Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, Oct 18-21, 2015, Mexico City

February 4, 2015

Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, Oct 18-21, 2015, Mexico City Join the Secretariat of Health of Mexico and 15 other convening partners in Mexico City, October 18 to 21, for a landmark technical conference to discuss strategies for reaching every mother and newborn with high-quality health care. Setting the post-2015 agenda  2015 is a critical […]

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Q&A with Noreen Mucha, Multisectoral Nutrition Advisor

January 30, 2015

Noreen Mucha has over 14 years of experience working in international development, primarily focusing in the public health sector but also within the agriculture and education sectors. Experience includes working with host country governments, United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations, non profits and universities.  Question: Please give a brief description of your current work with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)? Currently, I am conducting a 14 […]

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The Other Asian Enigma: Explaining the Rapid Reduction of Undernutrition in Bangladesh

January 29, 2015

The Other Asian Enigma: Explaining the Rapid Reduction of Undernutrition in Bangladesh. World Development, Feb 2015. Full text Authors: Derek Headeya, John Hoddinotta, b, Disha Alic, Roman Tesfayea, Mekdim Derejea Although South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition – the so called Asian Enigma – Bangladesh has […]

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SPRING – Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions: A Training Guide for Peace Corps Health Volunteers and Peace Corps Staff

January 29, 2015

Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions: A Training Guide for Peace Corps Health Volunteers and Peace Corps Staff, 2014. SPRING Project. Full text In 2013 SPRING assisted Peace Corps and WAFSP with introducing and rolling out the Essential Nutrition Actions package in five West African countries (Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, and Sierra Leone) by […]

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World Bank – Promoting Handwashing and Sanitation Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Trial in Rural Tanzania

January 29, 2015

Promoting Handwashing and Sanitation Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Trial in Rural Tanzania, 2015. World Bank. Full text Authors: Bertha Briceño, Aidan Coville Sebastian Martinez. This paper presents the results of two large-scale, government-led handwashing and sanitation promotion campaigns in rural Tanzania. For the campaign, 181 wards were randomly assigned to receive sanitation promotion, handwashing promotion, both interventions together, or […]

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Child malnutrition and the Millennium Development Goals: much haste but less speed?

January 29, 2015

Child malnutrition and the Millennium Development Goals: much haste but less speed? Arch Dis Child. 2015 Feb;100 Suppl 1:S19-22. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305384. Full text Author: Oruamabo RS. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provide a framework for measuring the progress of nations. Several of these goals relate to child malnutrition, which remains an important contributor to child […]

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Pediatric small intestine bacterial overgrowth in low-income countries

January 29, 2015

Pediatric small intestine bacterial overgrowth in low-income countries. Trends in Molec Med, Jan 2015. Abstract/order info Authors: Jeffrey R. Donowitz, William A. Petri Jr. Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) occurs when colonic quantities of commensal bacteria are present in the small bowel. SIBO is associated with conditions of disrupted gastrointestinal (GI) motility leading to stasis […]

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ACF – Greater investment in water, sanitation and hygiene is key to the fight against undernutrition

January 29, 2015

Greater investment in water, sanitation and hygiene is key to the fight against undernutrition, 2015. Action Contre La Faim. Full text Authors: Carlotta Denis, Jean Lapegue, Karl Lellouche, Rachel Lozano and Elise Rodriguez. Despite the number of children who die every year as a consequence of undernutrition, and the research demonstrating the major impact that Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions […]

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

January 29, 2015

A single genus in the gut microbiome reflects host preference and specificity. ISME J. Jan 2015; 9(1): 90–100. Full text Authors: 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 upon […]

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FANTA III – Overview of the Nutrition Situation in 11 Countries in Asia

January 15, 2015

FANTA III – Overview of the Nutrition Situation in 11 Countries in Asia, 2015. Reducing malnutrition globally depends on reducing malnutrition in Asia, which has the highest prevalence and greatest numbers of children under 5 years of age who are stunted, wasted, and underweight. USAID’s renewed focus and commitment to nutrition is an opportunity to […]

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