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. 2022 Mar 21;18(3):e13320. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13320
Category Intervention
Nutrition‐specific interventions
Adolescent nutrition Adolescent nutrition
Food and micronutrient supplementation and fortification in women Peri‐conceptional folic acid supplementation
Antenatal care interventions
  • Iron and folic acid
  • Micronutrient supplementation
  • Balanced energy protein supplementation
  • Calcium supplementation
Iron and folic acid supplementation for non‐pregnant women
Iodine through salt iodization
Staple food fortification
Maternal counselling Nutrition counselling for improved dietary intake during pregnancy
Nutrition counselling for improved dietary intake during lactation after delivery
Counselling and nutrition advice to women of reproductive age and mothers
Interventions during delivery and the neonatal period Delayed cord clamping
Early initiation of breastfeeding (with 1 h of birth)
Kangaroo mother care for promotion of early and exclusive breastfeeding and care of preterm and small for gestational age infants
Neonatal Vitamin K
Appropriate infant feeding practices and ARV for HIV‐exposed infants
Breastfeeding, complementary feeding and dietary diversification Breastfeeding promotion including exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life
Implementation of the marketing of breast milk substitutes
Appropriate complementary feeding promotion in children 6–24 months of age and continued breastfeeding
Public provision of complementary food
Early stimulation
Dietary diversification
Micronutrient supplementation and fortification in infants and children Iron supplementation for children 6–59 months
Vitamin A supplementation for children 6–59 months
Prophylactic zinc supplementation
Zinc supplementation with oral rehydration in the treatment of diarrhoea
Management of SAM in children Management of severe acute malnutrition
Management and prevention of disease Antenatal care, including HIV testing and deworming for pregnant women
Prevention and treatment of infectious disease; deworming for children
Prevention and treatment and promotion of insecticide‐treated bed nets for pregnant women in high‐malaria areas
Intermittent presumptive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in malaria‐endemic regions
Nutrition interventions in emergencies Intervention package include management of severe acute malnutrition, prevention and health promotion strategies, such as breastfeeding and complementary feeding education and support
Nutrition‐sensitive interventions
Food security, access and availability Improved availability, access and use of locally available foods
Family planning Access to modern family planning services
Social safety nets Social safety nets (e.g., conditional and unconditional cash transfer, food and in‐kind transfer program)
Provision of healthy foods in schools
Maternity protection in the workplace
Women empowerment Promotion of increased age at marriage and reduced gender discrimination and gender‐based violence
Early childhood development Parenting and life skills for early childhood development
Early childhood development
WASH Promotion of hand washing with soap and improved water and sanitation practices
Schooling Increased access to primary and secondary education for girls
Early childhood education
Nutrition and physical education in school
School Feeding
Maternal mental health Maternal mental health
Others Support for birth registration and strengthening of civil registration systems