Brief May 16, 2020 Policy Brief – Preventing neural tube defects in Ethiopia: Large-scale mandatory food fortification urgently needed Ethiopia faces a particularly high level of folate deficiency and folate insufficiency among women
May 16, 2020 Neither Preconceptional Weekly Multiple Micronutrient nor Iron-Folic Acid Supplements Affect Birth Size and Gestational Age Compared with a Folic Acid Supplement Alone in Rural Vietnamese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial The present study aimed to evaluate whether preconception supplementation with weekly iron and folic acid (IFA) or multiple micronutrients (MMs) improves birth outcomes
May 16, 2020 Motivation of health workers and their performance at grassroots level and attitude of people towards health services and delivery: findings of a field study in Gujarat & Odisha states of India This paper explores the level of motivation among health workers in two states (Gujarat and Odisha) in India. It also aims to understand attitudes of the public towards health services.
May 16, 2020 Mothers’ groups enrich diet and culture through promoting traditional Quichua foods This study assessed the nutritional, social, and cultural potential of mothers’ cooking clubs that encouraged mothers to incorporate two wild leafy greens in their child’s diet
May 16, 2020 Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning (MEAL) 2016-2020, 2016 Baseline Assessment of Key Indicators Assessing progress towards the Movement’s objectives and the Sustainable Development Goals for a world without hunger and malnutrition requires the alignment of globally agreed monitoring
May 16, 2020 Monitoring of Health and Nutrition Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Indicators: A case of estimation of denominators of thirteen 100 million plus countries for the mid-year of 2017 This paper estimates demographic denominators to be used for program monitoring for 2 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and 169 targets, during inter-censal periods
May 16, 2020 Mineral- and vitamin-enhanced micronutrient powder reduces stunting in full-term low-birth-weight infants receiving nutrition, health, and hygiene education: a 2 × 2 factorial, cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh The present study investigated the potential effects of a water-based hand sanitizer
May 16, 2020 Mapping Information Systems for Nutrition in SUN Countries This report describes the research undertaken in 2016 to map nutrition related information systems in 57 SUN countries.
May 16, 2020 Latin America and Caribbean: Wheat Flour Industry and Flour Fortification Situation Assessment This document provides a summary of the different aspects of the wheat flour industry in Latin America and Caribbean.
May 16, 2020 Latin America and Caribbean Region Food Industry Assessment For each country and sub-region, this report details the production, trade, consumption and regulatory environments of six fortifiable foods
