Strengthening international efforts to promote maternal and child health
| dc.coverage | Cambodia | |
| dc.coverage | Ethiopia | |
| dc.coverage | Zambia | |
| dc.creator | FAO | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:17:25Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:17:25Z | |
| dc.date | 2019 | |
| dc.date | 2020-01-28T11:12:46.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T23:26:12Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.format | 2p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA7321EN | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/ca7321en/ca7321en.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/281403 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Strengthening international efforts to promote maternal and child health | |
| dc.type | Project |