June 2009 The Zambia Exclusive Breastfeeding Study randomized HIV-positive mothers to wean their infants at four months (intervention) or to continue breastfeeding for as long as they wished (control). Although nearly 40% of the intervention […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
July 2009 The Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral, and Nutrition (BAN) study investigated the efficacy of giving either maternal HAART or daily nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV during 24 weeks of exclusive breastfeeding and a four-week […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
August 2009 In a cluster randomized trial published in the Lancet in August 2009, investigators evaluated the impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy on health worker skills and support, care-seeking practices, […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
October 2009 In a study to be published in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin in October, researchers calculated the per-child cost of school feeding programs in Lesotho, Kenya, The Gambia, and Malawi. By combining their […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
July 2009 The Kesho Bora study in Kenya, South Africa, and Burkina Faso investigated whether giving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) to women with CD4 counts between 200 and 500 cells/mm3 during pregnancy, labor, and […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
July 2009 A previous randomized controlled trial provided daily supplementation of one of five micronutrient combinations to pregnant women in Nepal: folic acid, folic acid + iron, folic acid + iron + zinc, multiple micronutrients, […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
July 2009 The Mma Bana study in Botswana explored the relative efficacy of two ARV regimens (Trizivir and Kalatera) for women with CD4 counts more than 200 cells/μL, taken from 26 weeks of pregnancy through […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
September 2009 New research on extending antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis through six months of breastfeeding shows great promise for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In July, researchers announced findings from three highly anticipated randomized, […]
Date: Sep 29, 2009 | Category: Announcements
Denise Lionetti, IYCN project director, shares her experience at the National Infant and Young Child Feeding Stakeholders’ meeting below. During World Breastfeeding Week, I traveled to Kenya, along with my colleague Albertha Nyaku, IYCN’s […]
Date: Sep 15, 2009 | Category: Updates from the field
By Denise Lionetti, IYCN Project Director I saw the effects of the global food crisis during my recent trip to Kenya, where a prolonged drought coupled with high food prices have left significant numbers of […]
Date: Sep 6, 2009 | Category: Points of view