Job Posting
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Advancing Nutrition project is the Agency’s flagship nutrition project, led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), and a diverse group of experienced partners. Launched in September 2018, USAID Advancing Nutrition implements and provides technical support to nutrition interventions across sectors and disciplines for USAID and its partners. The project’s multi-sectoral approach draws together global nutrition experience to design, implement and evaluate programs that address the root causes of malnutrition.
Activity
With a new digital tool, USAID Advancing Nutrition strengthened the reporting system for community-based growth monitoring and promotion services, facilitating the work of health personnel to address malnutrition.
Job Posting
Le consultant en communication et gestion des connaissances collaborera avec deux organisations locales au Burkina Faso afin de développer une stratégie de communication et de fournir un soutien à la mise à jour de leurs systèmes de gestion des connaissances.
Le candidat idéal devra avoir:
Anemia Toolkit
The District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA) is a generic toolkit that helps districts assess their current anemia situation. SPRING developed DATA to assist countries in strengthening anemia programming at the district level.
Disability Resource Bank
This toolkit provides guidance for generic workers on how to support children with varying levels of cerebral palsy and/or intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum conditions to promote their health, development, and well-being.
Activity
Over the past four years, USAID Advancing Nutrition has supported policies, programs, interventions, and systems to realize our vision of a world where countries, communities, and families are well nourished, resilient, and able to thrive.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
These slides provide operational guidance on infant and young child feeding in emergencies, with particular emphasis on multi-sector collaboration to improve adolescent services during humanitarian crises.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
In 2019, UNICEF, in partnership with Western Sydney University, conducted a series of workshops with adolescents to learn about how they perceive, access, and consume food. The facilitator's manual outlines the process that in-country partners followed to organize and implement the workshops, and includes planning checklists, activities, handouts, and consent forms. The Nutrition Specialist Field Guide contains materials to assess each workshop activity. The results of these workshops have been published in Food and Me: How Adolescents Experience Nutrition Across the World.
Disability Resource Bank
This training module provides information on using growth charts to assess the growth of children with special health care needs.
Disability Resource Bank
This training supports the integration of disability inclusion into nutrition programming by providing information on the nutritional concerns of children with disabilities.