July 2009 The Kesho Bora study in Kenya, South Africa, and Burkina Faso investigated whether giving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) to women with CD4 counts between 200 and 500 cells/mm3 during pregnancy, labor, and […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
July 2009 A previous randomized controlled trial provided daily supplementation of one of five micronutrient combinations to pregnant women in Nepal: folic acid, folic acid + iron, folic acid + iron + zinc, multiple micronutrients, […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
July 2009 The Mma Bana study in Botswana explored the relative efficacy of two ARV regimens (Trizivir and Kalatera) for women with CD4 counts more than 200 cells/μL, taken from 26 weeks of pregnancy through […]
Date: Oct 1, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
February 2009 Liquid iron supplements have done little to reduce high rates of iron deficiency anemia among young children in developing countries, largely due to poor adherence. Studies have shown that home fortification of regularly […]
Date: Jul 4, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
May 2009 Corn-soy blend, wheat-soy blend, and corn-soy milk are three commodities commonly distributed by the US Agency for International Development for use as complementary foods for infants 6–24 months of age. While the World […]
Date: Jul 4, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
January 2009 In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, three groups of Malawian children received daily supplementation of either 71 grams of corn-soy flour that required cooking, and either 50 grams […]
Date: Jul 4, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
April 2009 Evidence shows that HIV-exposed, uninfected infants are at greater risk of illness and death than unexposed infants, and that low maternal CD4 count is associated with even greater risk of infant death. However, […]
Date: Jul 4, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
September 2008 A controlled clinical trial in Brazil assessed the impact of a hospital-based education program for fathers on breastfeeding practices at six months. Mothers or mother/father pairs participated in a breastfeeding education session, watched […]
Date: Mar 3, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
December 2008 Results from a study in Rakai, Uganda, confirmed once again that promoting formula feeding for HIV-exposed infants can be dangerous in certain settings. In a program-based intervention in a mostly rural area, mothers […]
Date: Mar 3, 2009 | Category: Research highlights
January 2009 A recent article in Pediatrics revealed how program enrollment and infant health outcomes would have changed if the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards had been used to identify severely acutely malnourished […]
Date: Mar 3, 2009 | Category: Research highlights