Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
More evidence is needed to understand the causes of severe acute malnutrition and develop effective interventions. To address this gap, the authors conducted a case control study in Nepal to identify determinants of severe acute malnutrition in children, including social and material factors. Findings highlight a relationship between mothers’ socioeconomic status and the incidence of SAM in children. Providing services to improve socioeconomic status could help reduce severe acute malnutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Findings from this study suggest that increases in conflict-related casualties reduce the probability of a child ever beginning and continuing breastfeeding, and that infant formula provided to offer temporary relief impact these trends. Adequate health care and breastfeeding support systems for women are critical in conflict zones.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The World Food Program is increasingly relying on cash-based transfers to assist food insecure populations. This analysis used a desk review, fieldwork and case studies, a practitioner survey, and a learning workshop to explore how cash-based interventions affect gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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Integrated community case management (iCCM) brings identification, treatment, and referral of common childhood illnesses such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, and malnutrition, as well as newborn care to the community. In Kenya, community health volunteers (CHVs) implement iCCM under the guidance of community health extension workers. While iCCM has a significant focus on disease treatment, it is unclear what level of counseling CHVs provide to facilitate prevention of common childhood illnesses.
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The Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach (PM2A) is a preventive approach that has been shown to be more effective in reducing the prevalence of stunting, being underweight, and wasting than a traditional recuperative program model. The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II Project (FANTA-2) commissioned a study to evaluate the impact of this preventive approach by conducting impact evaluations of two PM2A programs in Guatemala and Burundi.
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The Rang-Din Nutrition Study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness, within a community-based program, of home fortification approaches for the prevention of maternal and child undernutrition during the first 1,000 days. This report describes results of a follow-up assessment of the study participants when the children were 40 to 52 months of age (i.e., 16–28 months after the interventions ended).
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Nutrition modeling tools (NMTs) have wide-ranging influence across policy and program cycles and contexts, but the impact depends on the tool application process, accompanying advocacy, and the expertise, capabilities, and resources of local teams. Understanding how practitioners have used NMTs successfully could help potential end users understand the policy questions these tools can answer and make a case for allocating resources for such analyses.
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In an effort to measure the effectiveness of lipid-based nutrients for improving birth outcomes and child development and growth, the Rang-Din Nutrition Study was undertaken in rural Bangladesh from 2011 to 2015.
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A case study based on the UNICEF Action Framework for improving the diets of young children during the complementary feeding period.
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A case study based on the UNICEF Action Framework for improving the diets of young children during the complementary feeding period.