In April 2017, UNFPA collaborated with Save the Children to launch the Strengthening the National Midwifery Program (SNMP) (2017-2021) under the leadership of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOH&FW) to strengthen midwifery...
Worldwide, 10-20% of children and adolescents have a mental health condition, 50% of which begin by age 14 and 75% by one’s mid-20s. Currently, mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury among 10 to 19...
Investing in adolescents’ rights has the potential to deliver a triple dividend – improving their well-being now, enhancing their future life chances, and boosting outcomes for the next generation of children. Adolescence is a critical window of...
As many of the implementing partners began to wrap up their activities for the project, Growth through Nutrition seized the opportunity for them to impart key lessons learned throughout the project via a webinar. This presentation detailing the...
Globally, pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of under-five child mortality; a child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds. In Indonesia, childhood pneumonia is the second highest cause of underfive child mortality. However, scientific...
As many of the implementing partners began to wrap up their activities for the project, Growth through Nutrition seized the opportunity for them to impart key lessons learned throughout the project via a webinar. This presentation on an infant and...
Animal sourced foods (ASFs) are nutrient dense foods that when consumed in small amounts provide quality protein, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and all nutrients critical for growth and early child development. Growth through Nutrition hosted a...
While millions of children are denied the right to survive, learn and be protected due to the COVID-19 pandemic, current discussions on pandemic preparedness fail to address their needs and rights. Children’s rights to health, education and...
This brief provides an overview of the 1,000 days nutrition counseling course developed by USAID Nurture and the Center of Communication and Education for Health. The brief highlights skills for healthcare staff to provide effective nutrition...
Globally, deaths in the first month of life account for almost half of all deaths in children under 5 (47%). In Mali, in 2014, at the start of the Services de Santé à Grand Impact project (SSGI) funded by USAID, the neonatal death rate was 34...