Planning & Design
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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 […]
Article Link- 1st April 2012
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Low-cost, ready-to-use therapeutic foods can be designed using locally available commodities with the aid of linear programming. According to the United Nations (UN), 25 million children <5 y of age […]
Article Link- 28th March 2012
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Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is an innovative tool that measures women’s empowerment in agriculture. Authors: IFPRI
Article Link- 1st January 2012
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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 […]
Article Link- 1st September 2011
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Preparing for national school-based deworming in Kenya: the validation and large-scale distribution of school questionnaires with urinary schistosomiasis. OBJECTIVE: School questionnaires of self-reported schistosomiasis provide a rapid and simple approach […]
Article Link- 18th July 2011
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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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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 […]
Article Link- 30th November 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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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