Integrating and Strengthening Nutrition in Agriculture and Maternal and Child Health Programs in Guatemala: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2011 to 2017

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From 2011 to 2017, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Guatemala, collaborated with the Guatemalan Ministry of Health (MOH); Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food (MAGA); Ministry of Finance (MINFIN); the Food Security and Nutrition Secretariat (SESAN); USAID/Guatemala implementing partners; civil society; universities; and other nutrition stakeholders to address the high prevalence of stunting by improving multisectoral efforts to integrate and strengthen nutrition in health and agriculture interventions, particularly those targeting women and children in prioritized departments in USAID´s Western Highlands Integrated Program (WHIP).

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