Institute Name:

FHI 360

Name of the Organization: FHI 360

Address: 359 Blackwell Street, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27701 USA

Phone: +1-919-544-7040

Fax: N/A

E-mail: Media inquiries: alewnes@fhi360.org

Website: https://www.fhi360.org/

Year of Establishment: 1971

Area Coverage:	Division	District	Sub District
Area Coverage:	2	6	6

Target Group	Beneficiary (Total)	Beneficiary (Female)
Pregnant Women	11000	11000

Nutrition related Project Information

Nutrition Projects:

Name of the project:

USAID’s Strengthening Multisectoral Nutrition Programming through Implementation Science Activity

Project Status:

running

Target group:

Target Group	Beneficiary (Total)	Beneficiary (Female)
Pregnant Women	11000	11000

Geographical coverage (district)

Barishal, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Jashore, Jhenaidah, Pirojpur

Number of sub-district (Upazila):

Donor of the project:

N/A

Time period:

2017-05-08 to 2022-05-07

Other partners (if any):

N/A

Project Objective(s):

Project Goal: Nutrition policy making and implementation in Bangladesh is informed by high quality local evidence. Objective 1: Increased availability of evidence to guide multi-sectoral nutrition programming implementation Objective 2: Improved capacity to use evidence to inform policy and programmatic decision-making

Expected outcomes from the project:

-Improved minimum acceptable diet -Improved IYCF indicators (e.g., minimum dietary diversity) -Improved household gender dynamics -Improved food security -Improved health seeking behaviors -Improved health service delivery and service referrals -Improved multisectoral engagement in nutrition program decisions -Improved use of local evidence in decision making processes

Expected outputs from the project:

-PLW and household members reached through mobile nutrition messaging -PLW received IYCF counseling -PLW attended SBCC group sessions -Community awareness events held -GoB field staff trained -Government bodies supported to conduct group meetings -Diversified foods consumed from home grown vegetables and animal protein -Community farmers/retailers trained -Knowledge fairs held -Referrals received by PLW for nutrition services -Providers received updated nutrition training -PLW successfully attended nutrition services to fulfill cash transfer conditionalites -CCT recipients use CCT to support nutrition improvements

Focal Person:

Name: Jennifer Crum, Designation: Chief of Party
Mobile: 01709391592, Email: jcrum@fhi360.org