Join us for Innovations in micronutrient powder programs: opportunities to reduce child anemia At the 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health Micronutrient powders have tremendous potential for reducing childhood anemia—a significant yet largely unaddressed […]
Date: Jun 7, 2011 | Category: News alerts
Baltimore, MD, May 9–13, 2011 Influencing the Influencers On May 12, IYCN hosted Influencing the Influencers, a session to explore the power of involving community influencers to change health behaviors. Catharine Taylor, Global Program Leader, […]
Date: May 9, 2011 | Category: Events
Dear Colleagues, IYCN will participate in several panels at A2Z’s upcoming symposia series. Please see A2Z’s announcement below. We hope to see you there. To register visit www.a2zproject.org or for more information, please contact […]
Date: Apr 12, 2011 | Category: News alerts
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 PM Location: PATH Second Floor Conference Room 455 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001, USA Following the recent completion of Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project activities in […]
Date: Apr 12, 2011 | Category: News alerts
Welcome to the eighth issue of the IYCN Update, a newsletter from USAID’s Infant & Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project. Distributed four times per year, each issue offers updates on the latest research, new resources, and project news.
Date: Mar 20, 2011 | Category: Newsletters
Stephanie Martin, IYCN’s behavior change communication specialist, shares the project’s experience integrating nutrition into community-based HIV prevention activities in Kenya’s Western Province. How is the IYCN Project integrating infant feeding into HIV programs? Last year, […]
Date: Mar 9, 2011 | Category: Q&As
This slideshow features photos of fathers who are supporting mothers to improve nutrition for their children in Western Kenya. Through the stories of these inspiring fathers, the slideshow illustrates IYCN’s recommended approach for engaging men […]
Date: Mar 6, 2011 | Category: Success stories
October 2010 In the October 2010 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, researchers reported a reduction in episodes of diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) as well as reduced hospitalizations among […]
Date: Mar 3, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
August 2010 Results from a study of an intervention that promoted improved infant diets with or without the introduction of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LiNS) were published online in August 2010 in Maternal and Child […]
Date: Mar 3, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
October 2010 Investigators in Uganda enrolled HIV-unexposed, HIV-exposed, and HIV-infected children in an observational cohort study to determine the effect of breastfeeding on malaria risk. Results were published in October 2010 in the Journal of […]
Date: Mar 3, 2011 | Category: Research highlights