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Responsive Care: A Foundation for Healthy, Happy Learning in the First 1000 Days

This presentation examines responsive caregiving, nutrition, and child protection during the first 1000 days of life in South Africa. It links early health, development, and infant feeding practices to foundational learning outcomes for young children.

South Africa Infant and young child feeding Responsive caregiving
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Administrator · 2.39 MB 3
PDF 2025
mHealth for community-based growth monitoring and promotion: Three case studies from South African settings

This study examines the use of mobile health (mHealth) tools by three non-profit organizations in South Africa to support community-based growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) for young children. It highlights how digital technologies can improve early detection of undernutrition and stunting, which are critical determinants of early childhood development and learning outcomes.

Early Childhood Development South Africa Nutrition
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Administrator · 1.06 MB 2
PDF 2025
How Do School Feeding Programs Support the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the African Union's 2063 Goals?

This paper examines how school feeding programs improve children's health, nutritional status, and educational attainment, directly contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union's Agenda 2063 targets.

Sub-Saharan Africa Child Welfare School Feeding Programmes
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Administrator · 0.26 MB 2
PDF 2023
Adequate Nutrition: A Pillar of Early Childhood Development

This paper examines the critical role of adequate nutrition in early childhood development, reviewing policies, public sector guidelines, and private-sector/civil society feeding schemes in South Africa to support early learning programmes.

Education Policy Early Childhood Development South Africa
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Administrator · 1.58 MB 1
PDF 2016
East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community Nutrition Training and Skills Manual

An in-service training manual designed for frontline health and community workers in East Africa, focusing on maternal and child nutrition, competency-based teaching methods, and addressing childhood undernutrition.

Early Childhood Development Nutrition East Africa
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Administrator · 1.02 MB 1