Zinc

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• Comparison of two forms of daily preventive zinc supplementation versus therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea on young children’s physical growth and risk of infection: study design and rationale for a randomized controlled trial

  The purpose of this study to compare different regimens of zinc supplementation used to for prevention of zinc deficiency and treatment of diarrhea.
  30 May 2019

• Complementary Feeding Diets Made of Local Foods Can Be Optimized, but Additional Interventions Will Be Needed to Meet Iron and Zinc Requirements in 6- to 23-Month-Old Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Researchers reviewed twenty-three articles to evaluate whether nutrient requirements in children (6 to 23 months) living in low- and middle-income countries can be met by the consumption of locally available foods ("observed intake") or optimized foods using modeling techniques ("modeled intake”).
  22 June 2016

• Fortification of staple foods with zinc for improving zinc status and other health outcomes in the general population

  The present review evaluated the beneficial and adverse effects of zinc-fortified staple foods on health-related outcomes and biomarkers of zinc status in the general population.
  9 June 2016

• The effectiveness bundling of zinc with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for improving adherence to acute watery diarrhea treatment in Ethiopia: cluster randomised controlled trial

  The present study explores whether packaging zinc with oral rehydration salts (ORS) will increase the combined use of both treatments in children (6-59 months) with acute diarrhea in eight districts of Ethiopia.
  31 May 2016

• Copenhagen Consensus 2008 – Best Practice Paper: Micronutrient Supplements for Child Survival (Vitamin A and Zinc)

  This Best Practice Paper clearly outlines current progress, successes, challenges, and solutions surrounding Vitamin A and Zinc supplementation. This paper also provides a cost‐benefit analysis of the specific solutions to provide decision‐makers with in‐depth recommendations on project implementation at a national level, which may be valuable for governments, international organizations, NGO’s and philanthropists.
  1 October 2008