Carmen Ho

The Role of Political and Governance Factors in Scaling up Maternal and Child Micronutrient Interventions

Carmen Ho & Stanley Zlotkin · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Scaling up nutrition interventions could save 900,000 lives annually (Bhutta et al, 2013), yet effectively doing so has been slower than expected and the results uneven. There is a growing recognition that technical knowledge alone is insufficient for achieving positi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21272

Complementary Interventions for Preventing and Controlling Iodine Deficiencies in Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children

Arnold Timmer, Carmen Ho, Michael Zimmerman, Jonathan Gorstein & Frits Van Der Haar · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Inadequate dietary iodine is the main cause of preventable brain damage, posing a serious threat to intellectual development and productivity throughout the world. Salt iodization is the primary strategy for preventing and eliminating iodine deficiencies, and 76% of h...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21151