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This report presents findings from a qualitative research study undertaken by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) to strengthen understanding of the household-level dynamics between smallholder agriculture, food security, and nutrition outcomes in two districts of Uganda.
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USAID Advancing Nutrition helped organize a running competition for the residents in the Kyrgyz Republic; 300 men and women between the ages of 18 and 75 participated.
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Tanzania is leading efforts to improve multisectoral nutrition programming, with support from USAID Advancing Nutrition. Since 2019, the project has been working to develop institutional capacity and provide technical assistance to local nutrition-sensitive government entities including the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center (TFNC).
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Deploying agriculture extension agents to deliver nutrition services requires sufficient staffing, better transportation, additional training, and improvements in organizational capacity. It also requires addressing contextual factors, including worker safety. This article is behind a paywall.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Households targeted for programming were more likely to be food secure, targeted women and children were more likely to consume a nutrient-adequate diet, and each additional intervention increased the probability of achieving positive nutrition outcomes. Stakeholders should diversify intervention packages and enable and incentivize beneficiaries to participate in multiple interventions.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
This case study identifies the local definition of multi-stakeholder/multi-sectoral platforms and country-level governance arrangements and structures for them. It discusses key achievements and emerging challenges faced by these platforms and how to sustain progress. This report is available in English and French.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Nurturing Care Groups model produced statistically significant changes in reported knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to physical abuse and corporal punishment, as well as decreases in reported physical and psychological punishment. Knowledge of negative impacts of stress on parenting, stress reduction techniques, and positive discipline and parenting practices increased.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Engaging fathers and bundling nutrition and parenting programs impacted gender attitudes, the frequency of communication between parents, and women's dietary diversity.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Respondents in this study report mixed experiences using the Care for Child Development (CCD) package with respect to adaptation, training, supervision, integration into existing services, and monitoring fidelity and quality. Authors stress the importance of learning more about how to improve effectiveness, implementation fidelity and quality, and CCD acceptance and provide scaling recommendations.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Policies, programs, evidence, and funding to support children with feeding difficulties and disabilities and their families are insufficient. Recommendations include strengthening systems to improve identification and service provision, providing direct support to families to improve nutrition outcomes, engaging in advocacy to raise awareness of needs and opportunities, and building the evidence base on effective interventions.