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General information
| Innovation ID | 498 |
| Version ID | 386 |
| Innovation Title | An innovative Healthy Baby Toolkit to improve infant and young child feeding practices for Ethiopia and Bangladesh |
| Innovation description | The nutrition toolkit, designed for use by infants 6-23 months of age, consists of a bowl with lines and symbols that cue age-appropriate meal frequency and volume, a slotted spoon that promotes optimal thickness of infant foods and a pictorial counseling card that uses locally adapted images to convey use of the toolkit to achieve optimal infant-and-young-child feeding practices as well as messages on dietary diversity, handwashing and safe preparation of food and water. |
| Reporting Staff | Frederick Grant (CIP) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2020 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2020 |
| Stage Description | Scale-out use of locally manufactured improved utensils or the healthy baby toolkits to support young child feeding of OFSP puree as part of healthy diets for infants and young children. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Potato Center |
| Top 5 contributors | No contributors |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | International Potato Center-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); Mercy Corps-Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO); World Food Programme-International Development Organizations (including Development Projects); The Lutheran World Federation-Community Based Organizations (CBO) |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
| Flagship project | FP4-Nutritious RTB food and added value through postharvest intervention |
| Cluster | SW4.4-Nutritious sweetpotato for expanding markets and improving diets |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Ethiopia,Bangladesh |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Improved capacity of women and young people to participate in decision-making |
| Other Sub-IDO | |
| Other Sub-IDO |
Evidences
| Evidences | "Frederick Grant, Norman Kwikiriza. (1/10/2020). Healthy Baby Toolkit.""Frederick Grant, Joshua Okonya Sikhu, Norman Kwikiriza. (1/11/2020). Healthy Baby Toolkit - Madi translation.""Debashish Chanda. (10/12/2020). Report on Capacity Development of Community Nutrition Scholars in Bangladesh. Bangladesh: International Potato Center (CIP)." |
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