In 2008, in the first Lancet Series on Nutrition, Bhutta et al. concluded that neonatal vitamin A supplementation reduced mortality in infants younger than 6 months in Asia, and recommended it as a ‘core intervention’ for this region. In 2008, in the first Lancet Series on Nutrition, Bhutta et al. concluded that neonatal vitamin A […]
This book, edited by Norman J. Temple and Nelia Steyn, primarily aims to meet the needs of nutritionists and other health professionals living and working in developing countries. Community Nutrition for Developing Countries is written by both scholars and practitioners and draws on their wealth of knowledge, experience, and understanding of nutrition in developing countries […]
The article summarizes the findings of a symposium held at the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2015. The symposium explored the themes of international capacity development, with a particular focus on the African continent, online learning, and the eNA e-learning platform. The article concludes that given the vast human capacity present […]
2nd International Conference on Malnutrition. Date: April 7-8th, 2016 Venue: Multan, Pakistan For full details on this conference, visit the Conference website. Click here .
This double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial in Niger randomly assigned children who were 6 to 59 months of age and had uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition to receive amoxicillin or placebo for 7 days. The primary outcome was nutritional recovery at or before week 8. The researchers found no benefit of routine antibiotic use with respect to nutritional recovery […]
These papers are part of Supplement of MCN on Policy, Program and Innovation in Complementary Feeding sponsored by Sight and Life. They are free access and provide evidence from research on nutritious complementary feeding for the prevention of childhood undernutrition. Links to the papers are available via Sight and Life website at Supplement for MCN […]
This Capacity Building Workshop facilitated by Facilitated by Prof. Alan Jackson, Dr. Basma Ellahi, Dr. Paul Amuna With Dr. Reggie Annan was held at the 2nd FANUS Meeting in September 2011, in Abuja Nigeria. The workshop sought to explore the opportunities to determine the development of standardised, competency based curricula for nutrition programmes in Africa. […]
The systematic review investigated changes in the prevalence of stunting, in South Africa over 40 years in order to derive lessons from the South African experience. The study found that over the last decade, the national prevalence of stunting has decreased even though between and within provincial, age and ethnic group disparities remain. The review […]
The report is a summary IMAM program activities and the supply chain of ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) and ready to use supplementary foods (RUSF) and management of acute malnutrition programmes in West and Central African countries. Data reported in this report reflects the conditions until the end of reported month. The objective of […]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces new $776 million investment in nutrition to tackle child mortality and help all women and children survive and thrive. Melinda Gates made the announcement in Brussels during European Development Days. She said “Malnutrition is the underlying cause of nearly half of all under-5 child deaths,”. “Yet for too […]