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May 2021

Issue 65 / English

Editorials

• FEX 65 editorial themes (page 3)

Field Articles

• Multi-sector nutrition programming: ‘Nutrition Smart Villages’ in Bangladesh and India (page 18)
• In Chad, the Mother-MUAC approach improves treatment access for malnourished children (page 22)
• Calculating wasting caseloads and geographic prioritisation of nutrition services in the context of limited data in Afghanistan (page 26)
• Large-scale food fortification efforts in Haiti (page 30)
• Nutrition-sensitive WASH programming to improve the nutritional status of women and children in Nepal (page 33)
• Streamlining SMART survey processes in support of a high quality, nationally owned nutrition information system in Kenya (page 38)

Evaluations

• Early lessons from Swabhimaan, a multi-sector integrated health and nutrition programme for women and girls in India (page 103)

Research

• Link NCA offers a new opportunity to study drivers of concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt) (page 86)
• Estimating the burden of wasting during COVID-19 based on empirical experiences in the Sahel (page 89)
• Use of educational videos to improve maternal breastfeeding knowledge and practices in Ethiopia (page 92)
• A systematic review of nutrition interventions for mobile pastoralists (page 96)

Special section

• Remote Integrated Phase Classification during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences from Madagascar (page 42)
• A risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) response to support maternal, infant and young child nutrition in the context of COVID-19 in Rwanda (page 46)
• Localising food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: An example from the Philippines, Move Food Initiative (page 50)
• Adapting infant and young child feeding interventions in the context of COVID-19 in Somalia (page 54)
• Infant and young child feeding in emergencies: Programming adaptation in the context of COVID-19 in Lebanon (page 57)
• Adaptations to SMART surveys in the context of COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (page 60)

News & Views

• Statement of Commitment on Climate by Humanitarian Organisations (page 5)
• UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020-2030 (page 5)
• CMAM programmes: A handbook to analyse cost-effectiveness (page 6)
• Food Systems Summit 2021 (page 6)
• Frequently asked questions on COVID-19 vaccines and breastfeeding (page 6)
• Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) Conference 2021 (page 7)
• Launch of the Nutrition Year of Action (page 8)
• The launch of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium (page 8)
• Within our grasp: Childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolution taking place to end it (page 8)
• Infant and young child feeding in emergencies programming in the context of COVID-19: learnings from a webinar series (page 9)
• Launch of the MAMI Care Pathway (page 10)
• Kwashiorkor – reflections on the ‘revisiting the evidence’ series (page 11)
• Improving the way we address acute malnutrition in Africa’s drylands (page 14)

Research snapshots

• Improving complementary feeding practices through smartphone-based maternal education in Iran (page 64)
• The burden of malnutrition and fatal COVID-19: A global burden of disease analysis (page 64)
• Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations (page 65)
• The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress (page 65)
• Nutrition data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders (page 66)
• Sustainability evaluation of a national infant and young child feeding programme in Bangladesh and Vietnam (page 66)
• An exploration of district-based health decision-making in West Bengal, India (page 67)
• Greater precision of interactions between community health workers and household members to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in India (page 67)
• Biannual azithromycin distribution and child mortality among malnourished children in Niger (page 68)
• Effect of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions on maternal and child nutritional outcomes in rural Odisha, India (UPAVAN trial) (page 68)
• Analysis of gestational weight gain using nationally representative data (page 69)
• Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight (page 69)
• Relapse and post-discharge body composition of children treated for acute malnutrition using a simplified, combined protocol (page 69)
• Monitoring systems for the management of severe acute malnutrition programmes in northern Nigeria (page 70)
• The importance of food systems and the environment for nutrition (page 70)
• Triple trouble: The triple burden of child undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight in East Asia and the Pacific (page 70)
• Assessing nutrient gaps and affordability of complementary foods (page 71)
• COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: implications for maternal and child health and nutrition (page 71)
• Conceptual framework of food systems for children and adolescents (page 72)
• Post-discharge interventions for children hospitalised with severe acute malnutrition (page 72)
• Effectiveness of breastfeeding support packages in low- and middle-income countries for infants under six months (page 73)
• Fortified blended flour supplements displace plain cereals in feeding of young children (page 73)

Research summaries

• Impact of maternal mental health on recovery from severe acute malnutrition in Malawi (page 74)
• Response to malnutrition treatment in low weight-for-age children: secondary analyses of ComPAS trial data (page 76)
• Transforming food systems to improve diet affordability: Fill the Nutrient Gap analysis in Burkina Faso (page 78)
• The No Wasted Lives Research Agenda - Revisited (page 80)
• Seasonality of acute malnutrition and its drivers: a case study from eastern Chad (page 81)
• Scale-up of severe wasting management within the health system: A stakeholder perspective on current progress (page 84)

Report summaries

• Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition (page 100)
• The effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (page 100)
• Simplified approaches for the treatment of child wasting: A rapid evidence review (page 101)
• Children eating well in cities: A roadmap for action to support nutritious diets and healthy environments for all children in urban settings (page 102)