Resources

General nutrition

The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)

Author(s): Oniang’o R

Authoring organization(s): Rural Outreach Program

Published: 2009

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 program covers a wide range of scientific and development disciplines, including agriculture, food, nutrition, environmental management, and sustainable development-related information.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal

Region: Global

An Activity-Based Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-Based Integrated Child Care Program (Atención Integral a la Niñez-Comunitaria [AIN-C])

Author(s): Fiedler J, Villalobos C, De Mattos AC

Authoring organization(s): The World Bank

Published: 2003

Summary: This document reports on a cost-effectiveness analysis of the Honduras AIN-C Program, a preventive health and nutrition program of the Honduras Ministry of Health.

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Latin America

Anemia Prevention and Control: What Works. Parts 1 (Program Guidance) and 2 (Tools and Resources)

Author(s): Galloway R

Authoring organization(s): US Agency for International Development, World Bank, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Micronutrient Initiative

Published: 2003

Summary: Part 1 of this document gives background information on the prevalence and causes of anemia by region, and discusses program approaches and good practices through several case studies of successful programs and other examples. Part 2 provides tools and resources for anemia control programs.

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Booklet

Region: Global

Antenatal Supplementation With Folic Acid + Iron + Zinc Improves Linear Growth and Reduces Peripheral Adiposity in School-age Children in Rural Nepal

Author(s): Stewart CP, Christian P, LeClerq SC, et al.

Published: 2009

Summary: This study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in July 2009, examines the outcomes in 6- to 8-year-old children who participated in a previous trial that provided daily supplementation of micronutrients to pregnant women.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Asia

Assessing the Impact of the Introduction of the World Health Organization Growth Standards and Weight-for-Height Z-score Criterion on the Response to Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition: Secondary Data Analysis

Author(s): Isanaka S, Villamor E, Shepherd S, Grais RF

Published: 2009

Summary: This article, published in Pediatrics, revealed how program enrollment and infant health outcomes would have changed if the 2006 World Health Organization growth standards had been used to identify severely acutely malnourished children in a Médecins Sans Frontières feeding program in Niger.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Africa

Beyond Survival: Integrated Delivery Care Practices for Long-Term Maternal and Infant Nutrition, Health and Development

Author(s): Chaparro C, Lutter C

Authoring organization(s): Pan American Health Organization

Published: 2007

Summary: This document discusses nutrition and health interventions in the immediate postpartum/natal period: delayed cord clamping to increase stores of iron and other micronutrients in the newborn, skin-to-skin contact to regulate newborn temperature, and initiation of breastfeeding within one hour after delivery. It also includes a discussion of integration of newborn care into existing maternal and child health services.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Community Nutrition: A Handbook for Health and Development Workers

Author(s): Burgess A, Bijlsma M, Ismael C

Published: 2009

Summary: The book covers nutrients and food, feeding the family, and the causes and diagnosis and control of malnutrition. Particular attention is given to the emerging challenge of chronic conditions and to the links between nutrition and HIV.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Handbook

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Designing by Dialogue: A Program Planner’s Guide to Consultative Research for Improving Young Child Feeding

Author(s): Dickin K, Griffiths M, Piwoz E

Authoring organization(s): Health and Human Resources Analysis in Africa and Support for Analysis and Research in Africa Projects/Academy for Educational Development (AED) and the Manoff Group

Published: 1997

Summary: This manual gives program managers tools to design, carry out, and analyze the results of formative, consultative research and to use those results to design effective programs to improve infant and young child feeding. The manual covers a number of different methodologies, including recipe trials and trials of improved practices (TIPS).

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Reference manual

Region: Global

Diarrheal Disease: Solutions to Defeat a Global Killer

Authoring organization(s): PATH

Published: 2009

Summary: This report from PATH highlights the broad array of lifesaving prevention and treatment solutions for addressing diarrheal disease in the developing world. Diarrheal Disease: Solutions to Defeat a Global Killer presents scientific evidence to support strategies to scale up use of interventions including safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene, breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding, rotavirus vaccines, zinc treatment, and oral rehydration therapy/oral rehydration solution. Additionally, the report features case studies from several organizations making a real impact with on-the-ground programs that bring these tools to the communities that need them most.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Dietary Diversity as a Measure of the Micronutrient Adequacy of Women’s Diets in Resource-Poor Areas: Results from Five Countries

Authoring organization(s): Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II (FANTA) Project

Published: 2009

Summary: To respond to the need for simple indicators to assess the quality of women’s diets, FANTA formed the Women’s Dietary Diversity Project (WDDP) in 2006. With funding through the United States Agency for International Development, the WDDP analyzed data sets from five countries for this report: Bangladesh (rural), Burkina Faso (urban), Mali (urban), Mozambique (rural), and the Philippines (urban/peri-urban).

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Directions in Global Health

Authoring organization(s): Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

Published: 2008

Summary: The two-page spread on IYCN in PATH’s May 2008 edition of Directions in Global Health describes the project’s latest work with early interventions to strengthen outcomes with mothers and children.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Newsletter

Region: Global

Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Strategy on Childhood Mortality and Nutrition in Rural Area in Bangladesh: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Author(s): Arifeen SE, Hoque DM, Akter T, et al.

Published: 2009

Summary: In this article, published in the Lancet in August 2009, investigators evaluated the impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy on health worker skills and support, care-seeking practices, growth, and mortality in children under five in rural Bangladesh.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Asia

Effect of Preparation Method on Viscosity and Energy Density of Fortified Humanitarian Food-Aid Commodities

Author(s): Black CT, Pahulu HF, et al.

Published: 2009

Summary: This International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition article explores the relationship between food preparation method and the viscosity and energy density of complementary foods prepared from fortified foods distributed through food aid programs.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

Facts for Feeding

Authoring organization(s): LINKAGES

Published: 2001–2006

Summary: These seven short leaflets provide general information on topics relevant to infant and young child nutrition for parents and health workers.

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Topic(s): Breastfeeding, general nutrition, non-English

Type(s): Leaflet

Region: Global

Gap Analysis of Nutrition Coverage in Madagascar

Authoring organization(s): Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project

Published: 2009

Summary: This document reveals the results of an analysis of the coverage of nutrition programs in Madagascar.

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Topic(s): General nutrition, non-English

Type(s): Presentation

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund

Published: 2003

Summary: This strategy is the result of a comprehensive two-year participatory process. It is based on the evidence of nutrition’s significance in the early months and early years of life, and the crucial role that appropriate infant feeding practices play in achieving optimal health outcomes. The strategy identifies interventions with proven impact and defines the obligations and responsibilities in this regard of governments, international organizations, and other concerned parties.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Booklet

Region: Global

Guidelines for the Use of Iron Supplements to Prevent and Treat Iron Deficiency Anemia

Author: Stoltzfus R, Dreyfuss M

Authoring organization(s): International Nutritional Anemia Consultative Group, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund

Published: 1998

Summary: This booklet provides background information on iron deficiency anemia, including cutoffs for anemia and the benefits for controlling anemia, the causes of anemia, a description of interventions to control anemia, guidelines for supplementation for different vulnerable groups, and guidelines for programs.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Booklet

Region: Global

Guiding Principles for the Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child

Author(s): Dewey K

Authoring organization(s): Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

Published: 2002

Summary: This document distills information from discussions at several technical meetings and technical documents on complementary feeding. It covers the duration of breastfeeding and the age complementary foods should be introduced; continued breastfeeding during the 6–24 month period; responsive feeding; feeding during and after illness; the safe preparation and storage of complementary foods; the use of micronutrient supplements; and the amounts, types, frequency, and consistency of complementary foods.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, general nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Guiding Principles for Feeding Infants and Young Children During Emergencies

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization

Published: 2004

Summary: The guiding principles have been prepared to help prevent increased morbidity and mortality among infants and young children affected by an emergency. They serve as a basis for action and are intended to clarify that optimal practices for feeding infants and young children during emergencies are essentially the same as those that apply in other, more stable conditions. The document seeks to inform decision makers about key interventions and sustaining optimal infant and young child feeding during emergencies.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, general nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Guiding Principles for Feeding Non-Breastfed Children 6–24 Months of Age

Author(s): Dewey K

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization

Published: 2005

Summary: These guiding principles are based on consensus achieved during an informal meeting of experts held in Geneva in early 2004 and adapted from the Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child. The publication lists the nine guiding principles, with the scientific rationale for each, and gives examples of diets from different parts of the world that can meet energy and nutrient needs of infants and young children after six months of age who are not breastfed. Annexes include information on developing locally appropriate feeding recommendations based on the principles, and on key issues around early breastfeeding cessation for infants and young children of HIV-positive mothers.

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Topic(s): Complementary feeding, general nutrition, non-English

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

HIV and Infant Feeding: New Evidence and Programmatic Experience, Report of a Technical Consultation

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization

Published: 2007

Summary: This report presents a summary of new findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the HIV and infant feeding Technical Consultation which took place in Geneva in October 2006. This Consultation was organized by WHO on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team on Prevention of HIV Infections in Pregnant Women, Mothers, and their Infants. Topics discussed include the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding and how to reduce it; the impact of different feeding methods on child survival; implementation of current WHO recommendations and guidance on HIV and infant feeding; early cessation of breastfeeding; implementation of counseling; and feeding options (home-modified milk, heat-treatment of breastmilk).

Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and HIV

Type(s): Technical overview

Region: Global

HIV and Infant Feeding: Update

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization

Published: 2007

Summary: This document provides the full list of updated HIV and infant feeding recommendations from the World Health Organization and an explanation of key points. It is based on the Technical Consultation held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and their Infants, Geneva , 25-27 October 2006.

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Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and HIV, non-English

Type(s): Technical overview

Region: Global
HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, and Food Security: What We Can Do

Authoring organization(s): The World Bank

Published: 2007

Summary: This document provides guidance to World Bank and other HIV project managers on integrating nutrition support into HIV projects to improve HIV and AIDS outcomes. Sections include nutrition for adults living with HIV, HIV-positive pregnant and lactating women, HIV-affected children 0 to 24 months, and HIV-positive children 0 to 24 months; special support for people living with HIV/AIDS; food security; and food assistance support, including in the emergency setting.

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Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and HIV, non-English

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

HIV Transmission through Breastfeeding: A Review of Available Evidence, 2007 Update

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Published: 2008

Summary: This publication provides the evidence base and rationale for updated recommendations and publications. It presents a summary of the available scientific evidence on the transmission of HIV infection through breastfeeding, including a preface with the newest evidence as the review was going to press.

Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and HIV

Type(s): Technical review

Region: Global

Improved Adherence and Anaemia Cure Rates with Flexible Administration of Micronutrient Sprinkles: a new public health approach to anaemia control

Author(s): Ip H, Hyder SMZ, et al.

Published: 2009

Summary: This article in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition examines the effectiveness of daily and flexible Sprinkles dosage.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

Improving Nutrition: Issues in Management and Capacity Development

Author(s): Heaver R

Authoring organization(s): The World Bank

Published: 2002

Summary: This document discusses issues and good program practices for the design and implementation of community nutrition programs.

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Indicators for Assessing Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices

Authoring organization(s): World Health Organization

Published: 2008

Summary: As the culmination of a World Health Organization-led five-year effort to develop and reach consensus on a set of simple, valid, and reliable indicators, this document describes eight core and seven optional indicators that are population-based and can be derived from household survey data, such as the Demographic and Health Surveys and the Knowledge, Practice, and Coverage Surveys.

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Technical Report

Region: Global

Infant and Young Child Feeding Update

Author(s): Mukuria A, Kothari MT , Abderrahim N

Authoring organization(s): Macro International for the US Agency for International Development

Published: 2006

Summary: This update provides data on key indicators related to optimal feeding practices for children under five. The update includes a new summary of infant and young child feeding indicators for children 6 to 23 months and reports on Demographic and Health Survey data collected between 1998 and 2004 from 43 countries in five regions around the world: sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa/West Asia/Europe, Central Asia, South/Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, general nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Iron Supplementation for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in Children with HIV

Author(s): Adetifa I, Okomo U

Published: 2009

Summary: This Cochrane review article examined available evidence on the impact of the intervention on health outcomes of HIV-positive children.

Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and HIV

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

IYCN Fact Sheet

Authoring organization(s): Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project

Published: 2009

Summary: This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project.

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Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Fact sheet

Region: Global

IYCN Success Story: Lesotho

Authoring organization(s): Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project

Published: 2008

Summary: This is a success story about a community health worker who practiced exclusive breastfeeding.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Newsletter

Region: Global

The Lancet Series on Child Survival

Author(s): Various

Authoring organization(s): The Lancet

Published: 2003

Summary: This document includes an editorial, two commentaries, and five articles focused on child survival: the prevalence of the problem, where the problem exists and what causes the problem, how we can prevent child deaths through cost-effective interventions, how to address equity gaps, and how to set priorities for programs.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, general nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition

Author(s): Various

Authoring organization(s): The Lancet

Published: 2008

Summary: This document includes an executive summary and five articles aimed to increase awareness around maternal and child undernutrition and serve as a catalyst for national-level governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the international nutrition community to spur action and stimulate national interest, leadership, and commitment.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, general nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

Lesotho Infant and Young Child Feeding Curriculum and Participant's Manual

Authoring organization(s): Ministry of Health and Social Work, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project

Published: 2009

Summary: This curriculum for health workers is based on WHO and UNICEF’s Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling: An Integrated Course. Given the urgency of training large numbers of health workers and counsellors, this integrated course has been adapted to respond to the specific needs in Lesotho by training those who care for mothers and children in the basics of good infant and young child feeding. Counselling is an extremely important part of this course, and the course will focuses on practicing using job aids to improve counselling skills.

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Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and HIV

Type(s): Curriculum

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Making the Case for Preventing Malnutrition Through Improved Infant Feeding and Management of Childhood Illness

Authoring organization(s): Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project

Published: 2009

Summary: This poster and accompanying handout, presented by the IYCN Project at the 10th Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN) Congress on Diarrhoea & Malnutrition in August 2009, make a case for investing in prevention of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rather than in the universal introduction of SAM treatment.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Poster, handout

Region: Global

Meeting the Global Need for Nutrients

Authoring organization(s): Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

Published: 2008

Summary: This document provides an overview of PATH’s work to improve nutrition around the world and highlights project successes in Uganda, Lesotho, and Colombia.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Newsletter

Region: Global

Micronutrient Update

Author(s): Mukuria A, Kothari M

Authoring organization(s): Macro International for the US Agency for International Development

Published: 2007

Summary: This Micronutrient Update, which continues where the May 2002 Micronutrient Update left off, presents information on women and children from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2000 and 2005.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, general nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

National Norms for Safe Feeding of HIV-exposed Infants and Young Children

Authoring organization(s): Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project, Haiti Ministry of Health

Published: 2009

Summary: This document provides clear guidance for health workers to effectively support mothers on infant feeding in Haiti.

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Topic(s): General nutrition, infant Feeding and HIV

Type(s): Policy

Region: Latin American and the Caribbean

Nutrition Essentials: A Guide for Program Managers

Author(s): Sanghvi T

Authoring organization(s): Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival

Published: 1999

Summary: This is a reference manual for major nutrition interventions to improve maternal and infant and young child nutrition. The document provides background information on the role of nutrition in child survival, priority nutrition interventions, how to strengthen and integrate nutrition in district health services, how to work in the community and suggested community activities, and tools and instruments to support nutrition interventions.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, general nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Reference manual

Region: Global

Nutrition Toolkit

Authoring organization(s): The World Bank

Summary: This toolkit includes nine booklets on different nutrition topics, including nutrition project design, basic facts (nuts and bolts in nutrition), economic analysis, growth promotion (child), food supplements, food stamps, monitoring and evaluation, nutrition communications, and school nutrition.

Topic(s): Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, general nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Booklet

Region: Global

Postintervention Growth of Malawian Children who Received 12-Mo Dietary Complementation with a Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement or Maize-Soy Flour

Author(s): Phuka JC, Maleta K, et al.

Published: 2009

Summary: This study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition followed a population of Malawian children to asses whether the benefits from a 12-month dietary supplement were sustained over an additional two years.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

Prenatal food supplementation fortified with multiple micronutrients increases birth length: a randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso

Author(s): Huybregys H, Roberfroid D, Lanou H, et al.

Published: 2009

Summary: This study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, sought to determine whether a prenatal multiple micronutrient-fortified food supplement improves anthropometric measures at birth compared with supplementation with a multiple micronutrient pill alone.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

ProPAN: Process for the Promotion of Child Feeding

Authoring organization(s): Emory University, Nutrition Research Institute, National Institute of Public Health, and Pan American Health Organization

Published: 2003

Summary: ProPAN is a manual and software aimed at ministries of health, nongovernmental organizations, and international organizations interested in improving infant and young child feeding practices. It describes a step-by-step process to identify nutrition and dietary problems, determine why these problems occur, and to design and evaluate an intervention based on the problems identified.

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

Protecting Young Children from Diarrheal Disease

Authoring organization(s): Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)

Published: 2008

Summary: This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH’s multifaceted approach to protecting children from diarrheal disease.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Fact sheet

Region: Global

Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action

Author(s): Shekar M, Heaver R, Lee Y-K

Authoring organization(s): The World Bank

Published: 2006

Summary: This policy document describes the justification for increasing investments in nutrition, the magnitude of malnutrition, the programs that work, and how to take programs to scale.

Topic(s): General nutrition, monitoring and evaluation

Type(s): Book

Region: Global

Resource Library: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies

Authoring organization(s): Emergency Nutrition Network

Summary: The Emergency Nutrition Network has compiled this library of resources on infant feeding and emergencies. These key resources have been developed by the Infant Feeding and Emergencies Core Group and collaborators.

Topic(s): General nutrition, infant feeding and emergencies

Type(s): Resource library

Region: Global

A Roadmap for US Leadership to End Global Hunger

Authoring organization(s): Bread for the World, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, the Congressional Hunger Center, Friends of the World Food Program, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, World Vision

Published: 2009

Summary: This document, assembled by a coalition of non-governmental organizations, sets forth a comprehensive and strategic plan that addresses world hunger in the short, intermediate, and long term. This approach seeks to increase funding for key interventions needed to alleviate global hunger and ensure better coordination among existing U.S. government programs.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Advocacy document

Region: Global

Scaling Up Micronutrient Programs: What Works and What Needs More Work?

Authoring organization(s): Micronutrient Forum

Published: 2009

Summary: This report describes the 2008 Innocenti Process that was initiated by the Micronutrient Forum to examine knowledge related to program implementation in real-world settings.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

School Feeding: Outcomes and Costs

Author(s): Galloway R, Kristjansson E, Gelli A, et al.

Published: 2009

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 attendance, growth, and cognitive ability to determine the cost for improvements.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Global

The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger’s recent food crisis

Author(s): Hampshire K, Casiday R, Kilpatrick K, et al.

Published: 2008

Summary: This qualitative, anthropological study investigates pathways by which children are rendered vulnerable within the context of a nutritional “emergency.” It focuses on household-level decisions that determine resource allocation and childcare practices in order to explain why practices apparently detrimental to children’s health persist.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Journal article

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition

Authoring organization(s): United Nations Children’s Fund

Published: 2009

Summary: Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition reports that undernutrition in mothers and children is a factor in a third of all deaths of children younger than 5 years. At the same time, the global financial crisis and rising food prices have left many more families struggling to put nutritious food on the table. The report draws attention to the fact that 200 million children younger than 5 in the developing world suffer from chronic undernutrition.

Topic(s): General nutrition

Type(s): Technical report

Region: Global

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