Objectives: Rural smallholder farming communities are inadequately reached by national food fortification initiatives. World Vision projects in Malawi, Senegal and Tanzania explored the implementation and sustainability potential for community level fortification to increase hous...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21091
Objectives: Micronutrient deficiencies, particularly iron and vitamin A, are major health problems in Palestine, especially among pregnant women and children. Anemia is reported by the Ministry of Health to affect more than half of children under five years and at least 30% of pr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20976
Objectives: To describe the process for developing a national multi-channel communications campaign, emphasizing mass media, to increase demand and utilization of micronutrient supplements for women and children in Bolivia as part of the national Programa Multisectorial Desnutric...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21237
Deepika Mehrish Sharma, Sangita Jacob, K. Vidyasagar, Mridula Sinha, Khyati Tewari, Nishant Diwan, Binod Kumar, Vani Sethi, Job Zachariah & Victor M. Aguayo·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Jharkhand is a predominantly tribal Indian state. Home to 3.5 million adolescent girls, two-thirds of Jharkhand's adolescent girls were reported to be anaemic. In 2000, the Government of Jharkhand launched the Adolescent Girls Anemia Control Programme (AGACP) in five...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20977
Objectives: Public policy makers may play a role in promoting products demonstrated to be efficacious. Home delivery reduces households’ out-of-pocket costs of accessing these products; however, home delivery may be expensive, especially in rural areas. This paper provides evid...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21238
Objectives: Adding iron-rich foods or multi-micronutrients powder (MNP) could be options to control iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) in children. Data evaluating the impact of fortification with iron-rich foods such as amaranth grain and MNP containing low doses of highly bio-availa...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20978
Objectives: To evaluate outcomes of the Government of Egypt national wheat flour fortification program, including fortification level of flour at mills and the estimation of fortified flour/baladi bread intake using Egypt Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey (HIE...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21092
Objectives: Preventive vitamin A supplementation (VAS) is an proven child survival intervention. Since 2006, the National and State Governments of India supported by UNICEF and other development partners have made combined efforts to strengthen the implementation of biannual VAS...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20979
Objectives: The ICCIDD/GN Iodine Task Force was established in response to changing environment and program maturity of salt iodization programs worldwide. It aims to improve the evidence and thus the quality and effectiveness of iodine nutrition programs to help update program g...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21239
Objectives: WHO/UNICEF recommend zinc plus oral rehydration solution as the first-line treatment for uncomplicated pediatric diarrhea. We conducted research in Benin, Ghana, and Uganda to determine the magnitude of incorrect management of uncomplicated pediatric diarrhea and exam...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20980
Objectives: While Western foods have been made with fortified wheat flour for decades, foods commonly consumed in Asia are infrequently made with fortified flour. Hence, we coordinated a multi-country study on the processing factors and organoleptic impact of flour fortification...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21093
Objectives: Showcasing Soybean oil fortification with Vitamin A and D as a demonstration project in Madhya Pradesh (MP), a state with worst nutritional indicators in India. Methods: A program cycle approach was followed for selection of state, fortifiable vehicle, micronutrient a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20981
Stephen Vosti, Katherine Adams, Emmanuel Ayifah, Rosemonde Guissou, Thokozani Phiri, Per Ashorn, Anna Lartey, Ken Maleta, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Kathryn Dewey & Travis Lybbert·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Households’ stated willingness-to-pay (WTP) for small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) influence the economic viability of retail outlets for these products, and will guide public policy action when WTP falls short of LNS production/distribution costs. ...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21240
Mohammad Ansari, Jee Hyun Rah, Victor Aguayo, Chandrakant Pandav, Kapil Yadav, Rakesh Kumar, Rajan Sankar, Arijit Chakrabarty & Suvabrata Dey·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: India was one of the first countries to introduce salt iodization. This presentation reviews the national efforts towards universal salt iodization (USI) in India, documents achievements and progress, and highlights key challenges in programme implementation. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20982
Objectives: Mothers' vitamin A (VA) status during pregnancy and lactation determine infants' VA levels. We estimated VA status during pregnancy and assessed its determinants using data on 505 pregnant women attending first antenatal care visit in Western Kenya. Methods: VA and ir...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21241