HIV Vertical Transmission Study
Summary: These journal articles, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and The Lancet, describe the...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
Topics: Research + Region: Africa + Source: External
Prenatal food supplementation fortified with multiple micronutrients increases birth length: a randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso
Summary: This study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in October 2009, sought to determine whether a prenatal multiple...
SASHA Project: Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweet potato: A proof-of concept action research project in Western Kenya
Summary: This technical brief, published in 2009, summarizes the activities of the SASHA (Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa) Project in...
The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)
Summary: The AJFAND is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal with a global reputation published in Kenya by the Rural Outreach Program in Nairobi. The publishing...
The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger’s recent food crisis
Summary: This qualitative, anthropological study, published in Disasters in January 2009, investigates pathways by which children are rendered vulnerable...