Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This guideline aims to summarize the global, evidence-based recommendations by the WHO to address all forms of malnutrtion in adolescents. It aims to facilitate the implementation of various existing guidelines and to identify gaps in various nutrtion-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions for improving the health and well-being of adolescents.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This article summarizes the activities carried out by Nutrition International in six countries with a high burden of anemia in adolescent girls. The program collaborated with governements in various countries and facilitated weekly implementation of iron folic acid supplementation.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
The article summarizes two different programs implemented by the Malawian governement to support the weekly supplementation of iron and folic acid for adolescent girls in and out of school in six districts. It also describes the government's efforts to implement nutrition-sensitive farming in ten districts in Malawi.
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.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This article describes a strategy that was used to build the capacity of youth in relation to adolescent nutrition in Zimbabwe. The junior parliament, which is a recognized structure in Zimbabwe, was tasked with educating their peers in 35 schools on a variety of nutrition-related topics by incorporating nutrition into various school activities such as sports, drama, and theater.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
The Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo campaign was a nationwide initiative launced by the government in collaboration with GAIN to promote adolescent engagement to improve the consumption of healthy meals by utilizing social media.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
The article presents the impact of Adolescent Girl Power Groups (AGPGs) promoted by a multi-year maternal and child health and nutrition project in Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh. The AGPG intervention resulted in improved nutrition practices and in shifting gender power dynamics at household and community levels.
Activity
Quality social and behavior change (SBC) evaluations are needed to improve nutrition program design and nutrition outcomes.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition project is seeking a Senior Health Informatics Consultant to review and provide recommendations for updating the technical documentation of the Guidance Package for Developing DTDS Tools for growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) Services to ensure it aligns with business process and decision model notations.
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