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Is breast really best? Breastfeeding and infectious diseases in the era of HIV
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002HIV can be transmitted from mother to child through breastmilk. However, breastfeeding protects babies against infectious diseases, which cause more than two thirds of deaths among children under five in less developed countries. Should breastfeeding be promoted or discouraged in areas where HIV is prevalent?DocumentFed up? Differences in malnutrition between boys and girls in India
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002In a culture where male offspring are valued more highly, are girls given less to eat than boys? If a young mother lives with her husband’s family are her children more likely to be underfed? The University of North Carolina, together with the University of Southampton looked at levels of malnutrition in young children growing up in India. The study found that there were no differences in weighDocumentHalving child malnutrition by 2020: is income growth the answer?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How rapidly does child malnutrition respond to income growth? Are current goals for reducing malnutrition achievable through income growth, or are additional measures needed?DocumentChild malnutrition in Ethiopia: can maternal knowledge augment the role of income?
World Bank, 2003This paper reports on a study that explores the complementary role of nutritional knowledge using mothers' capability to correctly assess their children's nutritional status as a proxy for a community's nutritional knowledge.The study focuses on Ethiopia, a country which registers one of the highest child malnutrition rates in Sub-Saharan Africa.DocumentChild growth, shocks, and food aid in rural Ethiopia
World Bank, 2003This paper reports on a study which addresses the challenges of child stunting in Ethiopia. At present, the report notes that stunting in Ethiopia has persisted at around 60 percent since the early 1980s and is among the highest in the world.DocumentAchieving urban food and nutrition security in the developing world
2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000This edition of 2020 Focus broadly addresses the issue of urban food insecurity and malnutrition.It offers insights into the urgency of the situation and some of the main policy issues.DocumentWomen and children getting by in urban Accra
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003This paper reports on efforts by the Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study (AUFNS) to help to illuminate the essence of urban poverty, the limiting factors on urban livelihoods, and the particular effect of women's education, work and childcare on child nutritional status in the city.Findings:the rise of urban poverty implies that policymakers must broaden their focus beyond the more traDocumentDar es Salaam: urban livelihood security assessment
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003This profile reports on an assessment by IFPRI and CARE of a number of impoverished neighbourhoods in Dar es Salaam towards the ultimate goal of targeting assistance to the poor more efficiently.DocumentEthiopia: the urban food-for-work project
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002This paper reports on the successes and shortfalls of CARE Ethiopia's Urban Food-for-Work program (UFFW).DocumentGhana: the Accra urban food and nutrition study
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002This paper reports on an IFPRI analysis of urban food and nutrition security in Accra, conducted with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana and the WHO.The main goal of the research project was to determine how the strategies employed by the urban poor to secure their livelihoods affect households’ food security, the care of children, and their resulting health and nutritPages