Protecting Maternal Diets and Nutrition Services and Practices in the Context of COVID-19

To support decision-makers and implementers on how to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of guidance briefs are produced and periodically updated as new information and evidence emerge. This brief provides interim programmatic guidance on actions to protect the diets and nutrition services and practices of pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers (henceforth referred to as ‘women’) during the mitigation phase1 of the COVID-19 response. Disseminating this guidance and documenting emerging evidence and lessons learned will be key to implementing the most appropriate and effective responses in the face of this pandemic.