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Severe acute malnutrition in children aged under 5 years can be successfully managed in a non-emergency routine community healthcare setting in Ghana. This study investigated the performance of community-based management of […]
Article Link- 1st October 2017
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Assessing Program Coverage of Two Approaches to Distributing a Complementary Feeding Supplement to Infants and Young Children in Ghana The work reported here assesses the coverage achieved by two sales-based […]
Article Link- 18th October 2016
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Implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding Saves Lives The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), developed in 1991 by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund to […]
Article Link- 1st October 2016
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Health Extension Workers’ Knowledge and Knowledge-Sharing Effectiveness of Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding Are Associated With Mothers’ Knowledge and Child Stunting in Rural Ethiopia. BACKGROUND: Little is known about […]
Article Link- 8th July 2016
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Challenges in Implementing the Integrated Community-Based Outpatient Therapeutic Program for Severely Malnourished Children in Rural Southern Ethiopia. Currently, treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition is managed in the integrated Community […]
Article Link- 26th April 2016
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Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition Can Be Successfully Managed with an Integrated Protocol in Sierra Leone. BACKGROUND: Global acute malnutrition (GAM) is the sum of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe […]
Article Link- 30th September 2015
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Perspectives and reflections on the practice of behaviour change communication for infant and young child feeding. Behaviour change communication (BCC) is a critical component of infant and young child feeding […]
Article Link- 21st July 2015
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Application of the Health Belief Model to Teach Complementary Feeding Messages in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia many women do not practice appropriate complementary feeding (CF). The Health Belief Model (HBM) asserts […]
Article Link- 15th June 2015
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated community case management by community health workers: a post-intervention qualitative study. BACKGROUND: Integrated community case management (iCCM) involves delivery of simple medicines to children with pneumonia, diarrhea […]
Article Link- 13th June 2014
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The challenges of adherence to infant feeding choices in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infections in South East Nigeria. BACKGROUND: Global and national efforts in the 21st century are […]
Article Link- 26th March 2014