April 23, 2010
The CORE Group Nutrition Working Group, in collaboration with FANTA-2/AED and Save the Children, finalized The Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool for Program Planners (NPDA).
This 2-part tool was developed to help nutrition program planning teams design community-based nutrition programs. A simple Reference Guide and Workbook, the NPDA is best used in collaboration with a range of partners, including ministry staff, community leaders and representatives and local organizations.
The publication provides a framework for programmers to analyze the nutrition situation and offers guidance for design teams to choose the most appropriate nutrition approaches based on the specific context and need.
- NPDA Workbook --The Workbook is a place to record data, decisions, and decision-making rationale.
NPDA Workbook
NPDA Step 1 Data Tables- NPDA Reference Guide -- The Reference Guide provides guidance on analyzing the nutrition situation, establishing objectives, and selecting a combination of approaches to suit the local nutrition situation and the program's resources and objectives.
The tool also helps programmers avoid an approach that would be inappropriate or ineffective in the specific context. Guidance in the NPDA is based on the collective experience of over 40 nutrition experts and practitioners from the NGO, technical assistance, and donor communities. The generous financial and technical support from the Bureau for Global Health of USAID is gratefully acknowledged.