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Low-cost, ready-to-use therapeutic foods can be designed using locally available commodities with the aid of linear programming. According to the United Nations (UN), 25 million children <5 y of age […]
Article Link- 28th March 2012
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Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh: theoretical and practical considerations guiding the SUZY Project. In 2003, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), in partnership […]
Article Link- 1st March 2012
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Community-led initiative for control of anemia among children 6 to 35 months of age and unmarried adolescent girls in rural Wardha, India. BACKGROUND: Studies in India have reported a high prevalence […]
Article Link- 1st December 2011
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Addressing social barriers and closing the gender knowledge gap: exposure to road shows is associated with more knowledge and more positive beliefs, attitudes and social norms regarding exclusive breastfeeding in […]
Article Link- 6th October 2011
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Beyond food insecurity: how context can improve complementary feeding interventions. BACKGROUND: The role of context has not been elaborated with respect to current recommendations for complementary feeding interventions, apart from […]
Article Link- 1st September 2011
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Preparing for national school-based deworming in Kenya: the validation and large-scale distribution of school questionnaires with urinary schistosomiasis. OBJECTIVE: School questionnaires of self-reported schistosomiasis provide a rapid and simple approach […]
Article Link- 18th July 2011
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Mother’s perceptions and experiences of infant feeding within a community-based peer counselling intervention in South Africa. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has the potential to significantly reduce infant mortality, but is frequently […]
Article Link- 8th July 2011
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Factors contributing to the success of folic acid public health campaigns. BACKGROUND: Studies in the 1990s have found that periconceptional dietary folate, supplementation of folic acid or supplemental multivitamins containing folic […]
Article Link- 3rd July 2011
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Male influence on infant feeding in rural Guatemala and implications for child nutrition interventions. BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Guatemala has one of the highest rates of child stunting in the world, […]
Article Link- 1st June 2011
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What could infant and young child nutrition learn from sweatshops? BACKGROUND: Adequate infant and young child nutrition demands high rates of breastfeeding and good access to nutrient rich complementary foods, requiring […]
Article Link- 5th May 2011