REFERENCE MANUAL 
        for Training Health Facility-Based Service Providers 
                                2016 
  
                                                            
                                                            
                                                      
        For further information, please contact: 
        The Managing Director 
        Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre 
        22 Barack Obama Avenue 
        S.L.P. 977 
        Dar es Salaam 
        Tanzania 
        Tel: +255 (0) 22 2118137/9 
        Fax: +255 (0) 22 2116713 
        Email: info@lishe.org 
        Website: www.lishe.org 
         
         ISBN 978-9976-910-61-2 
        Cover photo: USAID NuLifeProject through University Research Co., LLC 
         
        © Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre 2016 
        All rights reserved. This book may not be copied, translated, printed or produced in any form 
        without the permission of the TFNC. 
        Recommended citation: 
        Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC). 2016. Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support 
        (NACS): Reference Manual for Training Health Facility-Based Service Providers. Dar es Salaam, 
        Tanzania: TFNC. 
         
                                                     
                                                     
                                                            
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
             Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and 
                          Support (NACS) 
                                   
             Reference Manual for Training Health 
                Facility-Based Service Providers 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
        This guide was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the support of the U.S. Agency for 
        International  Development  (USAID)  Office  of  Health,  Infectious  Diseases  and  Nutrition,  Bureau  for  Global  Health, 
        USAID/Tanzania and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under terms of Cooperative Agreement No. 
        AID-OAA-A-12-00005, through the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA), managed by  FHI 360. The 
        contents are the responsibility of FHI 360 and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.