Welcome to the first edition of South Asia Nutrition Knowledge Initiative’s (SANI) Abstract Digest! In each issue, we aim to curate a selection of the latest and relevant studies on maternal and child nutrition for the South Asia region.
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Availability of national polices, programmes, and survey-based coverage data to track nutrition interventions in South Asia
Progress to improve nutrition among women, infants and children in South Asia has fallen behind the pace needed to meet established global targets.
Background: Bangladesh is urbanizing rapidly, facing challenges of malnutrition, low coverage and poor quality of urban nutrition services.
Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh
More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia
Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW).
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected vulnerable populations.
Introduction: Alive and Thrive (A&T) implemented infant and young child feeding (IYCF) interventions in Bangladesh.
Agricultural development projects increasingly aim to improve health and nutrition outcomes, often by engaging women.
In the context of rural Bangladesh, we assess whether agriculture training alone, nutrition behavior communication change (BCC) alone, combined agriculture training and nutrition BCC, or agriculture training and nutrition BCC combined with gender