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Food wasted, food lost: food security by restoring ecosystems and reducing food loss
GRID Arendal, 2014Food security is critical for health, labour productivity, economic growth and sustainable development.DocumentEffectiveness of communication strategies embedded in social marketing programmes on health behaviours and related health and welfare outcomes in LMICs
The Campbell Collaboration, 2015Health related communication strategies have changed significantly in the last 15 years from top down public service announcements to a wider approach which draws on behaviour models and methods used in marketing and adapted for the purposes of "social marketing".DocumentFeeding interventions for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged children aged three months to five years: Protocol for a Systematic Review
The Campbell Collaboration, 2013Feeding programs for preschool-aged children are intended to help address the single biggest cause of the global burden of disease: undernutrition. The intervention of interest concerns provision of energy (with nutrients/ micronutrients) in the form of food or beverage to children aged three months to five years of age.DocumentOil, corruption and conflict in West Africa: The failure of governance and corporate social responsibility
Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre, 2005Natural resources are a noted cause of intra-state conflict and deserve recognition as such by ECOWAS. Oil, in particular, is linked to frequent civil strife and conflicts induced by slow rates of economic growth, weak and undemocratic governments, rampant corruption and heavy militarization.DocumentLivelihood empowerment against poverty program impact evaluation in Ghana
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014This 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.DocumentThe 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, 2014This 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 studiesDocumentThe impact of daycare programs on child health, nutrition and development in developing countries: a systematic review
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011Urbanisation 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.DocumentComplementary feeding: a critical window of opportunity from six months onwards
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013According to the State of the World’s Children 2010 report, only 58% of breastfed children aged six to nine months in developing countries were given complementary foods in a given 24-hour period. When stunting figures are reviewed to inform this picture, it becomes evident that a large proportion of young children are not receiving frequent adequate diet.Document“Use salt and foods high in salt sparingly”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013It is now well established that an increase in salt intake leads to an increase in blood pressure, and that decreased salt intake relative to the usual or increased intake leads to lowered blood pressure in adults, with or without hypertension. Blood pressure is a strong proxy indicator for the risk of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.DocumentThe importance of the quality or type of fat in the diet: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013The original South African food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) for fat intake reads: “Eat fats sparingly”. This FBDG was mainly aimed at people who followed or adopted Western-type diets that was high in total fat, especially saturated fatty acids (SFAs), and who were at risk of developing cardiovascular disease and weight gain.Pages