A growing body of evidence indicates that nutrition affects every aspect of human growth and development:
from physical growth, to performance in school, to the ability to fight off disease, to national health, food security, and economic advancement.

To address this, the United States

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Agency for International Development (USAID) is strengthening the provision of sustainable, high-quality, evidence-based interventions in target areas of Mozambique, to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls, and children less than two years of age.