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September 2023

Issue 70 / English

Editorials

• Editorial (page 3)

Field Articles

• Coordination of a nutrition response in a conflict situation: Learnings from northern Ethiopia (page 10)
• Father-to-father support groups in northern Nigeria: An emergency response initiative (page 14)
• The effect of age rounding on weight-for-age z-scores: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (page 17)
• Research priorities for infant and young child feeding in emergencies (page 20)
• Feeding young children during mandatory COVID-19 quarantine in Australia (page 23)
• Cost-efficiency of a simplified protocol for wasting treatment in Mali (page 25)
• Maternal mid-upper arm circumference: Still relevant to identify adverse birth outcomes in humanitarian contexts? (page 28)

News & Views

• The Lancet ‘Small Vulnerable Newborns’ series: Reflections from a ‘MAMI’ perspective (page 5)
• No child faces: Examining the use of child images from nutrition assessments (page 7)

Letters

• Letter to the editor (page 4)

Research snapshots

• Adding proteins to lipid-based nutrient supplements in Uganda: Which was best? (page 31)
• Prebiotics for severe wasting: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Pakistan (page 32)
• The elderly: A forgotten group in humanitarian crises? (page 32)
• Post-recovery relapse and a simplified protocol: A study of children in Mali (page 33)
• The long-term impacts of multiple micronutrient supplementation in children aged 24 to 59 months in Pakistan (page 33)
• Anaemia prevalence and causes among Syrian refugee children in Lebanon (page 34)
• Food vouchers for moderate acute malnutrition: Evidence from Northern Cameroon (page 34)
• A meta-analysis looking into moderate acute malnutrition interventions (page 35)
• Cambodia: Vitamin A and iron status remain unaffected by ready-to-use therapeutic food (page 35)
• Conditional cash transfers combined with audio messaging: Mixed success in Somalia (page 36)
• A home-based nutritional intervention for preschool children: Evidence from India (page 37)
• Antenatal malaria prophylaxis plus iron and folic acid for child nutrition outcomes (page 37)
• Intensified antenatal care nutrition interventions in Burkina Faso (page 38)
• The 2023 Lancet series on ‘small and vulnerable newborns’: A quick overview (page 38)
• A descriptive analysis of gaps in nutrition services across multiple countries (page 39)
• Ensuring that ‘at-risk newborns’ receive appropriate yet cost-effective care (page 39)

Research summaries

• 2023 Joint Malnutrition Estimates (page 41)

Report summaries

• World Health Organization: Preventing and managing wasting and nutritional oedema in children under five years (page 40)
• The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2023 (page 41)
• Flagging hunger hotspots (page 42)