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    Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
    This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming.
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    New dimensions of childhood malnutrition in six African countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Nearly a third of all children under five years old in sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. With evidence that health risks are elevated even for children who are only mildly to moderately underweight, tackling malnutrition is crucial for reducing infant mortality.
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    Pumping iron – making prenatal iron supplementation work

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    An estimated 58 per cent of pregnant women in developing countries are anaemic. Health ministries in most poor countries aim to provide iron supplements for pregnant women. So why is maternal anaemia still rife? Studies by the MotherCare Project and partners in eight countries suggest that supply and distribution problems are currently to blame.
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    Dietary diversity as a food security indicator

    Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
    Looks at whether dietary diversity, defined as the number of unique foods consumed over a given period of time, is a good measure of household food access.It draws on data from ten countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, and the Philippines.

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