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  Mixed methods report: impact evaluation of the DFID programme to accelerate improved nutrition for the extreme poor in Bangladesh

  Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015

  The DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children, mothers and adolescent girls by integrating the delivery of a number of nutrition-specific (or direct) interventions with the livelihood support provided to extremely poor people by three existing programmes in Bangladesh.
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  Preventing malnutrition in Tanzania: a focused strategy to improve nutrition in young children

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2009

  This brief examines the status of nutrition in Tanzania. Despite improvements between 1999 and 2004/05, data clearly show that the prevalence of child undernutrition remains high in Tanzania and malnutrition begins at an early age.
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  The Role of Businesses in Providing Nutrient-Rich Foods for the Poor: A Case Study in Tanzania

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  This case study of a Tanzanian food processing business analyses the potential of mid-sized businesses to
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  Non-profit food distribution: working with businesses to reduce undernutrition in Nigeria

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  In Nigeria, undernutrition is causing vast social and economic damage. To address this, poor people must have better access to a diet rich in essential nutrients. Markets are a key source of food for a growing proportion of poor people, but a number of constraints prevent businesses from providing nutrition-rich foods that reach the poorest communities.
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  Engaging fathers and grandmothers to improve maternal and child dietary practices: Planning a community-based study in western Kenya

  African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2015

  Fathers and grandmothers are key family influencers who have an impact on maternal and child health. This paper describes the planning, design, and implementation of a four -phased evaluation study on the impact of engaging fathers or grandmothers in improving diets of mothers and feeding practices of infants and young children in a rural setting in western Kenya.
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  Helpdesk report: school feeding

  Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2016

  This report identifies research on the outcomes of school feeding programmes which are mixed but largely positive. Some programme costs and design considerations are presented which provide lessons for sustainability and affordability. Some cost-benefit analyses are also included and trade-offs discussed. Key points for consideration in programme design include:
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  Researchers from Ahmadu Bello University receive grant for research on long-term outcomes of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme

  Operational Research and Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Every year about one million children under five years of age die in Nigeria. Malnutrition contributes to nearly half of these deaths.
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  From promises to progress: assessing Nigeria’s nutrition commitments

  Operational Research and Impact Evaluation, 2015

  This briefing reviews aspects of nutrition sector governance, which are supported by the DFID funded programme Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) implemented by UNICEF, Save the Children and Action Against Hunger, in partnership with the Government of Nigeria.
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  Thirty-five years later: evaluating effects of a quasi-random child health and family planning programme in Bangladesh

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Improving the health and nutrition of young children is important not only for immediate well-being, but also because it is believed to reduce poverty in the long-run through improved human capital. Many programs such as Head Start and Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs rely on this postulated link.
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  How to strengthen a Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition programme in northern Nigeria

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015

  The treatment and prevention of severe acute malnutrition via the CMAM programme is one of four outputs of the UK Department for International Development funded Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme. This output aims to deliver effective treatment for severe acute malnutrition through local health systems in collaboration with communities.

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