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Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effect of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) on iron status biomarkers and anemia in children, teenagers, and pregnant or lactating women.
In this study, researchers compare sachet count or self-reporting forms to electronic devices for measuring adherence to daily home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP) and measure the association between each adherence assessment method and change in hemoglobin concentration.
Hepcidin is a liver-derived hormone discovered in the late 2000s, considered to be the master regulator of iron.
This study explored the impact of providing salt fortified with iron and iodine to Indian children in second grade on anemia and cognition.
Preventive Chemotherapy to Control Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in At-Risk Population Groups
The WHO released new global guidelines on the use of preventive chemotherapy to decrease soil-transmitted helminth infection in children, adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, and pregnant women in endemic areas.
Despite steps taken to address the global burden of nutrition, malnutrition and food insecurity remain critical issues, especially among women and children.
Globally, vitamin A deficiency impacts an estimated 250 million preschool-age children, yet tools to enable early diagnosis are often not available in low resource settings.
GAIN Executive Director Lawrence Haddad eloquently summarizes the key issues related to operationalizing micronutrient powders (MNP), drawing on information from SPRING’s report on a global technical consultation on operationalizing MNP, published in the journal
On the African continent, one in five people is chronically undernourished. This report reviews the current global situation and policy agenda, highlighting challenges to addressing malnutrition in Africa, and consolidates lessons learned from successful interventions and country programming.
This book, which is free to download at the link below, examines the first 1,000 days and the impact of exposure to malnutrition, environmental enteropathies, and hormonal and other environmental stressors on long-term health outcomes.
HarvestPlus developed a new strategic plan detailing key activities and resources needed for scaling up biofortification over the next five years.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the WHO recently released a web-based database to help fill the global gap in evidence on individual quantitative food consumption.
The Nutrition 2018 conference engages researchers, practitioners, global and public health professionals, policymakers, and advocacy leaders in sharing the latest research in nutrition.
The 28th World Nutrition Congress will focus on the theme “Promulgating Improved Innovations in Nutrition.” The conference, hosted in Manila, Philippines from August 9-10, 2018, will feature keynote presentations, plenary sessions, young researcher talks, poster presentations, nutrition workshops
The 2018 SBCC Summit highlights the essential role SBCC plays in catalyzing change and making progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
This symposium brings together stakeholders, including UN organizations, policymakers, researchers, health professionals, NGOs, and civil society organizations, to strengthen efforts to address the double burden of malnutrition.
The Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice (COP), facilitated by the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) and moderated by the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID’s) SPRING project, was launched in June 2015.
Family doctor Yrysbu Salimbekova is introducing nurses to SPRING posters at
This webinar is part of the series: "Agriculture-Nutrition-Health linkages: Research in the African context" produced by ANH Academy and the African Nutrition Society.