Intervention Design

A comprehensive linear programming tool to optimize formulations of ready-to-use therapeutic foods: an application to Ethiopia. BACKGROUND: Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is the standard of care for children suffering from noncomplicated […]

Development of a point-of-use fortification technology for delivery of micronutrients in Honduras. BACKGROUND: Micronutrient deficiencies continue to afflict children rural populations around the world. A micronutrient delivery vehicle (MDV) was developed […]

Knowledge, attitudes and practices among parents and teachers about soil-transmitted helminthiasis control programs for school children in Guimaras, Philippines. We determined the attitudes toward and practices regarding soil-transmitted helminthes (STH) […]

Learning from the design and implementation of large-scale programs to improve infant and young child feeding. BACKGROUND: Improving and sustaining infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices requires multiple interventions […]

Change strategies to protect, promote, and support infant and young child feeding. BACKGROUND: Despite the existence of a strong evidence base for investing in infant and young child feeding (IYCF), […]

Using an evidence-based approach to design large-scale programs to improve infant and young child feeding. BACKGROUND: Global interest in scaling up nutrition outcomes has focused attention on the need for […]

Sustainability and scaling-up analysis of community-based management of acute malnutrition: lessons learned from Burkina Faso. BACKGROUND: Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is an effective strategy frequently implemented by nongovernmental organizations, […]

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 […]

Lessons drawn from research utilization in the maternal iodine supplementation policy development in Thailand. In this paper, the authors share their experience on evidence utilization in the development of Thailand’s […]

Global health in conflict. Understanding opposition to vitamin A supplementation in India. Vitamin A supplementation is a public health intervention that clinical trials have suggested can significantly improve child survival […]