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2021 was a “Year of Action” for nutrition. For USAID Advancing Nutrition, that meant expanding our work to support local ownership of multi-sectoral nutrition programs in 11 countries.
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When community health volunteers in low- and middle-income countries counsel caregivers on how to feed children who are sick with or recovering from pneumonia, it can help save lives.
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Nutrition is important for a woman throughout her lifetime but it also has a ripple effect on her household and community that is strained on the frontlines of a pandemic.
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Humanitarian responses help us cope with crises, including those caused by climate change, which has a direct impact on people's livelihoods and rates of acute malnutrition.
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Breastfeeding is the first food system, delivering the perfect mix of nutrients in the right amount, at the right time with no environmental impact—an investment of a lifetime.
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Animal-source foods are an important source of several important micronutrients, but are there unintended impacts that livestock have on nutrition within food systems?
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When people avoid fresh foods for fear of illness, consumption of nutritious foods decreases for everyone. Food safety helps protect and promote healthy diets, especially for women.
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Despite a short implementation period, partnering with local government led to big nutrition improvements through a WorldFish aquaculture project in India.
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As diets shift to adapt to a changing world, the Diet Quality Questionnaire helps us understand and respond to the nuances of people’s diets in different countries and regions.
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The global response to COVID-19 threatened many of the hard-earned gains in reducing malnutrition around the world. Learn how we collaborated, learned and adapted to maintain progress.