Posted on May 26, 2010
AED's FANTA-2 Project announces the publication of
The Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool for Program Planners (NPDA). This two-part tool was developed by the CORE Nutrition Working Group in collaboration with FANTA-2/AED and Save the Children to help nutrition program planning teams design community-based nutrition programs. A simple Reference Guide and Workbook, the NPDA is best used in collaboration with a range of partners, including ministry staff, community leaders and representatives, and local organizations.
The publication provides a framework for programmers to analyze the nutrition situation and offers guidance for design teams to choose the most appropriate nutrition approaches based on the specific context and need. The NPDA Workbook is a place to record data, decisions, and decision-making rationale. The NPDA Reference Guide provides guidance on analyzing the nutrition situation, establishing objectives, and selecting a combination of approaches to suit the local nutrition situation and the program's resources and objectives.
The tool also helps programmers avoid an approach that would be inappropriate or ineffective in the specific context. Guidance in the NPDA is based on the collective experience of over 40 nutrition experts and practitioners from the NGO, technical assistance, and donor communities. The generous financial and technical support from the Bureau for Global Health of USAID is gratefully acknowledged. The documents are available below for downloading.
Available Downloads
NPDA Workbook (3 mb)
NPDA Reference Guide (2 mb)
NPDA Step 1 Data Tables (807 kb)
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