Community-led selection of villages
Lenka Blanarova, Head of Nutrition at Action Against Hunger, shares the lessons learnt from the village selection process for the second phase of Boolo Xeex Xibon project in Senegal.
Updating child wasting guidelines: when global guidelines meets national reality
Mthulisi Dube, Action Against Hunger's Senior Nutrition Advisor, explains what Fiji and Laos teach us about revising wasting guidelines in low-burden, resource-constrained contexts.
Measuring treatment coverage: from contact to effective coverage
In this blog, Uwimana Sebinwa, Senior Nutrition Advisor at Action Against Hunger, explores the difference between contact coverage and effective coverage and why understanding this distinction is essential when assessing the coverage of acute malnutrition management services.
Nutrition determinant methodologies: understanding the scope differences
Nutrition determinants refer to biological, socio-economic, environmental, and behavioural factors that affect food choices, nutrient intake, and health outcomes throughout childhood and into adulthood.
Evolution of coverage assessments: the next generation loading…
Improving the coverage of wasting treatment and other essential nutrition services remains a global priority. Yet, despite two decades of investment, our ability to measure coverage – accurately, regularly, and in a way that guides action – lags significantly behind other areas of public health.