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...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
Topics: Micronutrients
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...
Community-Level Micronutrient Fortification of School Lunch Meals Improved Vitamin A, Folate, and Iron Status of Schoolchildren in Himalayan Villages of India
Summary: This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition in April 2010, assessed the effectiveness of micronutrient fortification of meals cooked and...
Effect of an improved local ingredient-based complementary food fortified or not with iron and selected multiple micronutrients on Hb concentrations
Summary: This study, published in Public Health Nutrition in June 2010, evaluated the impact of processing a nutritious local ingredient-based gruel to...
Effectiveness of zinc supplementation plus oral rehydration salts for diarrhoea in infants aged less than 6 months in Haryana state, India
Summary: This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization in May 2010, reveals the results of a study on the effectiveness of zinc...
Guidelines for the Use of Iron Supplements to Prevent and Treat Iron Deficiency Anemia
Summary: This booklet provides background information on iron deficiency anemia, including cutoffs for anemia and the benefits for controlling anemia, the...
Improved adherence and anaemia cure rates with flexible administration of micronutrient Sprinkles: a new public health approach to anaemia control
Summary: This article, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition in September 2007, examines the effectiveness of daily and flexible Sprinkles...
Iron and folic acid supplements and reduced early neonatal deaths in Indonesia
Summary: This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization in December 2009, reveals results of a study on the effect of antenatal care...
Iron supplementation for reducing morbidity and mortality in children with HIV
Summary: This Cochrane Reviews article, published in April 2009, examined available evidence on the impact of the intervention on health outcomes of...
Iron-Fortified Rice Is As Efficacious As Supplemental Iron Drops in Infants and Young Children
Summary: The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition in November 2009, found that rice fortified with iron-containing Ultra Rice, developed by PATH, was...