Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Timely data on the burden of micronutrient deficiencies is essential to understanding what works where and whether we’re making progress. Researchers recently estimated the global and regional prevalence of deficiencies in one or more micronutrients among preschool-age children and non-pregnant women of reproductive age and bring transparency to the process; however data gaps illuminate how much still remains unknown about the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in all demographics.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Destabilizing planetary pressures and inequalities, societal transformations to ease these pressures, and intensifying polarization are impacting human development. Investing in renewable energy, pandemic preparation, insurance, social protection, and capacity strengthening are critical to respond to these challenges. The report is in English while the overview is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. There is an accompanying webinar.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Ministries of health used human-centered design to identify how to improve technical assistance delivery for maternal, newborn, and child health and health systems strengthening, all of which contribute to improved nutrition. The Inter-Agency Working Group for Capacity Strengthening then worked to identify and address implementation challenges to shift how assistance is delivered in the future.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The toolkit provides multimedia resources on key school health and nutrition interventions and strategies to strengthen cross-sectoral collaboration and co-investment to improve students’ well-being and learning.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Although a weight-for-age z-score less than three (WAZ <−3) is common among severely and moderately wasted children, this indicator is not widely used in treatment programming. Children with moderate wasting and WAZ <−3, who are typically not eligible for therapeutic feeding, likely require longer or more tailored treatment.
Disability Resource Bank
This article provides 12 tips for caregivers to ease mealtime stressors with their children with autism spectrum disorder.
Disability Resource Bank
This article presents a structured method to assess and manage feeding problems in children under three years of age.
Disability Resource Bank
This set of downloadable toolkits covers the importance of mental health, strategies for protecting it, and how to spot early warning signs of mental health problems.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Ghana Health Service has distributed HemoCue® point-of-care devices to measure hemoglobin concentration at the health facility level to assess the prevalence of anemia. The objective of this manual is to define and explain anemia, its causes and effects, and methods for diagnosis. It also outlines the procedure for measuring hemoglobin concentration with the HemoCue Hb 301 device. The target audience for this manual is staff from health facilities who have been selected to become master trainers.
Disability Resource Bank
This video educates caregivers of children with special needs on choking prevention.