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 94 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.

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USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task Force

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Micronutrient Measurement

Anemia is caused by multiple factors⁠—such as, iron and other nutrient deficiencies, malaria, helminths, inflammation, infections, and genetic blood disorders. Preventing and controlling anemia require an…

Illustration of woman with a mask breastfeeding an infant

The COVID-19 Infant Feeding Research Interest Group and Working Group

Building Global Consensus

USAID Advancing Nutrition hosts the web platform for the COVID-19 Infant Feeding Research Interest Group, as an active member and sub-group co-chair.

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M&E Online Course Repository and Search Tool

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

USAID and other implementing and academic organizations have developed virtual Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) courses available to practitioners at no cost.

Strengthening Programming with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements

Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Optimizing Food Assistance Modalities

USAID Advancing Nutrition supported USAID to improve the design and implementation of programs implementing lipid-based nutrient supplements.

Potatoes and Tomatoes at the local market

USAID’s Modality Decision Tool Nutrition Supplement

Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Optimizing Food Assistance Modalities

Providing an additional tool for implementing partner decision-making in selecting resource transfer modalities to enhance nutrition outcomes through the Supplemental Nutrition emergency sub-sector.

A father of twin infants sits holding one of the children in his lap, while the other infant is sitting in a bright green and orange baby stroller. A nutritionist sits to the right of the photo frame, next to the young boy. The boy is looking on as the nutritionist speaks to his father.

Engaging Family Members Improves Maternal and Child Nutrition

Social and Behavior Change and Gender Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Engaging family members supports mothers and improves gender equity in the household.