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.
USAID Advancing Nutrition Final Report: October 1, 2018–February 2024 (Executive Summary)
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Knowledge Management
USAID Advancing Nutrition was a five-year contract funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in August 2018 and extended through February 25, 2024. USAID created USAID Advancing Nutrition to support the implementation of USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014–2025, by—
Infant and Young Child Feeding Image Bank (Resource Collection)
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Knowledge ManagementSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The Infant and Young Child Feeding Image Bank provides more than 900 images to illustrate recommended practices. Practitioners have used the images in more than 70 countries to promote behavior change for improved maternal and child nutrition.
USAID Advancing Nutrition delivered the following posters, oral presentations, and symposiums at the Micronutrient Forum Global Conference from October 16–20 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Summary Report on Progress to Integrate Nutrition in Tanzania's Ministries, Departments, and Agencies’ Processes and Documents
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Knowledge Management
This report summarizes the experiences one year after the rapid assessment and process that USAID Advancing Nutrition, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), and the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center (TFNC) used to raise awareness of nutrition and opportunities to access technical support, and to participate in relevant exercises hosted by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy Presentations
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Food SystemsKnowledge ManagementBehavior Change for NutritionFood Systems
We delivered these learning labs and poster presentations at the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy in June 2023 online and in person in Lilongwe, Malawi. Presenters discuss caregiver resources, social and behavior change measurement, and food environment methods and metrics.
Knowledge ManagementWastingCOVID-19Micronutrient InterventionsWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Resources featured in this interactive web page include a framework to address persistent wasting, small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement program implementation, blanket supplementary feeding, treating moderate wasting with local foods, providing training for health workers, and strengthening wasting management and the ready-to-use therapeutic food supply chain, among other topics.
Nutrition Governance and Multi-Sectoral Coordination
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Knowledge Management
Nutrition governance requires political will, coordination across multiple sectors, sustainable and transparent financing, and mechanisms to monitor and influence decision-making and policy implementation. This interactive web page showcases work from seven countries.
The Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act Implementation Plan presents priority technical areas in nutrition; the approach USAID will take to coordinate and collaborate internally and with priority countries, other federal agencies, and partners; and accountability mechanisms.
Knowledge ManagementWastingBreastfeedingChild NutritionComplementary FeedingEmergency NutritionFood SafetyFood SystemsGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionResilienceWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Future investments should include strengthening nutrition as part of primary health care, identifying pathways through which food systems most effectively and efficiently prevent child wasting, improving access to ready-to-use therapeutic food for treatment and specialized nutritious food (SNF) for prevention, supporting the development of sustainable financing strategies for health systems and
Nurturing Young Children through Responsive Feeding
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Knowledge ManagementChild NutritionComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS)
Comprehensive counseling, and responsive feeding (RF) are an essential aspect of adequate nutrition and responsive caregiving. This brief describes how responsive feeding promotes positive caregiver-child interactions and early learning.
Key activities this year include engaging national actors to adopt and scale multiple micronutrient supplementation; raising awareness of women’s nutrition challenges; developing strategic partnerships and collaborations across maternal nutrition, health, and related fields; and expanding the consortium’s capacity, expertise, and reach.
What it Takes to Bounce Back from Severe Malnutrition: Albatoul’s Story
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Knowledge ManagementWastingGrowth Monitoring and Promotion
Aid workers reported increases in the number of women seeking care and treatment for their malnourished children and in ready-to-use therapeutic food refill requests. While they urge mothers to stick to a schedule during treatment and to bring their children back for follow-up to ensure a full recovery, they are fearful that critical supplies could be cut off.
Nutrition and Feeding of Children with Feeding Difficulties and Disabilities: Gaps, Progress, and Opportunities
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Knowledge ManagementBreastfeedingChild NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Supporting children with feeding difficulties and disabilities requires strengthening systems to improve the identification, early intervention, and inclusion of children with complex needs in primary health care services and expanding availability of specialized services. Provide support to families to address social determinants and raise awareness of the need and opportunities.
Nutrition Resources and Tools Across the USAID Program Cycle
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Knowledge Management
To support multi-sectoral nutrition, the resource collection provides tools for strategic planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, skill building and curricula, and learning and new evidence.
For the last two decades, Tanzania has significantly improved nutrition outcomes and made noteworthy efforts in integrating nutrition within key national development agendas. In 2016, the government of the United Republic of Tanzania (URT) launched the National Multi-sectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMNAP) to scale up multi-sectoral nutrition actions.