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Nutrition and Development of Children Under Two Years of Age
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This 12-page booklet describes, in simple terms, appropriate nutritional practices for children of different ages (i.e., infants under 6 months, children 6 months to 1 year, children 1 to 2 years, and children over 2).
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Nutrition and Care of Infants and Young Children Facility Tools
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These four posters, produced in both Kyrgyz and Russian, are dedicated to nutrition and care of infants and young children. The posters cover several topics including exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, introduction and appropriate complementary feeding starting at 6 months, early child development practices, and when to seek emergency care for a sick child.
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Mozambique Job Aid for Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Context of HIV
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This job aid was developed to help health care workers in Mozambique make accurate recommendations and ensure the safest and best feeding approach for children born to HIV-positive mothers.
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Mother-to-Mother Support Groups: Trainer’s Manual and Facilitator’s Manual with Discussion Guide
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
These manuals were designed for training mother-to-mother support group facilitators to lead participatory discussions on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. The manuals provide detailed information on potential support group topics and answers to questions that may arise during support group sessions. The global version can be adapted for a wide variety of contexts.
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Minimum Package of Activities - Nutrition Module
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) is a tool that aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of health center staff in Cambodia in regard to nutrition to improve the health of mothers and young children. The revised MPA Module 10, from 2009, focuses on the six contacts health center staff have with pregnant women and mothers with young children.
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Men as Positive Agents of Change: Findings from a Formative Assessment
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This document summarizes the results of an assessment in Kenya’s Western and Eastern Provinces to learn how to best engage men in support of healthy maternal dietary and infant and young child feeding practices.
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Measuring the Quality of Mother-child Feeding Interactions: A Study of Indicators for Responsive Feeding
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This brief describes findings from a study conducted in Peru to assess responsive feeding behaviors and mothers' recall of them. The goal of the study was to identify reliable indicators for responsive feeding that can be obtained through mother interviews in large-scale surveys.
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Maximizing Synergies Between Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This technical brief outlines the rationale for aligning maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and family planning interventions, summarizes evidence on the relationship between these two areas, and provides an overview of opportunities to identify linkages and better integrate counseling and services across multiple interventions.
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Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition in Malawi: Community Nutrition Workers Training Package
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The purpose of the training package is to provide support for improving nutrition in Malawi by strengthening the capacity of community-level workers and volunteers to provide nutrition guidance and support. The package includes curriculum counseling cards, key message booklet, recipe book, and supervision guidelines with national and district-level supervision checklists.
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Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning (MIYCN-FP) Integration Toolkit
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This toolkit contains resources to help advocates, policymakers, program managers, service providers, and other audiences effectively integrate maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and family planning services.
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The Power of Counseling: Changing Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning Practices in Dhamar, Yemen
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This study was conducted in two districts of Dhamar, Yemen, to inform the development of evidence-based programming to address high rates of malnutrition, short inter-pregnancy intervals, and low contraceptive prevalence in the country.
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Lesotho Infant and Young Child Feeding Curriculum and Participant’s Manual
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This curriculum for health workers is based on the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling: An Integrated Course.
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Junk Food Is a Feeding Problem Contributing to Poor Growth and Stunting in Egyptian Children
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Mothers are committed to the care and feeding of young children, but they need knowledge and feasible solutions to face the challenges of infant and young child feeding. This brief outlines the causes and outcomes of stunting in Egyptian children and the role of junk food. It also includes key policy and program recommendations to address junk food in Egypt.
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IYCF-E Toolkit: Rapid Start-Up Resources for Emergency Nutrition Personnel
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The IYCF-E Toolkit was designed to promote best practice and rapid implementation of infant and young child feeding in emergencies. The toolkit aims to meet the needs of emergency nutrition program managers, coordinators, and advisors who are responsible for program design, implementation and management of infant and young children in emergencies (IYCF-E) programs.
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Haiti Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Cards
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project supported the government of Haiti to develop this set of infant and young child feeding counseling cards for health workers and community workers.
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Factors Associated with Early Growth in Egyptian Infants: Implications for Addressing the Dual Burden of Malnutrition
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The article examines infants and young children in Egypt, who face overlapping forms of malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies, stunting, and overweight. Findings demonstrated a need to develop new intervention strategies to address the double burden of malnutrition in this population.
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Engaging Grandmothers to Improve Nutrition: A Training Manual and Guide for Dialogue Group Mentors
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Grandmothers play a pivotal role in advising mothers and families on how to raise young children and care for pregnant women, and therefore it is critical that grandmothers have the best health and feeding information for the optimal growth of infants and care for pregnant women, and are provided with a forum for discussion.
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Cost Study of the Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Years of Age Approach in Burundi and Guatemala
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach (PM2A) is a preventive approach that has been shown to be more effective in reducing the prevalence of stunting, being underweight, and wasting than a traditional recuperative program model.
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Consulting with caregivers: Formative research to determine the barriers and facilitators to optimal infant and young child feeding in three regions of Malawi
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This report and handout summarize research intended to provide the information necessary to design effective activities to improve infant and young child feeding and nutrition within new or existing programs in Malawi.
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Conducting an Infant and Young Child Feeding Support Group Meeting in Nigeria
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Nutrition and Health Systems
Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This two-page job aid helps community volunteers in Nigeria conduct community infant and young child feeding support groups after completing training on infant and young child feeding.