Improving Nutrition in Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Lesotho Please join the Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project for a brown bag discussion on the latest approaches to improve maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. […]
Date: May 14, 2009 | Category: News alerts
Beijing, China May 11, 2009, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Scaling Up Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Programming More than 85 people participated in Scaling Up Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Programming, a […]
Date: May 11, 2009 | Category: Events
Meet us in Beijing: MIYCN Satellite Session at the Second International Meeting of the Micronutrient Forum Beijing, China May 11, 2009, 9:00 am -12:00 pm Scaling Up Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Programming […]
Date: May 6, 2009 | Category: News alerts
The Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project helps countries establish policies and guidelines aimed at preventing malnutrition and increasing children’s chances to flourish and lead productive lives. Working in Africa, Asia, and Latin America […]
Date: Mar 22, 2009 | Category: Announcements
Eric Munoz is an international policy analyst at Bread for the World Institute, a research and educational organization that educates opinion leaders, policymakers, and the public about hunger in the United States and abroad. Below, […]
Date: Mar 9, 2009 | Category: Q&As
Welcome to the first issue of the IYCN Update, a periodic newsletter from USAID’s Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project. Each issue offers updates on the latest research, new resources, and project news.
Date: Mar 6, 2009 | Category: Newsletters
By Jennifer Marcy, MSc, IYCN Project, PATH, and Kiersten Israel-Ballard, MPH, DrPH, IYCN Project, PATH March 2009 Many countries are introducing a national policy to test all babies who are born to HIV-positive mothers for […]
Date: Mar 6, 2009 | Category: Points of view
September 2008 A controlled clinical trial in Brazil assessed the impact of a hospital-based education program for fathers on breastfeeding practices at six months. Mothers or mother/father pairs participated in a breastfeeding education session, watched […]
Date: Mar 3, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
December 2008 Results from a study in Rakai, Uganda, confirmed once again that promoting formula feeding for HIV-exposed infants can be dangerous in certain settings. In a program-based intervention in a mostly rural area, mothers […]
Date: Mar 3, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
January 2009 A recent article in Pediatrics revealed how program enrollment and infant health outcomes would have changed if the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards had been used to identify severely acutely malnourished […]
Date: Mar 3, 2009 | Category: Research highlights