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Folic acid food fortification-its history, effect, concerns, and future directions. Periconceptional intake of folic acid is known to reduce a woman’s risk of having an infant affected by a neural […]
Article Link- 15th March 2011
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Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh. BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, many programs and projects have been promoting breastfeeding since the late 1980 s. Breastfeeding practices, however, have not […]
Article Link- 30th November 2010
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Acceptability of complementary foods and breads prepared from zinc-fortified cereal flours among young children and adults in Senegal We completed a series of studies to assess the acceptability of zinc-fortified, […]
Article Link- 29th November 2010
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“She would sit with me”: mothers’ experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. BACKGROUND: Different strategies have been used to improve the initiation and duration of breastfeeding. […]
Article Link- 26th October 2010
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Selling a service: experiences of peer supporters while promoting exclusive infant feeding in three sites in South Africa. BACKGROUND: Even though it has been shown that peer support to mothers at […]
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Examination of facilitators and barriers to home-based supplemental feeding with ready-to-use food for underweight children in western Uganda. Poor complementary feeding practices and low-quality complementary foods are significant causes of […]
Article Link- 19th July 2010
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Formative research exploring acceptability, utilization, and promotion in order to develop a micronutrient powder (Sprinkles) intervention among Luo families in western Kenya. BACKGROUND: There is a lack of peer-reviewed literature describing […]
Article Link- 1st June 2010
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Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes: experiences from a multi-country assessment of the Child Health Days approach in Africa. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of child health days (CHDs) […]
Article Link- 1st March 2010
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Impact monitoring of the national scale up of zinc treatment for childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh: repeat ecologic surveys. BACKGROUND: Zinc treatment of childhood diarrhea has the potential to save 400,000 under-five […]
Article Link- 1st November 2009
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Implementing an integrated nutrition package at large scale in Madagascar: the Essential Nutrition Actions framework. BACKGROUND: Madagascar has some of the highest rates of child stunting, maternal malnutrition, and infant mortality […]
Article Link- 1st September 2009