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HaitiSee Also: Emergency Nutrition; Food Aid; Food Security; Infant and Child Nutrition
Preventive Vs. Recuperative Approaches in Food-Assisted Nutrition Programs: With partners IFPRI, Cornell University and World Vision, FANTA completed a five-year study in Haiti comparing preventive and recuperative approaches in nutrition interventions. A key finding was that the preventive approach was more effective in reducing population malnutrition levels than the recuperative approach. These findings provide the first evidence of the relative effectiveness of a preventive approach compared to a recuperative one. The results of the study, Age-based preventive targeting of food assistance and behavior change and communication for reduction of childhood undernutrition in Haiti: a cluster randomized trial, were published in the January 2007 issue of The Lancet. Layers: The Layers monitoring system for Title II programming was originally developed in Haiti. It is now a mature system, sustainably and autonomously maintained by USAID/Haiti. Results from Layers survey rounds are now routinely used by the Mission to verify the quality of programs in the field and to develop recommendations to ensure that food assistance is being delivered with maximum effect to the intended populations. Harmonization of Indicators: Considerable progress has been made over the years to harmonize monitoring and evaluation (M&E) indicators used by USAID/Haiti and its Title II partners. FANTA has expanded this work to include M&E indicators used by Management Sciences for Health, USAID/Haiti's bilateral contractor in health. FANTA has conducted a number of workshops and provided other technical assistance to examine discrepancies among the different M&E systems in order to build in greater convergence. Early Warning System: Thanks to the efforts of CARE and its local partners, a simple but effective early warning system was developed in the northwest region of Haiti under their current Title II development assistance program. With support from FANTA, the CARE model was expanded and adapted to the other three CSs operating in the country, providing the first large-scale integrated early warning system in Haiti. This initial effort was later joined by FEWS NET under the umbrella of the Conseil National de Sécurité Alimentaire, the Government of Haiti's office in charge of food security and early warning. 
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