USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
A skilled workforce is critical for the provision of nutrition services at the frontline or primary care level and, ultimately, achieving better health outcomes. For frontline providers of nutrition services to detect potential nutrition issues; support treatment; and facilitate prevention through counseling, supplementation, and treatment of underlying issues, educational institutions must equip them with the necessary competencies.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Investing in pre-service training is an especially effective and sustainable approach to improving nutrition services at scale. However, it requires a collaborative effort by all stakeholders—government ministries, academic institutions, professional associations, funders, and technical experts—to ensure curricula prepare frontline health workers to deliver quality nutrition services.
Activity
USAID Advancing Nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic works with health facilities and health care professionals to provide training and knowledge sharing opportunities on nutrition topics.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This training package aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of health workers to collect, compile, and report timely, complete, and quality nutrition data, and the importance of quality data for evidence-based decision making. Quality data and the capacity to use them will greatly improve coverage and delivery of nutrition services based on informed decision making, thus contributing to elimination of malnutrition. The package includes a facilitator manual, a reference manual, and several PowerPoint presentations.
Activity
Toolkit provides program implementers with training session modules, job aids, and social and behavior
change communication materials to promote household nutrition, hygiene, and responsive care.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) Project developed a package of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support training materials for community volunteers in Zambia. It is designed to guide facilitators in training community volunteers to provide nutrition screening, referral, and follow-up care at community level to prevent and manage malnutrition in people with chronic illnesses. The training materials include a facilitators guide and participant handouts.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
These resources can be used to assess and revise nutrition content in pre-service training curricula for health workers who provide frontline nutrition services. It is available in English and Russian.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The tool and accompanying guide provide resources for prioritizing cadres of health workers providing frontline nutrition services, identify relevant competencies, determine if the pre-service training curricula address these competencies, and update curricula.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This training guide is designed for health care managers and providers who manage, supervise, and implement services for the management of acute malnutrition, including those involved in community outreach activities.
Disability Resource Bank
This training program teaches caregivers how to use play and home activities with their children with disabilities.