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    Reaching the Global Target to Reduce Stunting: How Much Will it Cost and How Can We Pay for it?

    1,000 Days, 2015
    The proposal for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward by the UN Member States that make up the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development sets out a goal to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture” (Goal 2).
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    Water, food security and human dignity - a nutrition perspective

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015
    Swedish Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) discussion paper on the importance of water with regard to global food security.
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    Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2015
    Malnutrition is a challenge to the health and productivity of populations and is viewed as one of the five largest adverse health impacts of climate change. Nonetheless, systematic evidence quantifying these impacts is currently limited.
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    Assessment of Under Nutrition of Bangladeshi Adults Using Anthropometry: Can Body Mass Index Be Replaced by Mid-Upper-Arm-Circumference?

    PLoS ONE, 2015
    Body-mass-index (BMI) is widely accepted as an indicator of nutritional status in adults. Mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC) is another anthropometric-measure used primarily among children. The present study attempted to evaluate the use of MUAC as a simpler alternative to BMI cut-off <18.5 to detect adult undernutrition, and thus to suggest a suitable cut-off value.
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    Bangladesh national nutrition services: assessment of implementation status

    World Bank, 2015
    This report presents the findings of an operations research study conducted to assess the implementation of the Government of Bangladesh’s National Nutrition Services Program (NNS) and to identify the achievements, determine the bottlenecks that adversely impact these achievements, and highlight potential solutions to ensure smooth delivery of the program.
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    Link NCA nutrition causal analysis: overview

    Action contre la Faim, 2015
    This document presents a general overview of the Link method for conducting a Nutrition Causal Analysis (NCA). It is a new method that ACF has developed.
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    Integrating WASH and Nutrition

    US Agency for International Development, 2015
    Policy engagement is a vital step for integrating WASH and other interventions that impact nutrition programs. Having a national nutrition policy that recognizes the importance of WASH for nutrition outcomes paves the way for the development of integrated programming at all levels. Donors, governments, and implementers should endorse and support an integrated approach.
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    Scaling up impact on nutrition: what will it take?

    Advances in Nutrition, 2015
    Despite consensus on actions to improve nutrition globally, less is known about how to operationalize the right mix of actions — nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive — equitably, at scale, in different contexts.
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    Desk Review of Programs Integrating Family Planning with Food Security and Nutrition

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2015
    To date there has been limited documentation on integrating family planning with food security and nutrition programming. In an effort to fill the evidence gap in this area, the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA) conducted a desk review to take stock of and better understand how food security and nutrition programs are integrating family planning.
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    United National Global Nutrition Agenda: Delivering on the commitment to eradicate malnutrition in all its forms

    Scaling Up Nutrition, 2015
    In a changed and changing context, the UN is reaffirming its commitment to addressing malnutrition in all its forms. The UN Global Nutrition Agenda (UNGNA) is the guiding framework for UN action in response to global and country nutrition goals for the years to come. The current Agenda v. 1.0 covers a period of 5 years.

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