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USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Adapts to COVID-19
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed many aspects of life around the world, forcing organizations and projects to quickly reassess and adapt programming as the pandemic spread across the globe. As the pandemic evolves, USAID Advancing Nutrition continuously reflects on activities and work plans to identify necessary pivots to continue delivering high-quality work while minimizing risk.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Managing Nutrition Myths and Misconceptions During COVID-19
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Knowledge ManagementSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
This short guide covers social and behavior change strategies for combatting misinformation and supporting programs in responding to COVID-19 related misinformation that affects nutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
MCSP Ghana ECD Learning Brief
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Early Childhood DevelopmentKnowledge Management
This learning brief details the results of the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) Early Childhood Development (ECD) 0-3 program initiative in Ghana. The report details significant gains in short-term knowledge transfer and retention of ECD practices among health workers in both implementation regions between the first two years of the project.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Foreword: Global Nutrition Report in the Context of COVID-19
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsFood SystemsKnowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
COVID-19Economic GrowthFood SecurityResilience
Inequality is a critical driver of malnutrition, particularly in the context of the global pandemic. COVID-19 disproportionally affects undernourished populations, reveals healthcare inequalities, and places additional stress on already vulnerable food systems.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding amid COVID-19
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Knowledge Management
Breastfeeding
In this webinar, Dr. Larry Grummer-Strawn from the World Health Organization stresses that women with suspected COVID-19 symptoms can continue to breastfeed according to standard feeding guidelines but must practice proper respiratory and hand hygiene.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) #WBW2020 Pledge Map
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Knowledge Management
Breastfeeding
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action has crowdsourced events and activities for Breastfeeding Week 2020 around the world. The interactive pledge map allows users to explore details of each event and activity categorized by country.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
COVID-19 Videos
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Knowledge Management
BreastfeedingCOVID-19
These brief videos demonstrate how women with COVID-19 can safely breastfeed. Videos are available in Spanish, English, French, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) #WBW2020 Action Folder
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Knowledge Management
Breastfeeding
Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding requires coordinated actions to identify and address structural, setting, and individual-level determinants. Authors identify fundamental challenges and detail actions that governments, donors, and NGOs must take to create a more enabling environment and improve breastfeeding practices.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Business Case for Investment in Nutrition
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Knowledge Management
BreastfeedingMaternal NutritionPrivate-Sector Engagement
Authors discuss the impacts of malnutrition on companies’ bottom line, including loss of productivity due to underweight employees and lifelong cognitive impacts from childhood malnutrition. While corporate entities cannot address all factors driving malnutrition, providing workplace support for breastfeeding women is within businesses’ sphere of influence.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Reverberating Impact of COVID-19 on Nutrition
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Food SystemsKnowledge ManagementNutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
COVID-19
By disrupting systems that provide nutritious food and nutrition interventions, COVID-19 is expected to critically damage the nutrition of vulnerable groups. When children are not able to reach their full potential due to poor nutrition early in their lives, we risk losing an entire generation.
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Program Packages for Frontline Nutrition Services: How to Choose Them and How to Use Them Webinar
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Knowledge ManagementNutrition and Health Systems
Inadequate nutrition, suboptimal care, and poor feeding practices put children under 5 years at higher risk of disease and mortality. The nutrition needs of many are inconsistently addressed, under-addressed, or unaddressed, causing morbidity and mortality.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
USAID Stakeholder Community Meeting on COVID-19’s Impacts on Global Nutrition
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Knowledge ManagementNutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
COVID-19Resilience
In April, USAID nutrition leadership came together to discuss ongoing global challenges facing the nutrition sector. Presenters provided insight into how USAID might adapt and prioritize activities in response to COVID-19.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Food Security COVID-19 Learning Series
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsKnowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
COVID-19Emergency Nutrition
Bringing together development and emergency activity implementers through a peer-to-peer learning series, IDEAL seeks to foster an engaging environment for sharing challenges and strategies for adapting programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2020 Severe Malnutrition Non-Technical Learning Series
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health Systems
WastingBreastfeedingMicronutrient Interventions
In this monthly online learning series from 1,000 Days, subject-matter experts present the latest evidence on severe acute malnutrition. The series is designed to help non-technical audiences inform severe malnutrition policies and advocacy campaigns.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition: Resource List on Food Systems and Nutrition Responses
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Food SystemsKnowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing disruptions to food systems and food environments, a decline in optimal dietary practices could lead to serious impacts on nutritional status. To address this challenge, this curated list provides up-to-date information focused on nutrition and food systems related to COVID-19.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Protocol for Comparative Evaluation of Blood Sampling Methods and Analytical Devices in the Measurement of Hemoglobin in Population Surveys—A Laboratory Study
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Anemia
Because anemia is diagnosed by measuring hemoglobin concentration in blood, there is an urgent need to make
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
COVID-19Food SecurityResilienceWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The International Food Policy Research Institute is publishing a series of blog posts and continually updating its website with links to provide news and information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security, poverty, and development.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Global Report on Food Crises 2020
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
COVID-19
How might COVID-19 contribute to global food crises? This year's report aims to answer this question while providing an overview of the global scale of acute hunger. It analyzes factors that contribute to, perpetuate, or deteriorate food crises around the world.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
COVID-19: Shocks on Nutrition and Potential Mitigation – USAID Guiding Principles and Recommendations
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Knowledge ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
COVID-19Emergency NutritionFood Security
Summarizing the likely impacts of COVID-19 on nutrition across sectors, this document proposes guiding principles for the response to and recovery from the current crisis. Program designers and implementers can use the document as a framework for advising nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
COVID-19, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition – What Does the Science Tell Us? A Repository
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsKnowledge Management
COVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
This regularly updated collection of peer-reviewed journal articles on COVID-19 and maternal and child health and nutrition summarizes current evidence. The collection includes syntheses of key points from recently published articles, as well as observations made by the curators.