A2Z: The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project (2005 - 2011)

Project Website: http://www.a2zproject.org/

A2Z: The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project consolidates, builds, and expands on USAID's long-term investment in micronutrients, child survival, and nutrition. A2Z takes proven interventions to scale, introduces innovation, expands services, and builds sustainable programs to increase the use of key micronutrient and blindness interventions to improve child and maternal health. With work in vitamin A supplementation of children, newborn vitamin A, food fortification, maternal and child anemia control, monitoring and evaluation, and health systems strengthening, A2Z's focus countries have included Bangladesh, Cambodia, the East, Central and Southern Africa region, India, Nepal, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda and West Bank.

Health Areas
Micronutrients and fortification, Infant and young child feeding, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, Adolescent and women's nutrition.

Behavior Change Strategies or Processes
Policy analysis & advocacy, Nutrition assessment & surveillance, Community mobilization, Behavioral research, Behavior change communication, Monitoring and evaluation.

Project Director
Nadra Franklin

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