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    Zero hunger:transforming evidence-based success into effective change

    Action Against Hunger, 2011
    This briefing paper, published by Action Against Hunger, seeks to understand why and how countries like Brazil, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi, and Bangladesh have managed to reduce undernutrition, while others have not.
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    Determinants of child nutrition in Malawi

    Economics Department, University of Malawi, 2006
    The problem of malnutrition amongst children under 5 in Africa has worsened in recent years following increasing levels of poverty and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Malawi the available statistics are shocking: half of the children below the age of five years are too short for their age (stunted); 25 percent are too thin for their age (underweight); 5 percent are too thin for their height (wasted).
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    Cost-minimizing food budgets in Ghana

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Attaining the daily required nutritional recommendations is a major challenge in Ghana. This paper is tries to determine the cheapest basket of food items that satisfy the recommended daily nutritional requirements of the average Ghanaian.
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    Satisfying hidden hunger: addressing micronutrient deficiencies in Central Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2010
    This report reviews the Regional Food Fortification initiative established by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to reverse the spreading public health problem caused by micronutrient deficiencies in Central Asia. The paper underlines that ADB’s involvement is rooted in its policy for the health sector, additionally indirectly supporting economic policy.
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    Micronutrients - Iodine, Iron and Vitamin A

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2008
    Deficiencies of micronutrients are a major global health problem. More than 2 billion people in the world today are estimated to be deficient in key vitamins and minerals, particularly vitamin A, iodine, iron and zinc. Most of these people live in low-income countries and are typically deficient in more than one micronutrient.
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    Community Eye Health Journal

    The Community Eye Health Journal is published by the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
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    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (CPC, UNC)

    The Carolina Population Center is a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues.
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    Iron supplementation in early childhood: health benefits and risks

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009
    The prevalence of iron deficiency among infants and young children living in developing countries is high.  This article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reviewed 26 randomised controlled trials of preventive, oral iron supplementation in young children (aged 0–59 mo) living in developing countries to ascertain the associated health benefits and risks.
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    Iron deficiency anaemia assessment, prevention and control: a guide for programme managers

    World Health Organization, 2001
    This document from the World Health Organisation deals primarily with indicators for monitoring interventions to combat iron deficiency, including iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), but it also reviews the current methods of assessing and preventing iron deficiency in the light of recent significant scientific advances.
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    Conclusions and recommendations of the WHO consultation on prevention and control of iron deficiency in infants and young children in malaria-endemic areas

    World Health Organization, 2006
    Iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia are common in young children, and there is substantial evidence that iron deficiency has adverse effects on child health and development. This report from the World Health Organisation argues that provision of additional iron to infants and young children who are iron deficient should be a public health priority.

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