Responsive Feeding and Child Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Summary: This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition in March 2011, presents the evolution of responsive feeding research and the positive association...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
Topics: Research + Source: External
Role of breastfeeding cessation in mediating the relationship between maternal HIV disease stage and increased child mortality among HIV-exposed uninfected children
Summary: This study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April 2009, analyzed the role of breastfeeding cessation and its effect on...
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...
School feeding: Outcomes and costs
Summary: This article, published in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin in October 2009, analyzes the costs per child of school feeding programs against impacts on...
Situational analysis of infant and young child nutrition activities in the Sahel – executive summary
Summary: This journal article, published in Maternal and Child Nutrition in March 2011, reports on the results from a situation analysis evaluating infant and...
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 Lancet Child Survival series
Summary: This journal series, published in 2003, includes an editorial, two commentaries, and five articles focused on child survival: the prevalence of the...
The Lancet Maternal and Child Undernutrition series
Summary: This journal series, published in 2008, includes an executive summary and five articles aimed to increase awareness around maternal and child...
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...
Zinc Treatment for 5 or 10 Days Is Equally Efficacious in Preventing Diarrhea in the Subsequent 3 Months among Bangladeshi Children
Summary: This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition in January 2011, documents a community trial in rural Bangladesh to compare the efficacy of five-...