Objectives: To assess how asymptomatic malaria infection affects the interpretation of biomarkers of iron, vitamin A and zinc status after adjustment for elevated acute phase proteins (APP). Methods: Plasma ferritin (pF), transferrin receptor (sTfR), retinol binding protein (RBP)...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21049
Purnima Menon, Namukolo Covic, Paige Harrigan, Susan E. Horton, Nabeeha Kazi, Sascha Lamstein, Lynette Neufeld, Erica Oakley & David L. Pelletier·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Evidence-based solutions are available and there is global momentum for scaling up nutrition interventions. However, the impact of evidence-based interventions is limited by poor evidence on operational strategies for scaling up nutrition interventions. The objective...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21112
Objectives: While the efficacy of Micronutrient Powders (MNP) at reducing anaemia is known, effectiveness within a Community-Based Nutrition Programme (CBNP) in Rwanda is needed to inform scale-up and policy. 1. Determine the acceptability and effectiveness of MNP on the reductio...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21050
Objectives: To address the main causes of malnutrition (high fertility, illness, and inadequate nutrition), implementation research was conducted in two districts of Dhamar, Yemen, to design an integrated counseling package to improve family planning by couples and consumption of...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21168
Objectives: We conducted a baseline survey in Northern Nigeria to determine the coverage, adherence, prevalence, barriers and facilitating factors affecting utilization of prenatal iron and folate supplementation (IFAS) from service delivery and recipient perspectives. Methods: T...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21134
Objectives: The uptake of VAS for children 6-59 months in Kenya is low with only 30% receiving the recommended two doses of VAS yearly. The KAP survey was done to determine socio-cultural enablers and barriers of coverage and uptake of two dose VAS and thus inform the design of r...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21113
Objectives: Anemia is a worldwide health problem in children, particularly in developing countries; we stress the importance of recognizing its multifactorial etiology for developing effective control programmes. This is the first study in Honduras related with prevalence and eti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21051
Objectives: Antenatal clinics (ANCs) are critical for improving maternal nutrition and health knowledge. The Mama SASHA project in western Kenya delivers an orange flesh sweet potato intervention (OFSP) through ANC to improve the vitamin A status of women and children less than 2...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21274
Objectives: Undernutrition has received significant attention at global and national levels in recent years but translating this attention into effective action at the country and district levels poses many challenges. We describe the observed national environments that support a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21059
Objectives: According to the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011, the proportion of households using iodized salt (>15 parts per million [PPM]) was 15.4%. The 2014 Ethiopia National Micronutrient Survey (ENMS) will estimate the national and regional proportions of hous...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21275