Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Case studies in this report share learning from Kenya, Mozambique, and Uganda on how MOMENTUM strengthens the capacity of partner organizations. Recommendations share how to increase organizational capacity to foster self-determination, produce sustainable results, align systems for agility, and attract and sustain support.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
This e-learning course offers a practical introduction to behavioral science and behavioral design and explains how to apply these approaches to nutrition efforts. A case study illustrates the behavioral design process and guides participants to assess whether and how the solutions presented can be adapted to other contexts.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Experts discuss policies that support women by protecting families from predatory marketing and providing skilled breastfeeding support. They highlight case studies of disaster preparedness that focus on infant feeding safety and discuss strategies to protect and support maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. This is a webinar.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The toolkit provides materials for those seeking to advocate for increased attention to and investment in early childhood development include country profiles, case studies, examples of advocacy best practices, key messages, quotes that capture the critical elements of nurturing care, a detailed explanation of nurturing care, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The WHO has adapted the services it provides within the nutrition surveillance system (NSS), therapeutic feeding centers (TFC), and isolation units (IU) to respond to the pandemic. The Yemen case study discussed in this article may serve as a roadmap for other countries that intend to undertake similar adaptations.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Grow Together is a social and behavior change communication campaign strategically designed to reduce stunting in rural Cambodia. The campaign promoted the sustained use of key practices in health and nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and agriculture. This paper shares the first look at Campaign results through a mid-term survey that incorporated measures along the Campaign’s impact pathway and compares it to baseline data.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
In 2016, University Research Co. finalized a social and behavior change approach to provide consistent, accurate, and compelling messages that fit within the participatory Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach and that reinforce the core content of the FFS. For each production or post-harvest practice a producer organization adopts through the FFS, the social and behavior change approach defines the key messages that the agriculture field officers then communicate to lead farmers.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Resources explore potential entry points and ways to identify and engage relevant stakeholders and provide practical ideas to improve food systems’ ability to improve nutrition and health. Case studies demonstrate the impacts of policies and programs related to cash and food transfers, food safety, road transport infrastructure, agricultural extension, and land tenure on food system outcomes.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This analysis presents the status of micronutrient deficiencies among children under 5 years of age and women of reproductive age in Guatemala, with an emphasis on iron, zinc, vitamin B12, folate, vitamin A, and iodine. The report provides evidence for the need to develop and update policy and technical guidelines in Guatemala to address micronutrient deficiencies as a public health concern, and within the context of Guatemala’s national strategy for the prevention of chronic malnutrition.
Anemia Toolkit
This systematic review assesses the associations between maternal anemia adverse birth and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The review synthesizes evidence from 29 studies. Findings indicate that more than 40 percent of women experienced anemia during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries and that 12 percent of low birthweight cases, 19 percent of preterm births, and 18 percent of perinatal mortality in the studied regions were attributable to maternal anemia.