Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

Job Aids and Tools

Section of the poster depicting nutritious plants

Maternal Nutrition Poster (Bangla)

SPRING/Bangladesh is collaborating with the Government of Bangladesh to improve maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Bangladesh. This poster provides practical examples of...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition
Location: Bangladesh

Events

Screenshot of part of a presentation by Kenneth H. Brown

20th International Congress of Nutrition

SPRING is pleased to have participated in the 20th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), held from September 15-20, 2013, in Granada, Spain. The goal of the Congress was to join...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Scale-up
Location: Spain

A2Z Resources

National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Nutrition Job Aid How to Help Mothers and Young Children Stay Healthy

National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Nutrition Job Aid How to Help Mothers and Young Children Stay Healthy

This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children.

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Cambodia
National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Micro-nutrient Module

National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Micro-nutrient Module

This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Micronutrient, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Cambodia

Pages

Resource Review Summaries

Integrating and Strengthening Nutrition in Agriculture and Maternal and Child Health Programs in Guatemala: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2011 to 2017

FANTA’s legacy report highlights six years of technical assistance in Guatemala aiming to raise awareness of the need to invest in evidence-based nutrition services; strengthen...

Keywords: Agriculture, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition
Location: Guatemala

Women, Village Chickens, and Animal Source Food Consumption in Timor-Leste

In this blog, Johanna Wong, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Sydney, shares research findings from Timor-Leste about the promoters and inhibitors of animal source food consumption in...

Keywords: Agriculture, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Gender
Location: East Timor

Priority Interventions to Improve Maternal and Child Diets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia- Maternal and Child Nutrition

Nutrition-sensitive interventions to improve overall diet quality are increasingly needed to improve maternal and child health. This study demonstrates feasibility of a structured process...

Keywords: Nutrition-sensitive, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference Spring 2017

CORE Group will host the Spring 2017 Global Health Practitioner Conference, Integrated Approaches: The Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Key to Community Health, on April 20 – 21, 2017 in...

Keywords: Anemia, Social and behavior change communication, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

Background Study on Empowering Women through Investment in Livestock Value Chains: A Pathway for Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition in Northern Kenya

Approaches that improve women’s engagement in livestock value chains and their impact on women’s empowerment and maternal and child nutrition (MCN) can be powerful in improving women’s and...

Keywords: Agriculture, Women's empowerment, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition
Location: Kenya

Improving Dietary Diversity to Enhance Women’s and Children’s Nutritional Status in Guatemala’s Western Highlands: Recommendations for the Guatemalan Agriculture Sector

The agriculture sector has a significant role to play in improving the nutritional status of women and children. Strengthening the link between agriculture and nutrition is critical to...

Keywords: Agriculture, Dietary diversity, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Nutrient-dense crops
Location: Guatemala

Adapting Agriculture Platforms for Nutrition: A Case Study of a Participatory, Video-Based Agricultural Extension Platform in India

This study examines the feasibility of delivering maternal, infant, and young child nutrition behavior change communication through an innovative agricultural extension program serving...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture
Location: India

Planning an Integrated Agriculture and Health Program and Designing its Evaluation: Experience from Western Kenya

In response to persistently poor maternal, newborn and child health indicators in low income countries, governments, non-governmental organizations and international donors have intensified...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Multi-sector, Agriculture
Location: Kenya

Improving Women’s Nutrition Imperative for Rapid Reduction of Childhood Stunting in South Asia: Coupling of Nutrition Specific Interventions with Nutrition Sensitive Measures Essential

Reducing stunting in South Asia requires the coordination of nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions, especially measures that lead to improved nutritional status for...

Keywords: Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific, Adolescents, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture

First 1,000 Days

In his new book, journalist Roger Thurow tells stories of mothers and babies worldwide to explore the effort to end childhood malnutrition. Thurow highlights the importance of proper...

Keywords: Thousand days, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture
Location: Uganda, India, Guatemala, United States

What Drives and Constrains Effective Leadership in Tackling Child Undernutrition? Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

Strong leadership has been identified as a common element of success within countries that have made rapid progress in tackling child and maternal undernutrition. This study of 89...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

Agricultural Interventions for Improved Nutrition: A Review of Livelihood and Environmental Dimensions

After reviewing 42 evaluations of agricultural interventions for improved maternal and child nutrition, the authors of this article identify three intervention typologies – enhancement,...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture

Nutrition Focus at the 68th World Health Assembly, May 16-18, 2015

The 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together World Health Organization Member States to focus on key milestones for nutrition toward achieving the...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

Multi-sectoral Approaches to Nutrition: Nutrition-Specific and Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions to Accelerate Progress

This overview from the Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security Initiative in Asia outlines linkages between nutrition and a variety of development sectors. The brief re-examines the...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Multi-sector, Malnutrition, Nutrition-specific, Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Asia