The IYCN Project is pleased to launch our new collection of tools for strengthening community-based nutrition programming. This collection includes literature reviews, training materials, and monitoring and evaluation tools. IYCN has used the resources to […]
Date: Aug 8, 2011 | Category: News alerts
Tools for reaching caregivers, households, and communities IYCN created a collection of tools and resources for use by community-based nutrition programs. The collection includes literature reviews, social and behavior change communication resources for reaching a […]
Date: Jul 22, 2011 | Category: Announcements
IYCN and partners share experiences at July 19 meeting More than 150 participants joined the Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project at PATH on July 19, 2011 for a half-day meeting on community programming […]
Date: Jul 20, 2011 | Category: Events
Welcome to the ninth issue of the IYCN Update, a newsletter from USAID’s Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project. Distributed four times per year, each issue offers updates on the latest research, new resources, and project news.
Date: Jul 20, 2011 | Category: Newsletters
The Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project presents What works for community-based nutrition programming? Applying tools and strategies for changing behaviors and preventing malnutrition July 19, 2011 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM I am pleased […]
Date: Jul 7, 2011 | Category: News alerts
April 2011 A recent special supplement of Maternal and Child Nutrition published in April 2011 is devoted to “Repositioning Children’s Right to Adequate Nutrition in the Sahel” and contains situational analyses of infant and young […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
February 2011 Current WHO/UNICEF diarrhea management guidelines include 10- to 14-day zinc treatment as an adjunct therapy during acute childhood diarrhea based on earlier trials showing substantial reductions in both the duration of the current […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
March 2011 Responsive feeding (RF), or the interaction between caregiver and child during feeding, has become an important issue for scientific inquiry—and a component of nutrition programming—in response to studies showing an association between caregiver […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
February 2011 Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable to iron and zinc deficiency, especially in low-resource settings where they are unreached by fortified products. Targeted use of micronutrient powders (MNP), which contain a variety […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
Washington, DC, June 13–17, 2011 Innovations in micronutrient powder programs: opportunities to reduce child anemia On Wednesday, June 15, the IYCN Project joined partners for a satellite session on innovations in micronutrient powder (MNP) programming […]
Date: Jun 13, 2011 | Category: Events