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Adolescent Girls

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May 11, 2020

Delivering an action agenda for nutrition interventions addressing adolescent girls and young women: priorities for implementation and research

This paper describes current evidence-based nutrition recommendations and global guidance for nutrition actions to address adolescent undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.

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May 11, 2020

Daily iron supplementation for improving anaemia, iron status and health in menstruating women

The present study provides a systematic review of evidence on the effects of daily iron supplementation on anaemia and iron status, as well as on physical, psychological and neurocognitive health

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May 10, 2020

Characterisation of anaemia and associated factors among infants and pre-schoolers from rural India

The present study aimed to distinguish anaemia and the associated factors among 476 infants (6-12 months) and 316 pre-schoolers (aged 29-56 months) and their mothers

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May 10, 2020

Business not as usual: how multisectoral collaboration can promote transformative change for health and sustainable development

The purpose of this paper is to present a model of effective collaboration for improvement in health and sustainable development using multiple country case studies.

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May 10, 2020

Best Practice Paper: Micronutrient Fortification (Iron and Salt Iodization)

In the Copenhagen Consensus, 2008, a group of world‐renowned economists ranked food fortification with iron and iodine as a top public health intervention priority for countries using benefit‐cost...

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May 10, 2020

Applying international guidelines for calcium supplementation to prevent pre-eclampsia: simulation of recommended dosages suggests risk of excess intake in Ethiopia

The purpose of this simulation was to study the impact of calcium supplementation during pregnancy to prevent pre-eclampsia.

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May 10, 2020

Adolescent girls’ nutrition and anaemia prevention: a school-based multi-sectoral collaboration in Indonesia

This paper highlights lessons learned from a school-based multi-sectoral collaboration demonstration project based in Indonesia to implement the revised national weekly iron and folic acid policy.

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May 1, 2020

Iron-fortified lentils to improve iron (Fe) status among adolescent girls in Bangladesh - study protocol for a double-blind community-based randomized controlled trial

This is a protocol of a study that aims to establish novel evidence of the efficacy of the consumption of iron-fortified lentils in improving the body iron status and thus cognitive performance in non

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May 1, 2020

Identifying Nutrition and Health-Relevant Behaviors, Beliefs, and Values of School-Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Context for Interventions

This study describes the nutrition-relevant context required for effective intervention planning with a special emphasis on iron because anemia has been identified as a significant problem in adolesce

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Field Stories

April 6, 2020

Leading by example: A health worker transforms minds and lives in rural India

In Niyamatpur, a village in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, the local Anganwadi, or health centre, is a bustling hub for adolescent girls who don't attend school. This is thanks to Mamta Rani

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