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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Half of Indian teenage girls underweight, anaemic; 4 in 10 defecate in open (Business Standard)

October 29, 2018


Business Standard published an article examining a survey of teenage Indian girls regarding their status of health and access to sanitation.  Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon was quoted in the article discussing underlying drivers of malnutrition in women and girls such as their social status, educational status, and economic empowerment.

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