Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) need to be evidence-based. As part of the development of Ethiopian FBDG, we conducted an umbrella review to develop dietary recommendations.
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Perspective: Food environment research priorities for Africa: Lessons from the Africa food environment research network
Over the last 2 decades, many African countries have undergone dietary and nutrition transitions fueled by globalization, rapid urbanization, and development.
Background: Women's self-help groups (SHGs) have become one of the largest institutional platforms serving the poor.
Changes in anemia and anthropometry during adolescence predict learning outcomes: Findings from a 3-year longitudinal study in India
Background: Anemia and poor physical growth during adolescence have far-ranging consequences, but limited longitudinal evidence exists on how changes in these factors relate to changes in learning skills as adolescents mature.
Background: SELEVER is a nutrition- and gender-sensitive poultry value chain project designed and implemented by international NGO Tanager which consists of poultry market facilitation and behavior change activities aiming at increasing poultry pr
Background: Meta-analyses show that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) reduce child stunting and wasting. Identification of subgroups who benefit most from SQ-LNSs may facilitate program design.
Social assistance programs and birth outcomes: A systematic review and assessment of nutrition and health pathways
A systematic review and assessment of nutrition and health pathways that evaluate the impacts of social assistance programs on outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
Background: Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) have been shown to reduce the prevalence of child anemia and iron deficiency, but effects on other micronutrients are less well known.
Effects of persistent undernutrition during adolescence on learning skills: Findings from a longitudinal study of 16,000 adolescents in India
Objectives: Limited evidence exists on longitudinal impacts of undernutrition on learning skills as adolescents mature. This study aimed to examine the effect of undernutrition in early adolescence on learning skills in late adolescence.
Bridging the gap between intent & interpretation: Enhancing survey questions on maternal & child nutrition intervention coverage through cognitive interviewing in India
Objectives: Designing survey questions that clearly and precisely communicate the question's intent and elicit responses based on the intended interpretation is critical but often undervalued.
The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India
Objectives: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has profound negative impacts on people's lives, but little is known on the effect of COVID-19 on household food insecurity (HFI) in poor setting resources.
Teenage birth leads to short stature and anemia: Evidence from a longitudinal study of 10,000 girls in India
Objectives: Home to one in five adolescents globally and a tradition of marrying young, India faces a huge challenge of teenage births.
Provision and utilization of health and nutrition services during the COVID-19 pandemic in urban Bangladesh
Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have extensive effects on healthcare systems.
Food insecurity among farmers in rural Sri Lanka and the perceived impacts of COVID-19
Objectives: Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic (C19) has affected food security and farmers’ livelihoods in Sri Lanka.
Impacts of COVID-19 on provision and utilization of health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India: Insights from phone surveys and administrative data
Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has significant potential implications for health systems, but little primary evidence is available on effects on health and nutrition services.
A nutrition behaviour change intervention delivered through women's self-help groups in India is protective against depression and reduces time spent in market work
Objectives: Women's self-help groups (SHGs), which operate at large scale in India, are an important platform for delivering behaviour change communication (BCC) and social support interventions to rural women.
India's 2.42 million frontline health workers enable restoration of health and nutrition service delivery after early COVID-19 lockdowns
Objectives: Modeling studies have estimated impacts of potential service delivery disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child nutrition outcomes, but little is known about actual delivery status.
A women's group-based nutrition behavior change intervention in India has limited impacts amidst implementation barriers and a concurrent national behavior change campaign
Objectives: Women's self-help groups (SHGs) have become one of the world's largest institutional platforms of the poor, reaching over 70 million Indian women in 2020.
Research finds that child linear growth during and after the first 1000 days is positively associated with intellectual functioning and mental health in school-age children in Vietnam.