The Nutrition Working Group underscores the critical role of
nutrition in maternal and child survival and health through
dissemination of state-of-the-art information and approaches
essential for quality nutrition programming. Working Group Co-
Chairs: Jennifer Nielsen, HKI Kathryn Reider, World Vision
Justine Kavle, PATH Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) Framework
The Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) framework an operational
framework for managing the advocacy, planning and delivery of an
integrated package of preventive nutrition actions encompassing
infant and young child feeding (IYCF), micronutrients and
women's nutrition. Using multiple contact points, it targets
health services and behavior change communication support (BCC)
to women and young children during the first 1,000 days of life
- from conception through the first two years of life - when
nutrient requirements are increased, the risks of undernutrition
are great, and the consequences of deficiencies most likely to
be irreversible. All these ac