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.
Steps for Adapting Graphics and Recommended Practices from Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 Is Suspected or Confirmed
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBreastfeedingCOVID-19Emergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This guide provides practical steps for any national team or organization interested in adapting the graphics and recommended practices found in the counselling package, Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed.
Food SystemsKnowledge ManagementNutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsCOVID-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.
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.
Social and Behavior Change and GenderGender Equality and Women’s EmpowermentGender
The gender equality strategy guides USAID Advancing Nutrition--including technical sectors and country programs--to integrate gender into program activities to the fullest extent possible. The strategy is informed by a global literature review of gender's impact on nutrition and an analysis of gender-based considerations for the project's planned activities.
Field Test Interview Guide: IYCF Recommendations when COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document guides group facilitators through steps to adapt counseling materials for infant and young child feeding when COVID-19 is suspected or confirmed.
Social and Behavior Change Do's and Don'ts: Getting It Right for Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Programming
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
This tool helps nutrition program planners and implementers improve quality at every stage of multi-sectoral nutrition social and behavior change from design to delivery, monitoring, and adaptation.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBreastfeedingCOVID-19Emergency NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
WHO and UNICEF advise caregivers and families with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case to continue with their usual infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices while adhering to the recommended hygiene precautions for COVID-19.
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture and Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from Six Countries in Africa and Asia
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderFood SecurityNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Although evidence exists linking women’s empowerment and improved child human capital outcomes, researchers lack evidence about the relationship between women’s empowerment and child nutrition.
Why Are Child Feeding Practices So Tough to Change?
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Early Childhood DevelopmentSocial and Behavior Change and GenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
While WHO’s Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child still largely influences the design and implementation of nutrition programs for complementary feeding, implementers—such as caregivers—often face difficulties applying these g
Creating Demand for Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS): A Mini Guide
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderMicronutrient InterventionsMaternal Nutrition
Public health practitioners who wish to improve demand for, uptake of, and adherence to multiple micronutrient supplements can look to this guide for assistance. It contains tips categorized into three phases: getting started, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
Adapting Social and Behavior Change Materials in the Time of COVID-19
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderCOVID-19Emergency Nutrition
According to the author of this brief, during a pandemic such as COVID-19, it is important to shift our thinking about research, material design, and behavior-change communications from a longer process to one that focuses on the most important issues and immediate next steps.
Maternal Profiles and Social Determinants of Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children Under- Five Years of Age: A Case-Control Study in Nepal
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsWastingFood Security
More evidence is needed to understand the causes of severe acute malnutrition and develop effective interventions. To address this gap, the authors conducted a case control study in Nepal to identify determinants of severe acute malnutrition in children, including social and material factors.
Sphere defines standards in the humanitarian space and recently published this report on how the standards are evolving in light of COVID-19. The first section focuses on the fundamentals for a holistic approach to the pandemic, which can be achieved by prioritizing peoples’ actual needs over stopping the spread of the virus.
Operational Guidance on Nutrition Sectoral/Cluster Coordination in the Context of COVID-19, Version 2.0 of 6th of April 2020
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsCOVID-19
This document provides guidance for Nutrition Sector/Cluster coordination mechanisms at the national level to adapt core cluster coordination functions and working modalities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Risk of COVID-19 Complications in Children Affected by Wasting: A Joint Statement by UNICEF and the Global Nutrition Cluster
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsWastingCOVID-19
Because children affected by wasting may be at higher risk of pneumonia related to COVID-19, this statement calls for their inclusion in the list of highly vulnerable groups.
Declaration on Food Security and Nutrition during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsCOVID-19
Ministers for agriculture from African Union member states outline their priorities for food security and nutrition in the context of COVID-19 in this statement. They explain the challenges that COVID-19 poses to the continent’s agricultural supply chain, particularly in East Africa, which is already facing difficulties caused by a locust outbreak.
Factors Associated with Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition and Health SystemsEconomic GrowthMaternal Nutrition
Data from the 2007–2008 Demographic and Health Surveys were used to assess how 26 factors are associated with child stunting, underweight, and wasting.
The Effects of Community Home Visit and Peer Group Nutrition Intervention Delivery Platforms on Nutrition Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Nutrition and Health SystemsBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
How effective are community health worker home visits and mother/peer groups in improving nutrition outcomes in low- and middle-income countries?
Early Estimates of the Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal and Child Mortality in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Modelling Study
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Early Childhood DevelopmentNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsFood SystemsNutrition and Health SystemsCOVID-19Emergency NutritionFood SecurityInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The authors of this study estimate maternal and child deaths that may result as an indirect consequence of COVID-19 and the disruption the pandemic may cause to health systems and the food supply.