Multisectoral

Factors contributing to the success of folic acid public health campaigns. BACKGROUND: Studies in the 1990s have found that periconceptional dietary folate, supplementation of folic acid or supplemental multivitamins containing folic […]

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 […]

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 […]

Counseling and choosing between infant-feeding options: overall limits and local interpretations by health care providers and women living with HIV in resource-poor countries (Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon). As part of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. We reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to […]

Implementing preventive iron-folic acid supplementation among women of reproductive age in some Western Pacific countries: possibilities and challenges. Lack of effective implementation mechanisms is identified as a major obstacle in […]

Micronutrient status and intervention programs in Malaysia. Approximately 70% of the world’s malnourished children live in Asia, giving that region the highest concentration of childhood malnutrition worldwide. Prevalence of stunting […]