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Folic acid food fortification-its history, effect, concerns, and future directions. Periconceptional intake of folic acid is known to reduce a woman’s risk of having an infant affected by a neural […]
Article Link- 15th March 2011
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Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes: experiences from a multi-country assessment of the Child Health Days approach in Africa. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of child health days (CHDs) […]
Article Link- 1st March 2010
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Impact monitoring of the national scale up of zinc treatment for childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh: repeat ecologic surveys. BACKGROUND: Zinc treatment of childhood diarrhea has the potential to save 400,000 under-five […]
Article Link- 1st November 2009
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Implementing an integrated nutrition package at large scale in Madagascar: the Essential Nutrition Actions framework. BACKGROUND: Madagascar has some of the highest rates of child stunting, maternal malnutrition, and infant mortality […]
Article Link- 1st September 2009
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Programmatic effects of a large-scale multiple-micronutrient supplementation trial in Indonesia: using community facilitators as intermediaries for behavior change. BACKGROUND: Clinical trials can serve as an opportunity gateway for enhanced health benefits […]
Article Link- 23rd June 2009
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Operational issues and trends associated with the pilot introduction of zinc for childhood diarrhoea in Bougouni district, Mali. Zinc for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea was introduced in a pilot […]
Article Link- 1st June 2008
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National food-fortification program with folic acid in Chile. The Chilean Ministry of Health legislated to add folic acid (2.2 mg/100 g) to wheat flour to reduce the risk of neural […]
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Review of interventions for the prevention and control of folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies. Folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies represent important and evolving global health challenges that contribute to the […]
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Mainstreaming nutrition into maternal and child health programmes: scaling up of exclusive breastfeeding. Interventions to promote exclusive breastfeeding have been estimated to have the potential to prevent 13% of all […]
Article Link- 1st April 2008
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Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level. 80% of the world’s undernourished children live in just 20 countries. Intensified nutrition action in these countries can lead to achievement […]
Article Link- 9th February 2008