USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
Coffee and Chai Chat: Spotlighting New Global Data and Actions Needed on Hidden Hunger
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Anemia
Experts discuss how to enhance data collection and identify the best sources of information, modeling methods used to derive estimates of micronutrient deficiencies and data gaps, hidden hunger among women, and priorities for action. This is a series of webinars.
Large-Scale Staple Food Fortification as a Complementary Strategy to Address Vitamin and Mineral Vulnerabilities in India: A Critical Review
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Anemia
Large-scale food fortification was safe with current dietary intake and deficiencies and in areas with low coverage of other interventions. Researchers stressed the importance of effective monitoring and regular dietary surveys.
Scale Up of Maternal Nutrition Interventions Strengthens Antenatal Care in Ethiopia
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Anemia
This evaluation found improved coverage of maternal nutrition topics among women in Ethiopia who attended antenatal care visits and high levels of health worker satisfaction with the intervention package. Facilities could better utilize home visits and engage husbands and other household members to support pregnant women.
Benefits of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements for Child Nutrition and Survival Warrant Moving to Scale
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Anemia
This editorial presents the benefits of Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements as a highly cost-effective intervention to reduce relative risk of mortality, severe wasting and stunting, iron deficiency anemia, and developmental delay between the age of 6 and 23 months.
Advancing Nutrition: The Fight for Health of Children and Mothers in South Kyrgyzstan
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Anemia
Four in ten children in remote areas of the Kyrgyz Republic are at risk for anemia and less than 20 percent of children ages 6–23 months consume a minimum acceptable diet. This video, which is available in English, Russian, and Kyrgyz, highlights USAID Advancing Nutrition’s work with families in very remote areas.
Iron, Folic Acid, and Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Strategies during Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Botswana
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Anemia
Researchers tested four supplementation strategies and found that women who used multiple micronutrient supplementation had lower risk of preterm and very preterm births and low and very low birthweight when compared with other supplementation protocols.
Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplements Versus Iron-Folic Acid Supplements and Birth Outcomes: Analysis by Gestational Age Assessment Method
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Anemia
Trials performing ultrasounds for gestational age assessment found benefits of multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) on low birthweight, preterm birth, and small for gestational age. These analyses strengthen the evidence for the transition from iron-folic acid supplements to MMS in antenatal care programs.
National, Regional, and Global Estimates of Anaemia by Severity in Women and Children for 2000–19: A Pooled Analysis of Population-Representative Data
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Anemia
This paper estimates the prevalence of anaemia by severity for children aged 6–59 months, non-pregnant women aged 15–49 years, and pregnant women aged 15–49 years in 197 countries and territories and globally for the period 2000–19.
Home Fortification of Foods with Multiple Micronutrient Powders for Health and Nutrition in Children under Two Years of Age
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Anemia
This is an update of a 2011 systematic review that assessed the impact of home fortification of foods with micronutrient powders on nutrition, health, and developmental outcomes in children under two years of age globally.
Health Outcomes Associated with Micronutrient-Fortified Complementary Foods in Infants and Young Children Aged 6–23 Months: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Anemia
This is a systematic review of health outcomes associated with micronutrient-fortified complementary foods in infants and young children aged 6–23 months globally, including in regions where malaria is not endemic.
Haemoglobin Thresholds to Define Anaemia in a National Sample of Healthy Children and Adolescents Aged 1–19 Years in India: A Population-Based Study
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Anemia
This study assesses the age-specific and sex-specific percentiles of hemoglobin and cutoffs to define anaemia in children and adolescents aged 0–19 years in India, using data from the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey.
In Search of Better Anemia Estimates: USAID Advancing Nutrition’s HEmoglobin MEasurement (HEME) Project
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Anemia
At the population level, differences in mean hemoglobin and the distribution of hemoglobin values can result in inaccurate and unreliable estimates of anemia prevalence .
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task force, a group of leading experts in anemia research and programming, has developed a report that addresses the complex "ecology" of anemia.
Exploring the Anemia Ecology: A New Approach to an Old Problem Webinar
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Anemia
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task Force, a multi-disciplinary panel of experts, developed a comprehensive report on anemia that draws from both sentinel and emerging data to help address this gap. The task force recognized that anemia represents an “ecology” (i.e., a complex system interacting with its internal/biological and external/social, cultural, physical environments).
Association Between Malaria Infection and Early Childhood Development Mediated by Anemia in Rural Kenya
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Anemia
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years and anemia is a well known morbidity resulting from malaria infection. This study in western Kenya found malaria infection significantly increased odds of risk for delays in gross motor, communication, and social-emotional development.
Preanalytic and Analytic Factors Affecting the Measurement of Haemoglobin Concentration: Impact on Global Estimates of Anaemia Prevalence
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Anemia
This paper presents the results of an analysis to quantify the factors affecting preanalytic (between venous-drawn and capillary-drawn blood measured by HemoCue) and analytic variation in hemoglobin concentrations in children, pregnant and nonpregnant women.
Can Double Fortification of Salt with Iron and Iodine Reduce Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Iodine Deficiency, and Functional Outcomes? Evidence of Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Safety
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Anemia
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and gray literature examining the effects of double fortified salt on nutritional status, cognition, work productivity, development, and morbidity of all population groups
Home Fortification of Complementary Foods Reduces Anemia and Diarrhea Among Children Aged 6–18 Months in Bihar, India: A Large-Scale Effectiveness Trial
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Anemia
This paper reports the results of a 12 month cluster-randomized, effectiveness trial with multiple micronutrient powders among children aged 6–18 months and its impact on multiple micronutrient powders consumption and hemoglobin concentration in India.