USAID
This document is a technical guidance brief on maternal nutrition for girls and women, part of the USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014-2025.
USAID · 2015

Abstract
It highlights the importance of ensuring women are well-nourished before, during, and after pregnancy to prevent maternal malnutrition and its consequences on mothers and their children. The brief provides key messages, an introduction, and an overview of the strategy, emphasizing the need for nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions to address the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition in adolescent girls and mothers.
Classification
USAID Advancing Nutrition