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“She would sit with me”: mothers’ experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. BACKGROUND: Different strategies have been used to improve the initiation and duration of breastfeeding. […]
Article Link- 26th October 2010
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Examination of facilitators and barriers to home-based supplemental feeding with ready-to-use food for underweight children in western Uganda. Poor complementary feeding practices and low-quality complementary foods are significant causes of […]
Article Link- 19th July 2010
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Formative research exploring acceptability, utilization, and promotion in order to develop a micronutrient powder (Sprinkles) intervention among Luo families in western Kenya. BACKGROUND: There is a lack of peer-reviewed literature describing […]
Article Link- 1st June 2010
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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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Lessons learned from implementation of a demonstration program to reduce the burden of anemia and hookworm in women in Yen Bai Province, Viet Nam. BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency, anemia and hookworm disease […]
Article Link- 28th July 2009
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Breastfeeding and mixed feeding practices in Malawi: timing, reasons, decision makers, and child health consequences. BACKGROUND: In order to effectively promote exclusive breastfeeding, it is important to first understand who […]
Article Link- 1st March 2007
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Involving communities in the design of clinical trial protocols: the BAN Study in Lilongwe, Malawi. OBJECTIVE: To learn the attitudes and concerns of the local community on participating in research, infant […]
Article Link- 1st January 2007
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Senegalese grandmothers promote improved maternal and child nutrition practices: the guardians of tradition are not averse to change. The vast majority of community nutrition/health programs in developing countries focus on […]
Article Link- 1st September 2004
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Combating hidden hunger: the role of international agencies. The importance of micronutrient deficiencies or “hidden hunger” was clearly emphasized by the inclusion of specific goals on iron, vitamin A, and […]
Article Link- 1st December 2003
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Toward better compliance with iron-folic acid supplements: understanding the behavior of poor urban pregnant women through ethnographic decision models in Vadodara, India. This study made an attempt to develop ethnographic […]
Article Link- 1st March 2002