News and Features
Read about the inspiring journey of Pauline Kongo and the Tikwenda Kwitu self-help group from Kenya.
News and Features
USAID Advancing Nutrition partnered with Kenyan ministries to enhance capacity in planning and implementing meetings, workshops, and programs.
Disability Resource Bank
This toolkit aims to train health professionals and birth attendants in early identification of birth defects, appropriate examination of newborns, and early referral for treatment.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition team is seeking an ECD consultant with native-level proficiency in French to review translations for the RCEL Addendum package in French. This includes the full RCEL Addendum package including the Planning, Adaptation and Implementation Guide and several annexes, a Facilitator's Guide, Training Aid, Participant Handouts, and Counseling Cards. Given the technical nature of these documents, there is a need to review the translations for the appropriate use of French terms, accuracy, and conveying content in a way that is clear and reads well.
Job Posting
Consultancy to Technical and Grammatical Review of the Translations for the RCEL Addendum in Spanish
The USAID Advancing Nutrition team is seeking an ECD consultant with native-level proficiency in Spanish to review translations for the RCEL Addendum package in Spanish. This includes the full RCEL Addendum package including the Planning, Adaptation and Implementation Guide and several annexes, a Facilitator's Guide, Training Aid, Participant Handouts, and Counseling Cards. Given the technical nature of these documents, there is a need to review the translations for the appropriate use of Spanish terms, accuracy, and conveying content in a way that is clear and reads well.
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Inadequate nutrition, suboptimal care, and poor feeding practices put children under 5 years at higher risk of disease and mortality. The nutrition needs of many are inconsistently addressed, under-addressed, or unaddressed, causing morbidity and mortality. Providing adequate nutrition services as part of the continuum of care is an important part of reducing morbidity and mortality in children. Unfortunately, routine health services do not always provide those services in a consistent manner.
Disability Resource Bank
This brief provides an overview of stimulation therapy for malnourished children under 5 years old.
News and Features
Sustainable solutions for disability-inclusive nutrition programs are critical to achieving global nutrition goals.
News and Features
On July 12, 2021, USAID Advancing Nutrition launched a new country office in Burkina Faso. USAID Advancing Nutrition Chief of Party Sidi Coulibaly chaired the event, which included remarks from Burkina Faso’s Minister of Health Prof. Charlemagne Ouedraogo.
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Elevating caregiver wellbeing as part of holistic nurturing care and sharing tools to support caregivers in providing optimal newborn nutrition.