographic region, residence, religion, socioeconomic status, sanitation and hygiene indicators, and some food consumption patterns.
