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- Improving practical skills for breastfeeding vulnerable infants in low-resource settings: training material development and a case study from Rwanda
- Thiamine Deficiency Remains an Urgent Public Health Problem (page 100)
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- Acceptability and perceived usability of a non-invasive haemoglobin monitor among community members and health workers in Tanzania
- Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding among children in Gedo region, Somalia
- Nutrition in Qur’an: An innovative approach to promote optimal nutrition care practices
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- Future Food Systems: For people, our planet and prosperity
- Global Technical Assistance Mechanism for Nutrition (GTAM)
- Outils et conseils en provenance de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre pour collecter des données mobiles dans les enquêtes nutritionnelles
- Summary of wasting and stunting project meeting
- The GTAM Consultant Rosters: A new service for field actors
- Tools and tips for mobile data collection in nutrition surveys from West and Central Africa
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Issue 65 / May 2021
Field Articles
- Calculating wasting caseloads and geographic prioritisation of nutrition services in the context of limited data in Afghanistan
- In Chad, the Mother-MUAC approach improves treatment access for malnourished children
- Large-scale food fortification efforts in Haiti
- Multi-sector nutrition programming: ‘Nutrition Smart Villages’ in Bangladesh and India
- Nutrition-sensitive WASH programming to improve the nutritional status of women and children in Nepal
- Streamlining SMART survey processes in support of a high quality, nationally owned nutrition information system in Kenya
Research
- Estimating the burden of wasting during COVID-19 based on empirical experiences in the Sahel
- Link NCA offers a new opportunity to study drivers of concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt)
Special section
- A risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) response to support maternal, infant and young child nutrition in the context of COVID-19 in Rwanda
- Adaptations to SMART surveys in the context of COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
- Adapting infant and young child feeding interventions in the context of COVID-19 in Somalia
- Infant and young child feeding in emergencies: Programming adaptation in the context of COVID-19 in Lebanon
- Localising food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: An example from the Philippines, Move Food Initiative
- Remote Integrated Phase Classification during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences from Madagascar
Research snapshots
- An exploration of district-based health decision-making in West Bengal, India
- Analysis of gestational weight gain using nationally representative data
- Biannual azithromycin distribution and child mortality among malnourished children in Niger
- Conceptual framework of food systems for children and adolescents
- COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: implications for maternal and child health and nutrition
- Fortified blended flour supplements displace plain cereals in feeding of young children
- Improving complementary feeding practices through smartphone-based maternal education in Iran
- Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations
- Nutrition data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders
- Post-discharge interventions for children hospitalised with severe acute malnutrition
- Sustainability evaluation of a national infant and young child feeding programme in Bangladesh and Vietnam
- The burden of malnutrition and fatal COVID-19: A global burden of disease analysis
- The importance of food systems and the environment for nutrition