What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Research | 0 comments The Lancet published a series of papers in 2008 to discuss maternal an child undernutrition because  “nutrition is a desperately neglected aspect of maternal, newborn, and child health. The reasons for this neglect are understandable but not justifiable.” The third paper in this series is “What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival.” Summary We...
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Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Research | 0 comments The Lancet published a series of papers in 2008 to discuss maternal an child undernutrition because “nutrition is a desperately neglected aspect of maternal, newborn, and child health. The reasons for this neglect are understandable but not justifiable.” The second paper in this series is “Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human...
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Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Research | 0 comments The Lancet published a series of papers in 2008 to discuss maternal an child undernutrition because “nutrition is a desperately neglected aspect of maternal, newborn, and child health. The reasons for this neglect are understandable but not justifiable.” The first paper in this series is “Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health...
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Undernutrition makes it to PSI’s 2012 Top Milestones in Global Health

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Articles and Editorials | 0 comments PSI Impact Magazine included efforts to address undernutrition as one of the top milestones in global health in 2012. World leaders have committed attention and money to reducing undernutrition. For example, President Obama has created the Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition which is committed to bringing 50 million people out of poverty over 10 years.  PSI Impact Magazine Reports that...
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Maternal and child undernutrition: an urgent opportunity

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Articles and Editorials | 0 comments Richard Horton comments on The Lancet’s series on maternal and child undernutrition. He points out that nutrition has not been included as a core intervention for improving maternal, newborn and child health. While we know nutrition is critical for preventing and treating disease, we have not gathered the evidence, documented the impact of undernutrition or identified proven interventions....
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