AED Linkages

Forming partnerships, coordinating efforts, harmonizing
messages, and supporting national guidelines development,
policy advocacy, and health systems strengthening
maximize existing resources and program impact

LINKAGES provided assistance for the review of policies and the development
and dissemination of nutrition strategies, protocols, and guidelines, such as the
National Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) strategy and the micronutrient
(MN) protocols in 2004 and the National guidelines for nutrition and HIV/AIDS in
2006.

LINKAGES' ongoing advocacy for infant and young child feeding included
participation in the Fed-MOH Nutrition Working Group and the Child Survival
Partnership. Staff provided technical updates at donor and partner meetings and
made presentations at advocacy events and training courses in all regions of the
country. To facilitate collaboration, communication, and coordination among
major nutrition assistance groups in Ethiopia, LINKAGES made more than 40
presentations on "Why Nutrition Matters" to over 1,000 people. More than 1,200
people saw the presentation on "Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV and AIDS,"
and approximately 1000 viewed the presentation on "Nutrition in the Context of
HIV and AIDS."