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 detailing the...
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...
Despite prevailing patriarchal culture and gender-biased attitudes in Gaza, context-aware AISHA (Association for Women and Child Protection), engaged men, boys, women, and girls in an open and interactive dialogue about Sexual and Reproductive...
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...
2020 was the year when COVID-19 changed everything. The pandemic has devastated millions of children’s lives, setting back decades of hard-fought progress for their education, health, protection and well-being. In 2020, children’s rights remained...
In response to the devastating floods and heavy rainfall experienced in Cambodia in late September 2020, caused by tropical storms Nangka and Saudel, Save the Children, funded by ECHO, Save the Children Korea (SCK) and the organisation’s Children...
This brief provides an overview of USAID Nurture activities in Laos PDR to strengthen the capacity of communities to promote sustainable behavior changes in integrated nutrition and WASH (iNuW). The adoptions of these iNuW behaviors among target...