2011 Hunger Report
Summary: This report covers the role of the United States in mobilizing global commitments to increase investments in agriculture, food security, and nutrition...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
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A Micronutrient Powder with Low Doses of Highly Absorbable Iron and Zinc Reduces Iron and Zinc Deficiency and Improves Weight-For-Age Z-Scores in South African Children
Summary: This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition in December 2010, examines the efficacy for reducing iron and zinc deficiency, and for reducing...
A randomized trial to determine the optimal dosage of multivitamin supplements to reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-infected women in Tanzania
Summary: This study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in November 2009, investigated the efficacy of multivitamin supplements at single...
A Roadmap for US Leadership to End Global Hunger
Summary: This roadmap and supporting documents, assembled by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations, sets forth a comprehensive and strategic plan that...
Achieving Nutritional Impact and Food Security through Agriculture
Summary: This four-page fact sheet summarizes ways that agriculture projects can maximize nutrition and food security of women, children, and other vulnerable...
Act Now! Campaign in Zambia
Summary: These brochures, created as part of the LINKAGES “Act Now” Campaign in Zambia, offer standardized messages on infant feeding and HIV for a variety...
An activity-based cost analysis of the Honduras Community-Based, Integrated Child Care (AIN-C) programme
Summary: This document reports on a cost-effectiveness analysis of the Honduras AIN-C program, a preventive health and nutrition program of the Honduras...
Anemia Prevention and Control: What Works
Summary: Part I of this document gives background information on the prevalence and causes of anemia by region, and discusses program approaches and good...
Antenatal supplementation with folic acid + iron + zinc improves linear growth and reduces peripheral adiposity in school-age children in rural Nepal
Summary: This study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in July 2009, examines the outcomes in six- to eight-year-old children who...
Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide
Summary: This revised guide provides information on the anthropometric impact indicators and the annual monitoring indicators for maternal and child...