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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) […]

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, […]

Strengthiening systems to support mothers in infant and young child feeding at scale. BACKGROUND: Systems strengthening is essential for implementation of large-scale nutrition interventions, including infant and young child feeding […]

Learning how programs achieve their impact: embedding theory-driven process evaluation and other program learning mechanisms in alive & thrive. BACKGROUND: Traditionally, impact evaluations have focused primarily on answering what impact […]

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 […]

Beyond food insecurity: how context can improve complementary feeding interventions. BACKGROUND: The role of context has not been elaborated with respect to current recommendations for complementary feeding interventions, apart from […]

Male influence on infant feeding in rural Guatemala and implications for child nutrition interventions. BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Guatemala has one of the highest rates of child stunting in the world, […]

What could infant and young child nutrition learn from sweatshops? BACKGROUND: Adequate infant and young child nutrition demands high rates of breastfeeding and good access to nutrient rich complementary foods, requiring […]

Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh. BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, many programs and projects have been promoting breastfeeding since the late 1980 s. Breastfeeding practices, however, have not […]

Acceptability of complementary foods and breads prepared from zinc-fortified cereal flours among young children and adults in Senegal We completed a series of studies to assess the acceptability of zinc-fortified, […]