What We Do | USAID Advancing Nutrition

USAID Advancing Nutrition draws together global nutrition experience to design, implement, and evaluate programs that address the root causes of malnutrition. Working across and through varied sectors, we provide technical support to and implementation of nutrition interventions for USAID and its partners to address the root causes of malnutrition. We also provide technical assistance to USAID to support the implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014-2025 in the many countries where USAID works.

Explore our Technical Area Spotlights featuring research and tools from USAID and USAID Advancing Nutrition that can help you adopt proven approaches to reduce malnutrition.

Our Focus Areas

Capacity Strengthening

Early Childhood Development

Food Systems

Knowledge Management

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Nutrition and Health Systems

Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts

Social and Behavior Change and Gender

Activities

Browse a selection of 9 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.

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The Kyrgyz Republic Module Toolkit for Training Community Health Volunteers

Social and Behavior Change and Gender

Toolkit provides program implementers with training session modules, job aids, and social and behavior change communication materials to promote household nutrition, hygiene, and responsive care.

Health worker documenting small infant's weight outside with a hanging scale, while the mother holding the child.

Developing a Learning Agenda to Strengthen Counseling within Growth Monitoring and Promotion

Nutrition and Health Systems

USAID and USAID Advancing Nutrition in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and GFF developed a learning agenda to strengthen counseling within growth monitoring and promotion services.

Family photo of two adults and five young children of various ages in traditional garb.

Integrating Responsive Care and Early Learning Counseling into Nutrition Services in the Kyrgyz Republic: Tools, Resources, and Findings

Early Childhood Development Responsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF Counseling Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations

In the Kyrgyz Republic, we tested an approach to integrate responsive care and early learning content into existing nutrition counseling services to support improved caregiving practices.

Group of health workers watching a trainer show them how to work with a newborn in a classroom.

Improving Quality of Nutrition Service Delivery: A Call to Action to Strengthen the Nutrition Content in Pre-Service Training

Capacity Strengthening Nutrition and Health Systems

USAID Advancing Nutrition held a virtual meeting with stakeholders from six countries to discuss ways to enhance nutrition components of pre-service training for frontline health workers.

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Working to Prepare Frontline Health Workers to Deliver Quality Nutrition Services

Capacity Strengthening Identification and Use of Nutrition Competencies Pre-Service Training Nutrition and Health Systems

USAID Advancing Nutrition invests in pre-service training curricula, a critical, sustainable, and scalable approach to improving the nutrition-related competencies of health workers.

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USAID Advancing Nutrition Helps Conduct the National Integrated Micronutrient and Anthropometric Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic

The 2021 National Integrated Micronutrient and Anthropometric Survey (NIMAS) in the Kyrgyz Republic reveals food insecurities and micronutrient deficiencies among children under five and women of reproductive age.