Nutrition programmes

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Tackling obesity and improving health equity in Europe: ( Yoline M. Kuipers / EuroHealthNet , 2009); This report, published by EuroHealthNet, provides ideas and inspiration for practitioners and policy makers about counteracting obesity and improving health equity. In this report, the author describe...
Monitoring and evaluation of nutrition assessment, education and counselling of people living with HIV: ( T. Castleman;M. Deitchler;A. Tumilowicz / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); Growing recognition of the important role nutrition plays in the care and support of
people living with HIV (PLHIV) has led to substantial growth in efforts to integrate food and nutrition int...
Monitoring and evaluation training for nutrition related programmes: ( AED Center for Global Health Communication and Marketing , 2000); Monitoring and evaluation is an essential part of all projects and programmes. This manual has been designed to assist facilitators to train development and nutrition programme managers and those work...
A look at monitoring and evaluation in population, health and nutrition programs: ( A. Gage;N. Frankel / , 2007); This guide presents a mini-course which looks at the basics of programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the context of population, health, and nutrition programs. It also defines commo...
Consumer price subsidies and nutrition: results from two Chinese provinces: ( R., T. Jensen;N., H. Miller / Center for International Development, Harvard University , 2008); Many developing countries use food price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However, subsidising goods on which households spend a high proportion of their budget can...
Facilitators and barriers to the incorporation of the Essential Nutrition Actions in Ethiopia: ( J. Jennings;M. B. Hirbaye / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); This Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project report reviews how the Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) approach has been incorporated into public health programmes in Ethiopia. The ENAs...
Nutrition supplements in early childhood linked to future economic productivity: evidence from Guatemala: ( J. Hoddinott;J. A. Maluccio;J. R. Behrman / The Lancet , 2008); This research article from The Lancet examines the impact of a nutrition intervention in early childhood on adult economic productivity and income.Between 1969 and 1977 in Guatemala, children betwe...
Synthesis of lessons on integration of CMAM into national health systems: Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger: ( H. Deconinck;A. Swindale;F. Grant;C. Navarro-Colorado / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); This report reviews the integration of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) into the national health systems of Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger between April and June 2007. It documents ...
How can responses to emerging food insecurity crises be improved?: ( E. Mathys / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007); In geographic areas and populations chronically vulnerable to food insecurity, early warning and response (EWR) systems can provide necessary information to help modify programme interventions and ...
South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG): ( J.M. Aguero;M.R. Carter;I. Woolard / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth , 2007); This paper estimates the impact of South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) on child nutrition as measured by child height-for-age. It finds that large dosages of CSG treatment early in life sig...