Vision
The Nutrition Working Group underscores the critical role of nutrition in maternal and child survival and health through dissemination of state-of-the-art information and approaches essential for quality nutrition programming.
2009 Highlights
CORE Group Nutrtion Working Group held a Positive Deviance/Hearth Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting in early 2009 in order to:
- review implementation and results of PD/Hearth from recent experiences
- explore challenges and modifications in PD/Hearth implementation and make recommendations related to both essential elements and implications for scale.
- identify how PD/Hearth has been integrated into overall nutrition programs and with other approaches in order to make programmatic recommendations for the Nutrition Pathways tool.
The TAG Team reviewed PD/H experiences from the I-LIFE Title II consortium in Malawi, CCF / India’s PD/H work in West Bengal reaching over 14,000 malnourished children, SC Tajikistan’s integration of PD/H into a CSH program, government of Ethiopia PD/H program, PVO program in Bolivia, Indonesia PD/H Consortium final evaluation, Children’s Nutrition Program in Haiti, as well as specific experiences of TAG participants in other countries. Presentations, detailed TAG notes and recommendations.
Working Group Tools/Resources
- Nutrtion Program Design Assistant (NPDA) Workbook
NPDA Workbook 
NPDA Step 1 Data Tables - NPDA Reference Guide
- Findings and Lessons Learned: An In-Depth Assessment of Large Scale Implementation of PD/Hearth in Indonesia (2009)
- 2006 Nutrition Technical Reference Materials
- The Status of Programs and Research to Improve Complementary Feeding - Judiann McNulty
- Positive Deviance / Hearth
- Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation: Dietary Guide
- CORE Diffusion Product: The Integration of Vitamin A Supplementation Into Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin: A Practical Guide for Africa (HKI)
For additional resources, see Child Health + Development database.
Working Group Meetings and Reports
- PD/Hearth Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting Report (February 6, 2009)
- MOST Powerpoint: Implications Of Research Findings For Programs To Reduce Micronutrient Deficiencies
- Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC): Managing Severe Acute Malnutrition in Emergencies and Development
Useful Links
- General Nutrition Information
- Global Breastfeeding
- KPC Module 2: Breastfeeding and Infant/Child Nutrition (January 2005 Update)
- Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA)
- LINKAGES Project
- MOST: the USAID Micronutrient Project
- PROFILES
- Sharing U.S. Technology to Aid in the Improvement of Nutrition (SUSTAIN) Project