New York Times – Poor Sanitation in India May Afflict Well-Fed Children With Malnutrition

July 14, 2014

Poor Sanitation in India May Afflict Well-Fed Children With Malnutrition | Source: by Gardiner Harris, New York Times, July 13, 2014. Excerpts: A long economic boom in India has done little to reduce the vast number of children who are malnourished and stunted, leaving them with mental and physical deficits that will haunt them their entire […]

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WASH, Nutrition and Early Childhood Development: New Evidence in ECD and Findings from the Field

June 26, 2014

Presenters for this June 25, 2014 webinar: Jenny Orgle, Program Director for the Nutrition at the Center Program at CARE USA, talks about “Addressing Environmental Enteropathy in CARE’s Nutrition at the Center Program.” Maureen Black, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses “New Evidence Linking Nutrition and Early Child Development” […]

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A single genus in the gut microbiome reflects host preference and specificity

June 25, 2014

A single genus in the gut microbiome reflects host preference and specificity. ISME Journal advance online publication 17 June 2014. Full text A Murat Eren, et al. Delineating differences in gut microbiomes of human and animal hosts contributes towards understanding human health and enables new strategies for detecting reservoirs of waterborne human pathogens. We focused […]

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Steve Luby – Reducing environmental enteropathy and child growth faltering

June 24, 2014

Reducing environmental enteropathy and child growth faltering: An intervention trial update.  A presentation by Steve Luby at FHI360 on June 19, 2014. (Presentation, pdf) Excerpts from the presentation: What is the evidence that fecal environmental contamination causes stunting? Stunting is more common where there is more environmental fecal contamination Animal husbandry Biological plausibility Food hygiene may […]

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June 25 Webinar – WASH, Nutrition and Early Childhood Development

June 19, 2014

WASH, Nutrition and Early Childhood Development: New Evidence in ECD and Findings from the Field Join the USAID WASH and Nutrition Community of Practice for a webinar discussion on this topic of growing interest to USAID and others. Register today and reserve your webinar seat at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/361157176 Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 […]

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Malnutrition ‘damages gut bacteria’ – Nature, June 2014

June 6, 2014

Below is a BBC News summary of an article in the June 4, 2014 issue of Nature. Malnutrition ‘damages gut bacteria’ Child malnutrition has long-term effects on gut health that affect development even after treatment, a study suggests. A team studied the gut health of malnourished children in Bangladesh. Writing in the journal Nature they said […]

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Sanitation and health externalities: resolving the Muslim mortality paradox

June 6, 2014

Sanitation and health externalities: resolving the Muslim mortality paradox, 2014. Full text Michael Geruso and Dean Spears It is the open defecation of one’s neighbors, rather than the household’s own practice, that matters most for child survival. The gradient and mechanism we uncover have important implications for child health and mortality worldwide, since 15% of the […]

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USAID Multi-sectoral nutrition strategy 2014-2025

May 23, 2014

USAID Multi-sectoral nutrition strategy 2014-2025. USAID. Link Optimal nutrition is fundamental to achieving USAID’s wider mission to end extreme poverty and to promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our national security and prosperity. USAID’S 2014-2025 Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy is the first of its kind at USAID. It is aligned with the 2025 World Health Assembly […]

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Nairobi – Myths and cultural beliefs regarding maternal and child nutrition

May 20, 2014

Nairobi – Myths and cultural beliefs regarding maternal and child nutrition, 2014. Source-APHRC Website M Najeri, African Population and Health Reseach Center. Recent statistics indicate that poor maternal and child nutrition are the underlying causes of 3.5 million deaths every year and 35 percent of disease burden for children under five years globally (Bryce et […]

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Eggs: the uncracked potential for improving maternal and young child nutrition among the world’s poor

May 14, 2014

Eggs: the uncracked potential for improving maternal and young child nutrition among the world’s poor. Nutrition Reviews, May 2014. Order/author info Authors: Lora L Iannotti1, et al. Eggs have been consumed throughout human history, though the full potential of this nutritionally complete food has yet to be realized in many resource-poor settings around the world. […]

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