Strengthening international efforts to promote maternal and child health

FAO

Strengthening international efforts to promote maternal and child health

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Amid the strong public health focus on women’s nutrition during the crucial first 1 000 days of life, FAO and partners have been collaborating for a number of years on research aimed at developing a globally valid indicator to measure the dietary diversity of women of reproductive age. The new indicator, the Minimum Dietary Diversity – Women (MDD-W), which was first advocated in 2014, constitutes an important step towards filling the need for food-based indicators for use in national and subnational assessments, target setting and advocacy. Given the need for further research to improve the operationalization of the MDD-W, in particular to identify the best method of relevant data collection, a multi-country study following a standardized protocol will be conducted in three countries – Cambodia, Ethiopia and Zambia. The resulting evidence-based user guide will be widely disseminated, contributing to capacity development on MDD-W data collection. In the longer term, meanwhile, the study is expected to strengthen food security and nutrition information systems and support international efforts to promote maternal and child health.

Language English

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