In collaboration with UNICEF Uganda and Ministry of Health Uganda, Nutrition Division, Kavle Consulting is leading a one-year implementation research study examining how to strengthen implementation of the MAMI care pathway (i.e. management of small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months and their mothers), the Care Group approach & adolescent nutrition programming in three sites across Uganda.
Kavle Consulting serves as a partner to MOH Kenya, providing expert technical expertise on maternal, adolescent, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) interventions and serves as an advisor to the government on the Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) Task Force – inclusive of development of training manuals, operational guidance, and thought leadership on roll out of MMS and alongside other nutrition interventions across Kenya.
Kavle Consulting is leading a D.C. government-funded project “PIONEER”- Providing Innovative Nutrition and Environmental Education Project. PIONEER provides youth from under-resourced communities practical skills, tools, and knowledge on environmental pollution prevention, green careers, and the impacts of stormwater runoff. Specifically, the project will equip and empower youth via the Green Zone Environmental Program (GZEP) on urban food systems, nutrition issues, cycling skills, mental health techniques and recycling through art.
Kavle Consulting collaborated with and provided technical expertise to UNICEF headquarters for the “Monitoring the Wasting Cascade Global Consultation” in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2024. Together with UNICEF HQ, country offices, and data analytics teams, Kavle Consulting presented on current issues for monitoring the treatment and prevention of severe (SAM) and moderate child wasting (MAM), contextualized by recommendations from the WHO 2023 guidance on prevention and treatment of child wasting and nutritional oedema for infants and children < 5 years of age, and past performance indicators. This aided to guide country discussions which informed on the ongoing development of a monitoring guide.
Kavle Consulting led a project to provide tailored adolescent and youth bicycle education, cycling skills, and outreach for underserved Washington D.C. urban communities, as part of local climate change initiatives – called Pioneer Pedalers. Kavle Consulting has led this effort in partnership with a local coalition of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) cycling groups, mechanics and advocates in Washington D.C., including community organizations – Big Brothers Big Sisters National Capital Area and KIPP DC high school. Our first community youth ride was carried out in Sept 2024 in Washington D.C.
Kavle Consulting partnered with USAID’s Advancing Food Fortification Opportunities to Reinforce Diets (AFFORD) & Technoserve in the development of a regional analysis on large scale food fortification (LSFF) and universal salt iodization (USI) in Eastern, Central & Southern Africa. The analysis highlighted progress, gaps, and lessons learned in food fortification programming across the regions and 18 focus countries – working closely with the East, Central and Southern Arica Health Community (ECSA-HC), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Secretariat – an alliance of partners in food fortification. This work culminated into a technical report and presentation at the regional food fortification meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in October 2024.
A peer- reviewed open access article was published in April 2026:
Kavle Consulting, a partner to USAID’s Momentum, with Save the Children & Jhpiego, led a landscape analyses consisting of a literature review and key informant interviews. The analyses unpacked facilitating factors and barriers to implementation of balanced energy protein (BEP) supplementation for underweight women as part of antenatal care services. Findings can be used to guide country programs, policies and shape global actions and guidance. A BEP report and technical brief were developed.
Kavle Consulting, partnered with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International-led, USAID-funded Enhancing Nutrition Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning in the Health Sector (NuMERAL) project, is conducted a review of key research, evidence, and learning gaps across nutrition-health integrated programming and early childhood development, which contributed to NuMERAL’s Learning Framework.
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In partnership with Catholic Relief Services, Kavle Consulting, LLC led an implementation-oriented assessment examining traditional food preservation methods, in relation to complementary feeding practices for children 6-24 months of age, using Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) in Isiolo and Marsabit counties, Kenya. This information was triangulated with child diet and qualitative data from elder women, fathers and key informants collected during dry and rainy seasons.
In partnership with Vitamin Angels, Kavle Consulting provided thought leadership on strengthening capacity of health providers (i.e. physicians, nurses) and nutritionists on maternal nutrition across Africa, Asia and Latin American country contexts. Kavle Consulting collaborated with Vitamin Angels in the development of a global maternal nutrition online course, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, using an evidence to implementation lens, which includes the development of country case studies in collaboration with in-country nutritionists and experts.
Partnered with the Core Group and USAID’s Momentum 3b project to glean lessons learns on community engagement and partnership approaches to improve COVID-19 vaccination uptake across sub-Saharan Africa. Led the development of a landscape analyses, and program recommendations culminating into a report outlining the evidence and promising community approaches for improving COVID-19 immunization, in the context of lessons learned from development and humanitarian programs and data.
Link to report: https://coregroup.org/resource-library/landscape-assessment-on-the-adaptation-of-community-models-and-approaches-for-improving-covid-19-immunization-across-sub-saharan-africa/
– Conducted landscape analyses of facilitating factors and barriers to young children’s diets, 6-23 months of age, in 6 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). This work was through the lens of food systems, health systems, social protection, and WASH, per recent UNICEF guidance. The landscape work consisted of DHS descriptive analyses, literature review for peer-reviewed and grey literature from the past 10 years, key informant stakeholder interviews with countries, and a desk review of country policies, strategies and programs.
– Developed nutrition messages for a EECA regional cell phone application that was deployed during COVID-19, and included content on COVID-19 and breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and child growth, tailored to the cultural context of the region and based on latest global guidance and evidence. This work culminated into:
In partnership with Save the Children, Core Group, and Medair, Kavle Consulting LLC developed two tools, two case studies, three briefs and a report for an Office of Foreign and Disaster Assistance (OFDA) funded “Addressing Gaps in the Evidence for Health and Nutrition in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus” to guide planning and implementation of the transition from emergencies to routine health services and the adaptation of community-based approaches for humanitarian emergency contexts.
Prior to the start of Kavle Consulting, key members of our team contributed to MCSP’s leadership and strategy for nutrition-health programming- reaching 5.2 million children with nutrition interventions in 11 sub-Saharan African and 2 Latin America & Caribbean countries. Led the nutrition portfolio for one of the largest U.S. government global flagship health projects which integrated nutrition into RMNACH service delivery, training and supervision, governance, social behavior change, implementation research, and use of data/evidence for action.
Led teams to develop: