Infant and Young Child Nutrition

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• Improving Health and Nutrition Services in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh: The ENRICH project experience

  1 December 2020

• Infant and young child nutrition indicators in two provinces of Afghanistan: results from two rounds of large country-lot quality assurance sampling surveys

  The objective of this paper was to review the status of an infant and young child feeding (IYCF) program in Afghanistan, which was supported by Nutrition International. The information collected was used to update stakeholders on the activities, implement any necessary changes, and provide strategies for scale-up.
  30 May 2019

• Effectiveness of a Program Intervention with Reduced-Iron Multiple Micronutrient Powders on Iron Status, Morbidity and Growth in Young Children in Ethiopia

  This research paper aimed to assess the safety of low iron dose micronutrient powders (MNP) for 6-23-month-old children in Ethiopia.
  30 May 2019

• Prevalence of thresholds for wasting, overweight and stunting in children under 5 years

  The WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring re-examined the existing ranges of wasting and stunting developed in the 1990s, and developed new ranges for childhood overweight.
  30 May 2019

• Intensive monitoring and interpersonal counselling by lady health worker improves the coverage of vitamin A among children between ages 6 and 59 months in selected low performing provinces of Pakistan

  The purpose of this study was to assess the impact that scaling up monitoring mechanisms has had on vitamin A supplementation in Pakistan.
  30 May 2019