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project paper

Understanding local food systems in South Asia: An assessment approach and design

TAFSSA Methods Note
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2022
| by Manavi Gupta, Avinash Kishore, Samuel Scott, Shreya Chakraborty, Prakashan Veettil Chellattan, Samira Choudhury, Timothy Krupnik, Neha Kumar, Sumanta Neupane, Sharvari Patwardhan, Celeste Sununtnasuk, Anton Urfels and Purnima Menon

Home to one-quarter of humanity—one-fifth of whom are youth—South Asia has the world’s largest concentration of poverty and malnutrition (1–3).

journal article

Maternal diets in India: Gaps, barriers, and opportunities

nutrients
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2021
| by Phuong Hong Nguyen, Shivani Kachwaha, Lan Mai Tran, Tina Sanghvi, Sebanti Ghosh and Purnima Menon

Suboptimal dietary intake is a critical cause of poor maternal nutrition, with several adverse consequences both for mothers and for their children.

conference proceeding

Both quantity and quality of antenatal care matter for child birthweight: An analysis of nationally representative data From Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Current Developments in Nutrition
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2021
| by Sumanta Neupene, Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen and Purnima Menon

Antenatal care (ANC) is an important platform to deliver health and nutrition interventions during pregnancy but there is limited evidence on how both the number and content of ANC visits relate to birth outcomes.

discussion paper

Coaching, not monitoring? Insights from a school accountability reform in Pakistan

ifpri discussion paper
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2020
| by Naureen Karachiwalla, Katrina Kosec, Saher Asad, Masooma Habib, Clare Leaver and Attique ur Rehman

We evaluate a pilot reform of the promotion system for teachers and head teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, that was implemented as a randomized controlled trial during the 2017-2018 school year.

supplementary material

South Asia is far from achieving universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions: Examining coverage, trends, and inequities, 2005 to 2018

Current Developments in Nutrition
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2020
| by Nishmeet Singh, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Samuel Scott, Sunny S. Kim, Sumanta Neupane, Zivai Murira, Rebecca A. Heidkamp, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Purnima Menon and Harriet Torlesse

South Asia carries the largest burden of malnutrition globally. Tracking coverage of nutrition interventions is a critical step in designing effective nutrition policies and monitoring progress in the region.

supplementary material

Are data available to measure progress in the coverage of essential nutrition actions in South Asia? A review of demographic and health surveys in seven countries, 2005–2018

Current Developments in Nutrition
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2020
| by Manita Jangid, Sumanta Neupane, Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sunny S. Kim, Purnima Menon, Harriet Torlesse, Zivai Murira and Rebecca A. Heidkamp

South Asian countries carry the largest burden of undernutrition globally. The World Health Organization has recommended a set of Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) to tackle all forms of malnutrition.

discussion paper

Is consanguinity an impediment to child development outcomes?

iza discussion papers
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2019
| by Cem Mete, Laurent Bossavie, John Giles and Harold Alderman

Marriages between blood relatives – also known as consanguineous unions – are widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia and most parts of South Asia.