Little is known about the impact of food-assisted maternal and child health programs (FA-MCHN) on child wasting.
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Tubaramure increased household food security and energy and micronutrient consumption, and maternal and child dietary diversity in Burundi.
To maximize impacts and cost-effectiveness of development assistance programs, decisionmakers should consider increasing the length of investments.
Child development is affected by multiple factors throughout pregnancy and childhood. Multisectoral programs addressing these factors may improve children's development.
Cost studies were conducted in conjunction with the impact evaluations of these two PM2A (Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach) programs to provide information on the total cost of the programs and estimate the cost of alternative
Optimizing food-assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive food assistance lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi
Evidence shows that food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs that target mothers and children during the first 1,000 days of life (from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday) succeed in achieving nutrition improvem
We assessed the impact of Burundi's Tubaramure Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) program on linear growth.
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs have long been used to address hunger and hunger-related problems. Traditionally, such programs targeted families with underweight children younger than five.
2015 Nutrition country profile: Burundi
The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co