In this issue of Abstract Digest, we present to you a collection of articles on various aspects of nutrition, including its determinants, tools of measurement, and strategic responses through policy and program. Here are some of the highlights: Two studies have examined the influences of maternal depression on children’s growth: Based on evidence from >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Stepping up to India’s Nutrition Challenge: From Aspiration to Action
The progress made by India on maternal and nutrition outcomes over the last decade is encouraging. Between 2006-16, stunting among children below five years declined from 48 percent to 38 percent, anemia among women of reproductive age came down from 55.3 percent to 53 percent, and exclusive breastfeeding increased from 46.4 percent to 54.9 percent. >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Transform Nutrition-West Africa Launches With Consultation in Dakar
Transform Nutrition-West Africa is a new regional platform, which aims to enable effective policy and programmatic action on nutrition in West Africa. The three-year program is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and led by the International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI).
Podcast highlights community-based nutrition pilot in Malawi
Nourishing Millions, an IFPRI-led project bringing together narratives of nutrition change, has released a new podcast episode highlighting a pilot initiative which leverages a community-based approach to tackle acute childhood malnutrition in Malawi. It is part of the Nourishing Millions podcast series, undertaken in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health, which […]
Trends in Nutrition Outcomes, Determinants, and Interventions in India (2006–2016)
Nutrition is central to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda, and at least 12 of the 17 SDGs include indicators relevant for nutrition. In addition, the World Health Assembly unanimously endorsed 6 ambitious maternal, infant, and young child nutrition targets and several noncommunicable disease-related targets to be achieved by 2025. These global targets are […]
