Objectives: To prevent iodine deficiency, Senegal mandated the iodization of all salt produced, imported or distributed. There has been a dramatic increase in use of bouillon, which is claimed to contain iodine in Senegal. We undertook this survey to better understand the extend...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21153
Aissatta Moussa Abba, Ambroise Namema, Simeon Nanama, Eric Ategbo, Fanny Sandalinas, Roland Kupka, Heather Clayton, Zuguo Mei, Ruth Situma & Katie Tripp·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To address the high prevalence of anemia and chronic malnutrition (71% and 43% among children <5 respectively), UNICEF and CDC supported the Ministry of Public Health to develop an integrated IYCN pilot program in October 2012, which includes the distribution of a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21282
Amara E. Ezeamama, Christopher Duggan, Donna Spiegelman, Ellen Hertzmark, Ronald J. Bosch, Karim P. Manji, Roland Kupka, Melanie W. Lo, James O. Okuma, Rodrick Kisenge, Said Aboud & Wafaie W. Fawzi·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2013
Background: For at-risk HIV-negative individuals, whether malarial morbidity increases the likelihood of HIV infection when exposed is unknown. Hence, we investigate the malaria-associated risk of postnatal HIV infection in 1804 breastfeeding infants of HIV-positive women from Da...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6085
Katie Tripp, Svenja Jungjohann, Heather Clayton, Simeon Nanama, Fanny Sandalinas, Winnie Mujinga, Cristina Palma, Aissata Moussa Abba, Eric Ategbo, Roland Kupka, Zuguo Mei & Ambroise Nanema·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To determine a culturally appropriate product name and package design that would communicate important usage instructions for a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) for a target population with diverse languages and low literacy. Methods: Formative work was conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21004