Adolescent, maternal Infant and young child nutrition implementation guideline

Abstract

Breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition is vital as the issues and concerns in one age group may spring from the nutritional issues and concerns in the earlier age groups. Therefore, nutritional interventions focusing only on one or few age groups may not be sufficient for sustainable improvements in health and nutrition outcomes. Cognizant of these generational implications, the National Food and Nutrition Policy and Strategy documents have incorporated important initiatives to improve the nutritional status of adolescent, pregnant and lactating women, infant and young children. For effective implementation of the policy and strategy, it is critical to develop an implementation guideline that provides direction for nutrition and health service providers to translate the initiatives into actions. This guideline will provide the framework for standardization of the prioritized nutrition interventions and address nutrition along the life cycle using evidence-based, integrated, and multi-sectoral approaches