Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action

RA Heidkamp, E Piwoz, S Gillespie, EC Keats… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide …

Double-duty actions: seizing programme and policy opportunities to address malnutrition in all its forms

C Hawkes, MT Ruel, L Salm, B Sinclair, F Branca - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Actions to address different forms of malnutrition are typically managed by separate
communities, policies, programmes, governance structures, and funding streams. By …

Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death: a descriptive epidemiology of multiple anthropometric deficits using …

M Myatt, T Khara, S Schoenbuchner, S Pietzsch… - Archives of Public …, 2018 - Springer
Background Wasting and stunting are common. They are implicated in the deaths of almost
two million children each year and account for over 12% of disability-adjusted life years lost …

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

ZA Bhutta, T Ahmed, RE Black, S Cousens, K Dewey… - The lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
We reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related
outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote …

Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level

J Bryce, D Coitinho, I Darnton-Hill, D Pelletier… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Summary 80% of the world's undernourished children live in just 20 countries. Intensified
nutrition action in these countries can lead to achievement of the first Millennium …

Preventive zinc supplementation among infants, preschoolers, and older prepubertal children

KH Brown, JM Peerson, SK Baker… - Food and nutrition …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Zinc supplementation trials carried out among children have produced variable results,
depending on the specific outcomes considered and the initial characteristics of the children …

Sociodemographic and Healthcare Factors Associated with Stunting in Children Aged 6–59 Months in the Urban Area of Bali Province, Indonesia 2018

AAN Kusumajaya, R Mubasyiroh, S Sudikno… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stunting is a worldwide public health concern, including in Indonesia. Even when living in
an urban area with urban characteristics, it is still possible for children to be at risk of …

[PDF][PDF] Can conditional cash transfer programs play a greater role in reducing child undernutrition

L Bassett - World Bank Social Policy Discussion Paper, 2008 - Citeseer
Abstract Conditional Cash Transfers programs (CCTs)—which grant cash to poor families
provided they make specified investments in the human capital of their children—have been …

Child feeding knowledge and practices among women participating in growth monitoring and promotion in Accra, Ghana

S Gyampoh, GE Otoo, RNO Aryeetey - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2014 - Springer
Background Child undernutrition and poor feeding practices remain a concern in Ghana.
The Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) programme seeks to empower mothers to …

Factors associated with underweight among under-five children in eastern Nepal: community-based cross-sectional study

D Adhikari, RB Khatri, YR Paudel… - Frontiers in public …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background Undernutrition is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children in
developing countries including Nepal. This study aimed to identify sociodemographic …