The goal of USAID's Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy (2014-2025) is to improve nutrition to save lives, build resilience, increase economic productivity, and advance development. To support the implementation of this Strategy, a series of technical guidance briefs are being developed which summarize the evidence, best practices and programmatic guidance on a variety of topics related to nutrition.

The following briefs are currently available, with more to follow:

Technical Guidance Briefs

Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition

Effective At-Scale Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Communication

Gender Considerations for Achieving Nutrition Outcomes through Agriculture

Intensive Nutrition Programming

Interventions for Addressing Vitamin and Mineral Inadequacies

Introduction to Nutrition Budget and Expenditure Analysis

Maternal Nutrition for Girls and Women

Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture: Applying the Income Pathway

Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture: Nutrient-rich Value Chains

Nutrition Costing

Nutrition in Emergencies

Nutrition, Food Security and Family Planning

Nutrition, Food Security and HIV

Role of Nutrition in Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths

The 1,000-day Window of Opportunity

WASH and Nutrition: Water and Development Strategy and Implementation Brief

 

 

Discussion Papers

Convergence and Tension in Nutrition-sensitive Agricultural Market Development Activities

Nutrition Scale-Up: Learning from Experience