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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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Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF-E) in Action Videos
The following videos depict the IYCF-E Framework in action. UNHCR and Save the Children developed the IYCF-E Framework as an integrated approach to infant and young child care. The goal is to ensure that all issues that are key to developing synergies to
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Infant Feeding in the Context of COVID-19: FAQ for the front-line health and nutrition workers
WHO/UNICEF IYCF recommendations have not changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initiate breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth Exclusively breastfeed for the first 6 months Introduce age-appropriate, adequate, safe and properly fed complementary foods start
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Management of At-risk Mothers and Infants <6 months (MAMI) Briefer
A 2-pager introducing Management of At-risk Mothers and Infants <6 months (MAMI) and documenting Save the Children’s experiences of community-based MAMI programming using the MAMI Tool. To learn more about MAMI, please press this here.
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Improving Nutrition in Cambodia During the First 1,000 Days: The Nourish Experience 2014-2020
This end of project report demonstrates how NOURISH worked to accelerate stunting reduction by focusing directly on the causal factors of chronic malnutrition specific to Cambodia; poverty, lack of access to quality food and nutrition services, unsanitary
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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
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Growth through Nutrition Midterm Evaluation Program Review Report
Save the Children leads the implementation of Feed the Future’s (USAID) Growth through Nutrition (GtN) project in Ethiopia. This internal evaluation report primarily analyzed successes and challenges of implementation from the baseline to the mid-point of
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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
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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".
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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
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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
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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
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Global Health Nutrition Legacy
Save the Children has long been on the leading edge of global progress for children. In commemoration of our 100-year anniversary in 2019, Save the Children USA looked back to capture our legacy in three key areas of global health where we have focused ou