Nutrition

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In conjunction with the Feed the Future initiative, USAID combats malnutrition by providing training and materials to encourage nutrition education on a community level. Twenty-nine percent of Ethiopian women are malnourished, and 38 percent of children suffer from chronic under-nutrition. Both micronutrient and protein-caloric malnutrition are complications for children and may stunt a child’s growth. USAID provides technical assistance in developing policy, programs, guidelines and institutional capacity to monitor undernourished populations. Nutrition Assessment and Counseling Support (NACS) is provided by USAID and its partners to hospitals and health centers, in addition to fortification and supplementation of micronutrients.

Projects include:

• Empowering New Generations in Improved Nutrition and Economic opportunities (ENGINE): Use sustainable, comprehensive, and coordinated interventions to improve the nutritional status of women and young children. Focus on strengthening nutrition programs and policy, health care services, community-oriented care and practices, and a rigorous learning agenda.
  See also: Agricultural Growth and Food Security
• Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) III: Provide technical assistance in nutrition training at national and regional levels. Also provide technical assistance in reviewing and updating national HIV/AIDS nutrition policy and guidelines.
  See also: PEPFAR
• Food by Prescription: Provide nutritional assessments, counseling, and assistance to HIV+ individuals, pregnant and postpartum women, and orphans and vulnerable children.
  See also: PEPFAR 
• Urban HIV/AIDS Food and Nutrition Assistance: Advance the nutritional status and quality of life of food-insecure people living with HIV/AIDS and receiving Home Based Care, Antiretroviral Therapy, and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Services. Also increase school enrollment and attendance of orphans and vulnerable children in urban communities affected by HIV/AIDS.
  See also: PEPFAR

See also: Feed the Future Initiative, PEPFAR - Nutrition