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Rwanda government adopts and integrates animal source foods consumption communication materials into the national maternal and child nutrition curriculum to improve nutrition outcomes

ILRI and its partners have implemented a social and behavior change communication intervention on animal source foods consumption, particularly the drinking of milk among Girinka households in Rwanda. This was implemented through a Feed the Future Innovations Labs for Livestock Systems (LSIL) resear...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2020
Subjects:
livestock
research
health
nutrition
households
development
milk
consumption
foods
communication
government
systems
livestock systems
curriculum
behaviour
child development
materials
workers
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121530
Summary:ILRI and its partners have implemented a social and behavior change communication intervention on animal source foods consumption, particularly the drinking of milk among Girinka households in Rwanda. This was implemented through a Feed the Future Innovations Labs for Livestock Systems (LSIL) research project. In 2020 the national counselling cards were updated to include animal source foods consumption messages, which have been validated through the National Child Development Agency and are now being used nationally by community health workers.

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