Ann Tarini

Factors Affecting the Performance of Community Volunteers during Child Health Days in Douala, Cameroon

Martin Nankap, Alex Ndjebayi, Jules Guintang, Heather Katcher, Jessica Blankenship, Leigh Jaschke & Ann Tarini · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In the Littoral region of Cameroon, targeted awareness and social mobilization has increased coverage of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) during Child Health Days (CHDs) from 52.9%% in 2011 to 71.6% in 2012. Following this increase, coverage stagnated for the 2nd round...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21125

An Economic Model for Optimizing Effective Coverage of MN interventions: A Case Study of Cameroon

Stephen Vosti, Reina Engle-Stone, Justin Kagin, Joanne Arsenault, Robert Hijmans, Ryan Murphy, Erica Rettig, Ann Tarini & Kenneth H. Brown · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Micronutrient (MN) interventions are generally undertaken at national scale.  New spatially disaggregated data on MN deficiencies in Cameroon suggest that subnational strategies may be more efficient, but methods to choose among alternative interventions are needed. ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21244