January 2009 After the Niger food crisis of 2004-2005, programs for community-based treatment of acute malnutrition found that the prevalence of acute malnutrition, although reduced from the level during the crisis, remained unacceptably high. In […]
Date: Feb 11, 2010 | Category: Research highlights
September 2009 After implementing the Kisumu Breastfeeding Study (KiBS) for one and a half years, the study’s safety board noted that infants had high rates of diarrhea at age 6 months—the age at which their […]
Date: Feb 11, 2010 | Category: Research highlights
January 2010 An article in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes analyzed the risk of serious gastroenteritis in HIV-exposed infants who participated in two different trials in the same […]
Date: Feb 11, 2010 | Category: Research highlights
Benny Sikhakhane, consultant for the IYCN Project, shares his experiences working on a community-based nutritional measurement project in South Africa. On October 20th, I conducted an orientation for 46 community volunteers, including young mothers, grandmothers, […]
Date: Feb 11, 2010 | Category: Updates from the field
Welcome to the fourth 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: Feb 6, 2010 | Category: Newsletters
This slideshow features photographs from IYCN’s community-based infant feeding activities in Kenya. The slideshow is a collaboration of the IYCN Project, the Society for Women and AIDS in Kenya, and PATH. […]
Date: Feb 6, 2010 | Category: Success stories
Our thoughts are with the victims and families affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization, and the World Food Programme have released an important joint […]
Date: Jan 29, 2010 | Category: Announcements
Dear colleagues, Our thoughts are with the victims and families affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization, and the World Food Programme have released an […]
Date: Jan 25, 2010 | Category: News alerts
Dear Colleagues, On Monday, November 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced new guidelines on infant feeding within the context of HIV. The updated guidelines reflect significant evidence regarding HIV and infant feeding that has […]
Date: Dec 3, 2009 | Category: News alerts
Bangkok, Thailand, October 4 to 9, 2009 The 19th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), themed “Nutrition Security for All,” featured the latest research and news from the world of nutrition in a series of plenary […]
Date: Oct 2, 2009 | Category: Events