Feasibility

Improving newborn care practices through home visits: lessons from Malawi, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda. BACKGROUND: Nearly all newborn deaths occur in low- or middle-income countries. Many of these deaths could be […]

Capacity-building in the management of moderate acute malnutrition. Evidence from low- and middle-income countries indicates that although there is a willingness to prevent and treat malnutrition at scale, there is […]

Improving the nutrition quality of the school feeding program (Mid day meal) in India through fortification: a case study. Micronutrient malnutrition is widely prevalent in school children in India. India’s […]

Community-based management of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: feasibility and constraints. BACKGROUND: To achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, particularly reduction in child mortality (Millennium Development Goal 4), effective interventions to […]

Deworming the world. Worms or helminths have historically infected more than half the world’s population, but were largely neglected by medical science and public health interventions because they were considered […]

Fortifying baladi bread in Egypt: reaching more than 50 million people through the subsidy program. BACKGROUND: Micronutrient deficiencies, especially iron-deficiency anemia, are a public health problem in Egypt, where anemia […]

Scaling up of breastfeeding promotion programs in low- and middle-income countries: the “breastfeeding gear” model. Breastfeeding (BF) promotion is one of the most cost-effective interventions to advance mother-child health. Evidence-based […]

Opportunities for improving maternal nutrition and birth outcomes: synthesis of country experiences. BACKGROUND: Undernutrition in women in poor countries remains prevalent and affects maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) outcomes. Improving […]

Feasibility and effectiveness of supplementation with locally available foods in prevention of child malnutrition in Kenya. OBJECTIVE: To establish the operational feasibility and effectiveness of using locally available foods to prevent […]

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 […]