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Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition

Globally, undernutrition contributes to nearly half of all child deaths. Undernourished children who survive often suffer lifelong and intergenerational consequences: they are more susceptible to disease and are more likely to have poorer educational outcomes, poorer birth outcomes and reduced economic activity into adulthood. Furthermore, malnutrition during pregnancy increases the risk of preterm births, low birthweight, and infant mortality.

Save the Children's maternal, infant and young child nutrition programs focus on the delivery of evidence-based nutrition interventions during the "first 1000 days," the period from pregnancy to a child's second birthday. Save the Children works with governments, civil society and communities to ensure adequate food and nutrient intake in pregnant women and young children, effective infant and young child feeding practices and the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Save the children supports immediate and exclusive breastfeeding through the age of six months, and continued breastfeeding through the age of two years.

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Good Nutrition on Tea Estates

Between 2016 and 2019, Save the Children US worked together with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health to improve child and maternal health and nutrition in the Tea Estates. The nutrition of a child during the 1000 days of their lives is especially important

Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
Learning Brief: Village Savings and Loans Associations Promote Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture

This is a learning brief developed by the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene project (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène- PNH). Access to sustainable micro-credit was long considered impossible in the rural communities of Mali’s Sikasso Region. Yet, with the support of

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children
Learning Brief: Dynamic Community Approaches Promote Health in Sikasso, Mali

This is a learning brief about The USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene project's (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène) community approach focused on social and behavior change to improve nutrition among young children and pregnant and lactating women in Mali. The project

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
Tanzania: Lishe Endelevu- Sustainable Nutrition

This is a Project fact sheet for the USAID-funded multi-sectoral nutrition activity Lishe Endelevu in Tanzania (2018-2022). "Lishe Endelevu" is Swahili for "sustainable nutrition".

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
NOURISH Project Endline Survey Report

The NOURISH Project Endline Survey Report assesses the nutritional status of women and children and changes in behaviors related to the three pillars of the project’s approach to integrated nutrition: health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and agri

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children International
Learning Brief: Strengthening WASH Approaches to Improve Nutritional Status among Women and Children in Sikasso, Mali

This learning brief describes the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene project (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène)'s WASH strategy focused on community and social behavior change. Undernutrition disproportionately affects the rural poor, trapping families in a vicious c

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
The Power of Movements

This handout was developed to be shared with participants at Women Deliver 2019, the world's largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. The leaflet aims to highlight some of the ways in which our progra

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children
Communautés se Transforment Elles-mêmes, 2014–2019 (Communities Transforming Themselves 2014- 2019)

This infographic highlights the results and accomplishments of the Mali USAID Nutrition and Hygiene project (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène), in four integrated components as well as cross-cutting results. The bottom panel highlights the outcome indicators a

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
Learning Brief: Strengthening Malnutrition Services at Community Health Centers in Sikasso, Mali

This learning brief focuses on the health worker capacity strengthening component of the USAID Nutrition and Hygiene project (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène-PNH). Though largely a community-level social and behavior change project, USAID/PNH aimed to strengt

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
Learning Brief: Integrated Programming Reduces Malnutrition, Builds Strong Families and Reinforces Social Cohesion

This learning brief focuses on the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene project’s (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène) integrated approach to improving nutrition among pregnant and lactating women and children under two years of age. The project was organized around the

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children
USAID/Projet Nutrition et Hygiène: Stories from the Heart

Without first-hand knowledge, it is often difficult to understand and appreciate the transformative changes that communities are experiencing. This book of success stories shares the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene (Projet Nutrition et Hygiene) project’s jour

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US
Learning Brief: Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture

This is a learning brief from the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene Project (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène) that was implemented in Mali from 2013-2019. This focuses on agriculture as an approach to improve nutritional status among women of reproductive age and c

Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children US