Job Posting
USAID Advancing Nutrition is seeking a qualified consultants to conduct interviews to draw lessons learned from USAID implementing partners in food processing activities in Ethiopia. If you are interested please submit your CV, USAID Biodata sheet (blank copy attached), and JSI addendum biodata (blank copy attached) to jobs@advancingnutrition.org with the subject “Food Processing Consultant – Ethiopia”.
Job Posting
USAID Advancing Nutrition is seeking a qualified consultants to conduct interviews to draw lessons learned from USAID implementing partners in food processing activities in Zambia. If you are interested please submit your CV, USAID Biodata sheet (blank copy attached), and JSI addendum biodata (blank copy attached) to jobs@advancingnutrition.org with the subject “Food Processing Consultant – Zambia”.
To explore the gaps in social and behavior change (SBC) resources for women’s healthy diets, USAID Advancing Nutrition identified quality SBC tools and resources through document review and expert interviews. In addition, we identified five key gaps in existing SBC resources and five recommendations for future research and SBC resource development.
Anemia Toolkit
This presentation from the Micronutrient Initiative highlights supply chain barriers to successful iron–folic acid supplementation, and presents experiences from programs related to supply chain considerations to ensure uninterrupted, timely, adequate, and quality stocks of iron–folic acid supplements.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Project Coordinator, Knowledge Management (KM) position is open for recruitment from March 23 to April 5, 2021. The project coordinator will work to keep the KM team organized and on schedule through day-to-day administrative support.
Anemia Toolkit
These presentations, which were held at the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN) panel on Giving Iron to Children, cover a variety of topics, including iron supplementation for growth and development, as well as iron supplementation in the context of malaria exposure.
Anemia Toolkit
This case study describes the process of development of social and behavior change resources for the program to to reduce iron deficiency anemia in women in Mozambique
Anemia Toolkit
This review presents diifferent dietary diversification and modification strategies that aim to improve the availability, access and utilization of foods with a high micronutrient content and availability. Presented strategies include: increasing the production and consumption of micronutrient-dense foods through agriculture, small animal production or aquaculture and, in the future, biofortification; incorporating enhancers of micronutrient absorption; and reducing absorption inhibitors.
Anemia Toolkit
This paper describes the biology, safety, practicability, and acceptability of traditional food technologies at the household or community level, and highlights existing research gaps. Traditional household food technologies include dehulling, peeling, soaking, germination, fermentation, and drying. These technologies have been used for centuries and may provide a means of improving the quality and safety of complementary foods when the basic diet cannot be changed for economic reasons.
Anemia Toolkit
This annual flagship report has been jointly prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO to inform on progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition and to provide in-depth analysis on key challenges for achieving this goal in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report is divided in two parts: 1) Food security and nutrition around the world in 2018; and 2) Impact of climate on food securityy and nutrition.