USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This is a training video developed by the USAID Advancing Nutrition Kyrgyzstan tea
Activity
USAID Advancing Nutrition strengthens health workers' capacity to deliver high-quality nutrition services in northern Ghana.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Community health worker (CHW) presence, number, and timing of visits, counseling, and behavior change messaging strategies, and focus on specific household members are associated with recommended maternal and newborn care practices, including early initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding. Counseling, training, strong supervision, and tools that can help CHWs prioritize and track beneficiaries and suggest behavior change strategies are critical.
Anemia Toolkit
This report describes the current situation with regard to data availability on population micronutrient status, the reasons for the lack of relevant information, and the steps needed to correct this situation, including implementation of a multi-component Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative to advocate for critical data collection and provide related technical assistance, laboratory services, professional training, and financial support.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This video highlights the accomplishments of the USAID Advancing Nutrition Kyrgyzstan
Focus Area Subpage
Gender equality and good nutrition go hand-in-hand.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This newsletter highlights programs and activities conducted during the previous quarter of Project ANSH in four districts of India. Activities include teacher trainings on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) promotion, peer education, an assessment of fast food consumption among adolescents, and other health interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Quality of Maternal Nutrition and Infant Feeding Counselling during Antenatal Care in South Asia
There are evidence gaps about the quality of maternal nutrition and infant feeding counseling during antenatal care and the effectiveness of approaches to improve quality. Research suggests that unequal access to services, limited capacity-strengthening opportunities for frontline workers, and the short duration and frequency of counseling contracts constrain quality. The format, duration, frequency, and content of health worker training, with supportive supervision, are probable approaches to improve quality.
Project Leadership
Peter is a health systems specialist and capacity development expert with almost 20 years of experience in health, education, livelihoods, governance, and advocacy. He joins USAID Advancing Nutrition from Concern Worldwide, where he served as programme director and nutrition project lead for the USAID/Nawiri project. Peter brings extensive experience working with Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and USAID, as well as local county governments and academic institutions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Delivering maternal nutrition counseling through multiple delivery platforms improved maternal diet and/or weight gain during pregnancy. Integrating maternal nutrition counseling into pre- and in-service curricula; providing routine training, mentoring, and supportive supervision for health providers; generating global and regional weight gain guidelines; and incorporating counseling indicators as part of quality-of-care standards and routine health systems are important.