Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Empowerment interventions improved food security, affordability, and availability while impacts on anthropometrics and diet quality and adequacy were smaller. Multi-component interventions combining a livelihoods component with behavioral change communication appear to be more sustainable than single-focus interventions. Future research should consider contextual norms and avoid stereotyping women into certain roles.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Authors discuss how using the Adaptive Management Framework and the underlying principles of the responsive feedback approach contributed to a project’s success. To be successful, donors and program implementers must ensure sufficient time and resources to adaptive management activities throughout projects and encourage implementers to be open to diverse perspectives.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Successful transition to a more resilient food system requires a better understanding of local contexts, human behavior, and opportunities for change at individual, community, and societal levels. Experts discuss examples of using behavioral science across the food system to improve outcomes. This is a webinar.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This framework was implemented in partnership with the Government of Kenya in Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu, and Turkana Counties, the USAID Nawiri program is a five-year initiative funded by the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to sustainably reduce persistent acute malnutrition in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). USAID Nawiri aims to help resolve the underlying causes of acute malnutrition through this integrated, multi-sectoral resilience-strengthening program that leverages ongoing emergency and development activities.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The National Working Group on Food Fortification developed a terms of reference (TOR), which articulates the scope of work and sets expectations of the members, the relevant institutions, and the sub-committees to work together and contribute to the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies through implementation of the food fortification program. The TOR is set for review every five years, which formed the basis for this review.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The report on business modelling for food fortification includes in-depth mapping and analysis of the value chain processes and systems, stakeholders involved, and investments in food fortification which focuses on the required organizational structure; technical personnel; capacity building; and economic incentives and financing (income and costing projects and business financing requirements), to design business models for food fortification.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Findings suggest an association between maternal hemoglobin and maternal and neonatal outcomes. Using an optimal range of hemoglobin concentrations throughout pregnancy may produce clinical and public health benefits.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Government of Uganda (GOU) spearheaded efforts to reduce micronutrient deficiencies and demonstrated commitment by adopting industrial food fortification as one of the cost-effective interventions to reduce the disease burden in the population. In 2002, the GOU, through the Ministry of Health (MOH), established the National Working Group on Food Fortification (NWGFF), a multisectoral and multi-disciplinary committee to oversee and guide implementation of the food fortification program.
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Micronutrient deficiencies, also known as hidden hunger, remains a public health concern in Uganda, particularly for children under 5 years and women of reproductive age. The Uganda Demographic Survey 2016 rated anaemia at 53 percent; and anaemia at 32 percent among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) and 33 percent for adolescent girls (15–19 years). The uptake of interventions, such as vitamin A supplementation, that contribute to normal vision, immune system, reproduction, growth and fetal development was at 62 percent for children 6–59 months of age.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Ministry of Health (MOH) adopted industrial food fortification as one of its high-impact and cost effective interventions to contribute to the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies.