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General information
| Innovation ID | 533 |
| Version ID | 386 |
| Innovation Title | An innovative Healthy Baby Toolkit to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Uganda |
| 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 food preparation |
| Reporting Staff | Frederick Grant (CIP) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2021 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2021 |
| Stage Description | Meetings organized among caregivers in mother clubs and influence to feed children and themselves with diverse diets and nutritious foods in the rights frequency, quantity and texture and texture. Evidence shows that 29,250 children are using the healthy baby toolkit implemented by the Development and Delivery of Biofortified Crops project. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Potato Center |
| Top 5 contributors | Mercy Corps; World Food Programme; Government of Uganda; The Lutheran World Federation |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | |
| 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 | Uganda |
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, Simon Heck, Norman Kwikiriza. (3/2/2022). Evaluation of the use of Health Baby Tool Kits (HBT) by caregivers for young child feeding in Uganda.""Debashish Chanda. (10/12/2020). Report on Capacity Development of Community Nutrition Scholars in Bangladesh. Bangladesh: International Potato Center (CIP).""Frederick Grant, Norman Kwikiriza. (1/10/2020). Healthy Baby Toolkit.""Frederick Grant, Joshua Okonya Sikhu, Norman Kwikiriza. (1/12/2020). Healthy Baby Toolkit - (Nga Karimajong translation).""Frederick Grant, Joshua Okonya Sikhu, Norman Kwikiriza. (1/11/2020). Healthy Baby Toolkit - Madi translation." |
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