Publications
USAID Publications
- Health-Related Research and Development
Strategy 2011-2015
This report provides an overview of the Agency’s 2011-2015 strategy
on health-related research and development used to stimulate the development and introduction of key products.
- Global Health and Child Survival: Progress Report to Congress 2010-2011
In the last 20 years, the world has saved more than 50 million children's lives and reduced maternal mortality by one-third. This report details those successes for the time frame of 2010-2011.
- USAID Global Health: Improving Global Health Improves the World
For 50 years, USAID has worked to improve health globally and supported interventions in poor countries around the world to help prevent illness, provide treatment, improve family planning, and strengthen health systems. Read more on how USAID is helping people live longer, healthier, more productive lives.
- Investing in the Future: A United Call to Action on Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies – May 2009 [PDF, 2.1MB]
Launched in May 2009 at the USAID-sponsored Micronutrient Forum in Beijing, China, this report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the global impact of vitamin and mineral deficiencies; describes the health and economic costs of these deficiencies; details progress made and lessons learned in vitamin and mineral programming; and makes a convincing case for increasing funding for cost-effective solutions.
- Report to Congress: Working Toward the Goal of Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality: USAID Programming and Response to FY08 Appropriations
This report is produced by USAID and provides details on maternal and child programs in 30 priority countries, as well as FY08 funding levels.
- Micronutrient Update – January 2007
[PDF, 945KB]
This Micronutrient Update presents information on women and children from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 2000 and 2005.
- Infant and Young Child Feeding Update – September 2006 [PDF, 3MB]
This update provides data on key indicators related to optimal feeding practices of children under five. The Update reports on DHS survey data collected between 1998 and 2004 from 43 countries in 5 regions around the world: sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa/West Asia/Europe, Central Asia, South/Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)
The USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is the Agency's primary online resource for development experience documents. Browse through nutrition-related documents available online.
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition
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Micronutrient Supplementation
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Food Fortification
- Guidelines on Food Fortification with Micronutrients – 2006
These Guidelines provide information relating to the benefits, limitations, design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, cost–benefit, and regulation of food fortification in order to assist developing countries in the design and implementation of appropriate food fortification programs.
- Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency – May 2008
This report reviews global efforts and progress to eliminate iodine deficiency (IDD) during the past two decades, captures the
lessons learned and best practices in the elimination of IDD in various countries, and proposes an agenda against IDD as a vital step toward preventing adverse effects on international development and human potential.
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Management of Malnutrition
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HIV and Nutrition
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Food Security
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