USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Anemia is a condition that can arise from a number of factors including inadequate nutrition, infection, chronic disease, and genetic-related etiologiesis. It's one of the world's most common public health problems. This meta-review suggests the importance of nutrition-specific interventions for anemia and highlights the lack of evidence to understand the influence of nutrition-sensitive and multifaceted interventions on the condition.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Project Coordinator, MEL and Capacity Strengthening position is open for recruitment from September 14 - September 28. The project coordinator will work across two key technical teams: the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) and Capacity Strengthening (CS) teams, to stay organized and on deadline through daily administrative support.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Senior Advisor, MEL Country Support position is open for recruitment from September 15 to September 29, 2020. The Senior Advisor will sit on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team and provide MEL support to USAID Advancing Nutrition country programs. They will support country staff to develop and implement MEL plans and activities.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Research Advisor position is open for recruitment from September 15 to November 9, 2020. The Research Advisor will sit on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team and is responsible for ensuring high-quality design and implementation of program evaluation and research activities, including quantitative analysis and mixed methods research, across the project.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Digital tools offer an innovative means to improve coverage and quality of nutrition services in heath facilities and communities. To avoid duplication of effort, learn from successful implementation to date, and guide future work, it is important to understand what has already been designed, developed, tested, and scaled. This report helps experts in both nutrition and digital health identify and fill gaps by providing an overview of how digital tools have been used to strengthen nutrition services and highlighting key features of successful tools.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Director of Country Programs (DCP) position is open for recruitment from September 21 to October 4, 2020. The DCP is a member of senior leadership and sits on the Project Management Team. The DCP works with the project’s Technical Directors and Chiefs of Party to ensure consistent, coordinated implementation of the project’s technical priorities across the country portfolio and is responsible for the overall success of country programs.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Research in four countries found positive correlations between child development and preschool attendance, preschool duration, and home learning activities among non-stunted and stunted children. This article is behind a paywall.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Evidence demonstrates that a supporting and nurturing environment—defined as warmth and responsiveness, discipline and control, stimulation, and teaching—improves cognitive development. Conversely, chronic illness during childhood is negatively associated with cognitive development and school readiness.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Data suggest that psychosocial interventions can improve malnourished children’s mental health but there is insufficient evidence on the effects of such interventions on supplementation. The World Health Organization recommends that malnourished children participate in psychosocial interventions and stresses the importance of more research on the mental health sequelae of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
In Nampula, Mozambique, exclusive breastfeeding practices are suboptimal. To reduce breastfeeding challenges in Nampula, the USAID Maternal and Child Health Survival Program conducted a study on the minimum breastfeeding competencies and practical skills needed by Nampula facility- and community-based providers.