Maternal undernutrition contributes to 800 000 neonatal deaths annually through small for
gestational age births; stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to …

Aim To provide comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation,
exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings:(i) Health …

Background Stunting affects one-third of children under 5 y old in developing countries, and
14% of childhood deaths are attributable to it. A large number of risk factors for stunting have …

Background Diarrhoeal diseases cause illness and death among children younger than 5
years in low-income countries. We designed the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) to …

Background Information about the distribution of causes of and time trends for child mortality
should be periodically updated. We report the latest estimates of causes of child mortality in …

Abstract Introduction Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) rates remain low in both low-income
and high-income countries despite World Health Organization recommendations for EBF till …

Abstract In 2012, the World Health Organization adopted a resolution on maternal, infant
and young child nutrition that included a global target to reduce by 40% the number of …

Cluster Randomised Trials, Second Edition discusses the design, conduct, and analysis of
trials that randomise groups of individuals to different treatments. It explores the advantages …

BACKGROUND: More than 2· 3 million children died in India in 2005; however, the major
causes of death have not been measured in the country. We investigated the causes of …

Objective We systematically evaluated health and nutrition programmes to identify context-
specific interventional packages that might help to prioritise the implementation of …