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Complementary Feeding resources

Knowledge and tools for Complementary Feeding advocates

In Niger, 22-month-old eats while sitting on a bed beside his grandmotherat their home.
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Toolkit

The Complementary Feeding toolkit is a comprehensive collection of tools and resources aimed at improving policies and programmes to improve nutrition for children aged 6 to 23 months. The toolkit is intended for complementary feeding advocates and other stakeholders seeking information and tools to support the Collective's policy asks. 

Overview of Complementary Feeding

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Advocacy Brief: Call To Action

Global Complementary Feeding Collective

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WHO Guidelines on Complementary Feeding

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Programming Guidance

Improving Young Children’s Diets During the Complementary Feeding Period

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Advocacy Brief: Nutrition For Growth Summit 2025

Smart Pledges for Complementary Feeding

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National Complementary Feeding guidelines

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Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) Reference Notes & Tools

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Food-Based Recommendations

Guidance on Developing Food-Based Recommendations for Complementary Feeding Using Local Foods and A Household Approach

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WHO Guidelines on Complementary Feeding

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Food systems-based dietary guidelines: An overview

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Production of nutritious foods

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Making Food Systems Work for Complementary Feeding

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Agriculture and Nutrition Education for Improved Nutrition

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Essential Nutrition Actions & Hygiene Actions

Essential Nutrition Actions & Hygiene Actions Reference Materials on Key Practices: Community Workers

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Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools

Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Nutrition and Local Food Plants

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Standards for safety and quality of Complementary Feeding foods

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Advocacy Brief: Call To Action

Global Complementary Feeding Collective

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Guidelines on Formulated Complementary Foods

Guidelines on Formulated Complementary Foods for Older Infants and Young Children

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Standard for Canned Baby Foods

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Nutrient and Promotion Profile Model

Supporting appropriate promotion of food products for infants and young children 6–36 months in the WHO European Region

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Supplements/Home fortification

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Multiple Micronutrient Powder for the Prevention of Aneamia

Home Fortification for the Prevention of Anaemia in Early Childhood

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SQ-LNS for the Prevention of Malnutrition

Brief Guidance Note: Small Supplements for the Prevention of Malnutrition in Early Childhood (SQ-LNS)

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Guidelines and Specifications

Defining the Micronutrient Composition of Single Serve Sachets for Specified Target Populations in Low- And Middle-Income Countries

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Programmatic Guidance Brief

Programmatic Guidance Brief on Use of Micronutrient Powders (MNP) for Home Fortification

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Counselling and nutrition services

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Counselling Integrated Course

Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Integrated Course

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Community IYCF Counselling Package

A guide to local adaptation, design, planning and implementation of community-based Infant and Young Child Feeding counselling and support services at scale

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Enabling Better Complementary Feeding

Guidance and Workbook for Strong Social Behavior Change for Improving Feeding of Young Children

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Trainee Handbook

Behavior Change Communication on Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Community

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Inappropriate marketing and promotion

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Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children

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Regulatory Frameworks for Ending Inappropriate Marketing for

Effective Regulatory Frameworks in the WHO European Region

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Guidelines on Formulated Complementary Foods

Guidelines on Formulated Complementary Foods for Older Infants and Young Children

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Standard for Canned Baby Foods

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Social protection

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1,000 Days of Social Protection

A study on nutrition-sensitive social protection and its potential to enhance nutrition outcomes across the first 1,000 days in Central and Eastern Africa

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Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection in Asia

Building the Blocks for Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Systems in Asia

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Leveraging Nutrition and Social Protection

Leveraging Nutrition and Social Protection Programming to address Malnutrition and Poverty, including in Fragile and Humanitarian Contexts

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Cash Transfer Implementation Guide

Part of the Cash Transfer Programming Toolkit

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Accountability and monitoring

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Beyond Stunting

Complementary Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating USAID Nutrition Activities

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Indicators for assessing feeding

This document presents 17 recommended indicators and data collection tools to assess infant and young child feeding practices at the household level.

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