USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Iron is critical for adolescent females (ages 12–19 years) for their red blood cells and to reduce illness. The purpose of this activity sheet is to encourage participants to consume iron on a daily basis.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This study reviewed two poultry projects in Bangladesh and documented lessons learned, gaps, and recommendations for integrating nutrition in agricultural interventions and delivering nutrition-sensitive agriculture. The study looked at how the projects integrated nutrition into agriculture extension services, what approaches were used, what the main nutrition-sensitive interventions were, what capacity building/development and training was carried out, and what perceptions among staff and beneficiaries were regarding the impact of the project.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Mothers and infants at risk of poor growth and development should be cared for as a unit and breastfeeding support is critical. Not all children with moderate wasting need specially formulated food and programmers should prioritize those who need this support based on certain risk factors. All children with moderate wasting need a health assessment to rule out medical problems and access to a nutrient-dense diet. Community health workers can support most children within the community setting if trained and given supervision and support.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The World Food Program is increasingly relying on cash-based transfers to assist food insecure populations. This analysis used a desk review, fieldwork and case studies, a practitioner survey, and a learning workshop to explore how cash-based interventions affect gender equality and women’s empowerment.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project created of a set of counseling cards to address key complementary feeding and water, sanitation, and hygiene behaviors in Sierra Leone.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Vida Saludable, an initiative led by the Government of Mexico, aimed to reduce the incidence of obesity in adolescents and school-going children in the country. As part of this initiative, the government introduced a new subject to the curriculum called Healthy Living, offered training to teachers, and implemented the program in an innovative way using national televsion, radio, or the internet to disseminate interactive games and deliver food diaries.
To address gaps in existing nutrition counseling packages, USAID Advancing Nutrition worked with an external technical advisory group of experts in ECD, nutrition, and social and behavior change to develop counseling and training materials, known as the Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) Addendum package.
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USAID Advancing Nutrition supports the Government of Nigeria to strengthen State Committees for Food and Nutrition across the country to implement nutrition and food security programs and policies.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Introducing solid foods to infants, also known as complementary feeding, is an important part of their growth and development. The purpose of this activity sheet is to explain how to properly introduce solid foods to children.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This simple and easy-to-use toolkit was developed for mapping the nutrition workforce within the health sector. The purpose of this assessment is to collect data on nutrition-specific actions performed by health workers at different levels with the health care service-delivery system. Data that are gathered include nutrition workforce size, composition, qualification, availability, gaps, and training status within different levels of the health facility.