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  Livelihood empowerment against poverty program impact evaluation in Ghana

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014

  This document constitutes the quantitative impact evaluation report of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Government of Ghana (GoG). LEAP is a social cash transfer program which provides cash and health insurance to extremely poor households across Ghana.
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  The impact of a food assistance program on nutritional status, disease progression and food security among people living with HIV in Uganda

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014

  This study contributes needed evidence of the impact of food assistance targeted to PLHIV on their nutritional status and food security outcomes. It is among only a handful of rigorously designed studies
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  The impact of daycare programs on child health, nutrition and development in developing countries: a systematic review

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011

  Urbanisation and increases in female labour market participation have increased the demand for non-parental childcare in many low and middle-income countries. Especially in formal sector jobs, work and caring for one’s child cannot be combined.
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  Dieticians in South Africa require more competencies in public health nutrition and management to address the nutritional needs of South Africans

  2013

  Nutrition-related disorders, which range from low energy intake and micronutrient deficiencies to over-nutrition associated with an energy-dense diet and the development of non-communicable diseases, contribute substantially to the burden of diseases experienced in South Africa (SA). Many of these disorders can, to a large degree, be treated or even prevented.
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  The diffusion of health knowledge through social networks: an impact evaluation of health knowledge asymmetries on child health

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014

  This research is embedded in a larger cluster-randomised control trial that aimed to evaluate the impact of Helen Keller International’s Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) model on the nutritional status of women and young children.
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  Potential impacts of iron biofortification in India

  Social Science and Medicine, 2008

  Iron deficiency is a widespread nutrition and health problem in developing countries, causing impairments in physical activity and cognitive development, as well as maternal mortality. Although food fortification and supplementation programmes have been effective in some countries, their overall success remains limited.
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  Fostering synergy between health and ICDS for advancing child survival and development

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2009

  Valsad district, in the state of Gujarat, undertook a process to synchronise the administration, jurisdiction and function of Health department and the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS). Synchronisation refers to the act of working together, so that the co-operation of different entities leads to a more fruitful outcome than would be possible individually.
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  Sustainability of Impact: a biofortification program to reduce vitamin A deficiency in Uganda

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  In Uganda, HarvestPlus – a joint project from the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture and the International Food Policy Research Institute - introduced a beta-carotene-biofortified crop, the orange-fleshed sweet potato, as a strategy to reduce vitamin A deficiency in 2007.
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  Evaluating the impact of supplying double fortified salt through the public distribution system (PDS) on anemia in Bihar, India

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Out of the 2 billion people suffering from anemia worldwide, about half of these cases are traceable to Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) (WHO, 2007). In India 24% of men and 56% of women are anemic (National Family Health Survey, 2005-06). IDA has been associated with low productivity in adults and cognitive and physical stunting among children.
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  Estimating the effects of a low-cost early stimulation and parenting education programme in Mexico

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  The demand for early child development (ECD) programs has expanded massively, with total enrolment in pre-primary education more than doubling in the last thirty years and the proportion of children in pre-primary education in Latin America more than tripling over the same time period.

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