Nutrition News for Africa
Nutrition News for Africa is a monthly electronic newsletter whose aim is to disseminate state-of-the-art research and policy papers to scientists, program planners, policy makers, and opinion leaders working in the field of public health nutrition in Africa. The newsletter is prepared as a collaborative effort of Helen Keller International (HKI) and the Program in International and Community Nutrition (PICN) of the University of California, Davis. HKI regional staff members and students and faculty members of the PICN identify and summarize relevant articles and policy statements from the scientific literature and international agency publications.
2012
- January
Role of calcium supplementation during pregnancy in reducing risk of developing gestational hypertensive disorders
- February
Diagnostic performance of visible severe wasting, mid-upper arm circumference, and weight-for-height for identifying severe acute malnutrition
- March
Methods and results of the Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Management (ENAM) project
- April
Caregiver recognition of childhood diarrhea, related care seeking behaviors and home treatment practices in rural Burkina Faso
2011
- January
Iron fortification, anthelmintic treatment, and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria for anemia control in children
- February
Household food insecurity access scale and an index-member dietary diversity score in an urban West-African setting
- March
Adequacy of micronutrient concentrations in plant-based complementary foods
- April
Repositioning children’s right to adequate nutrition in the Sahel
- May
Acceptability and feasibility of WHO recommendations for feeding infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Burkina Faso
- June
Screening for acute childhood malnutrition during the National Nutrition Week in Mali
- July
Yellow maize with high β-carotene is an effective source of vitamin A in healthy Zimbabwean men
- August
Exclusive-breastfeeding promotion by peer counselors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
- September
New World Health Organization guidelines concerning vitamin A supplementation for women and young children
- October
Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990-2020
- November
Anemia in low-income and middle-income countries
- December
Plasma retinol-binding protein predicts plasma retinol concentration
2010
- January
Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in African infants
- February
Scaling up nutrition: What will it cost?
- March
Implementing an integrated nutrition package at large scale in Madagascar
- April
Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes
- May
Scaling up nutrition: A framework for action
- June /July
The Accelerated Child Survival and Development Programme in West Africa
- August
Combined iron/folic acid supplements and malaria prophylaxis reduce neonatal mortality
- September
Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
- October
Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana
- November
Micronutrient fortification to improve growth and health of maternally HIV-unexposed and exposed Zambian infants
- December
World Health Organization Model Chapter on “Infant and young child feeding”