Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
This resource collection supports governments, USAID, and nutrition partners in their efforts to strengthen multi-sectoral nutrition governance in their countries of operation. Featured resources focus on leadership, planning and budgeting, operational capacity, coordination and communication, accountability, and knowledge management.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Kenya Ministry of Health Division of Family Health, Wellness, and Nutrition; implementing partners, and USAID Advancing Nutrition designed and are currently evaluating a breastfeeding counseling mentorship program’s feasibility to strengthen health worker breastfeeding counseling competencies in Kenya. The brief is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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This report addresses behaviors, perceptions, and cultural beliefs in relation to maternal dietary intake during pregnancy, lactation and non-lactation, weight gain during pregnancy, birth spacing and family planning, and how these beliefs may provide context for improving infant and young child feeding practices.
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This guidance document is intended to increase the awareness and understanding of optimal maternal nutrition practices and to support people who are working to translate optimal practices into feasible actions and programs for a given country or region.
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This poster provides practical examples of nutritious and affordable foods that can be made using locally available items, with suggested proportions depicted on a plate. This allows for a more easily understood message about dietary diversity and a healthy diet. The poster also provides information about the health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.
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This brief operationalizes the revised World Health Organization 2016 antenatal care recommendations, providing guidance on how programs can plan and implement nutrition and anemia interventions for pregnant women. It is intended for program implementers, district- and health facility-level program managers, and policymakers.
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The U.S. Government's Global Food Security Strategy presents an integrated approach to combating the root causes of hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. This guidance on nutrition is one of 18 technical guidance documents intended to provide a shared understanding of key concepts and best practices for designing and implementing Feed the Future programs under the Global Food Security Strategy. It is meant to helps missions design new and follow-on integrated programming that incorporates nutrition objectives and technical approaches to optimize nutrition outcomes.
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This report on the findings of a qualitative assessment conducted jointly by the Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project and the National Food and Nutrition Commission provides insight into maternal nutritional knowledge and practices.
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The goal of this paper is to review the approaches used, practices promoted, and lessons learned by projects and programs that set out to improve the nutrition of adolescent girls and women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries. Specifically, it sets out to (1) provide information on global programmatic experiences to improve the nutrition of women of reproductive age; and (2) summarize inputs, outcomes, and lessons learned from implementers who have or are currently carrying out nutrition programs for women of reproductive age.
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This review summarizes qualitative research findings on maternal nutrition from nine Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project country programs. The document describes sociocultural barriers to improved nutrition and offers recommendations for improving maternal nutrition programming.