Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Each country’s food system is unique. Although context-specific approaches are critical to transforming food systems for better nutrition, policymakers and implementers can learn from each other's successes and challenges. This brief presents case studies on four countries—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Vietnam—whose food systems range from traditional to modern. They highlight each country’s challenges, approaches, and priorities to share experiences and reveal lessons for other countries.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report: Gender Equality in Rural Africa: From Commitments to Outcomes
The authors use evidence reviews and case studies to demonstrate that increasing female leadership, minimizing women’s institutional barriers, and promoting women’s control of productive assets would produce significant societal gains and reduce the negative impact of gender gaps on African households. The report examines gender in relation to agricultural productivity, shocks and resilience, assets, and trade.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The “expanded MUAC-only” approach is being used in acute malnutrition programming, with a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of <125mm as the only measurement for screening and admission for treatment. This study explored the impact of the approach on eligibility for treatment and access to ready-to-use therapeutic foods. The results showed that 25 percent of all severe acute malnutrition cases would be undiagnosable with this measure; a further 20 percent would be misreported as moderate acute malnutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Social Norms Exploration Tool, also referred to as SNET, is a learning and action tool that helps programs understand a community’s social norms by conducting a social norms exploration. It guides users through five phases from “planning and preparing” to “applying your findings.” It includes useful activities and case studies pertaining to health that facilitate discussions between program teams and community members. Findings can help programs design norms-shifting activities and norms-focused evaluation tools.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Developed by USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program, this practical guidance document is meant to help ministries of health, nongovernmental organizations, and implementing partners working in low- and middle-income countries design, implement, and strengthen the delivery of maternal nutrition interventions during pregnancy and lactation within the health system. It includes step-by-step guidance on how to add maternal nutrition interventions, precedent case studies on matern
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Learn about approaches to manage children with moderate wasting using local foods in the absence of targeted supplementary feeding programs or specially formulated foods.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition conducted a scoping review of social and behavior change (SBC) for nutrition in protracted emergencies to help stakeholders in the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). We identified a range of guidance and standards; toolkits; evidence reviews, briefs, and case studies; and project-specific documents. Project specific documents demonstrated that some implementers are using SBC methods, approaches, and platforms that are similar to nutrition SBC work in recovery or development contexts.
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USAID Advancing Nutrition is supporting efforts to strengthen counseling related to prevention of common childhood illnesses and malnutrition within the integrated community case management program.
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Children aged 6-23 months are most susceptible to malnutrition. Optimal complementary feeding is critical during this time to promote growth and cognitive development. At this age, children require breastmilk and safe and diverse foods to meet these nutritional needs. Even in stable contexts, this is a complex problem that requires multi-sectoral solutions—young children’s diets are determined by the foods, services, and care they receive.