Objectives: Further analysis of KDHS 2008/09. Methods: The study uses data from the 2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, involving children aged 24-35 months, a weighted sample of 1029 children. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted. The outcome vari...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20954
Objectives: The Government of Uganda has stepped up efforts in recent years to address malnutrition. As part of these efforts, in July 2013, Uganda shifted from a voluntary project-based model for food fortification to a public-private partnership mandatory program. This was mand...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21085
Objectives: In Ethiopia, 44% of children under five years-of-age are stunted (i.e., height-for-age (HAZ) below -2SD). This is considered a major public health concern by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s National Nutrition Plan. Future efforts to reduce stunting depend largely o...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20955
James P. Wirth, Nichols Erin, Ibrahim Khatib, Hanan Masa'd, Rawhieh Barham, Nancy Aburto, Svenja Jungjohann, Kevin Sullivan & Mary Serdula·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Jordan's 2010 National Micronutrient Survey assessed the prevalence and severity of anemia and micronutrient deficiencies in Jordanian women and children. Methods: A stratified multistage cluster sampling was used to establish a nationally representative household-bas...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21155
Objectives: The broad objective was to assess components of the supply chain aiming at identifying facilitating factors and barriers to uninterrupted availability of IFA, oxytocic drugs, misoprostol, magnesium sulphate and calcium with a view of formulating innovative solutions....
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20956
Peter A. Kulakow, Elizabeth Y. Parkes, Simone K. Friedrich, Florian Schweigert, Oladeji Alamu, Norbert Maroya & Busie Maziya-Dixon·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Breeding cassava roots with enhanced levels of proVitamin A carotenoids (biofortification) is a cost effective approach to overcome vitamin A deficiency, especially for women and children in rural areas who are vulnerable with livelihoods dependent on cassava. Biofort...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21230
Objectives: Breastfeeding is an evidence-based cost-effective means of preventing malnutrition in early childhood, thereby improving the chances of survival. Despite its nutritional advantages breastfeeding has been sub-optimal in Nigeria, due to misconceptions. This study assess...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20957
Objectives: To assess the performance of the external monitoring system utilized in Jordan according to the CDC criteria for surveillance systems. Methods: The performance of the external monitoring system was assessed qualitatively following the CDC's Updated Guidelines for Eval...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21086
Variation in the hydro-climatic variables of River Kaduna at Shiroro Dam site, Nigeria is linked to a number of climate change activities around the river. In view of this, the paper aims at examining the trend of stream flow, rainfall, temperature and evaporation. Monthly discha...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18331
Objectives: High levels of early child malnutrition in developing countries are of concern not only because they affect later growth but because they may affect mental and motor development. This systematic review updates and goes beyond previous ones by answering two important q...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20958
Objectives: Limited knowledge exists on sustained adherence to small quantity LNS for PLW and how this compares to other prenatal supplements, particularly in programmatic settings. We aimed to address these gaps. Methods: A random subsample of women (n=360) from an ongoing LNS e...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21231
Sofie Aage, Nick Kiraly, Kassarai Da Costa, Stine Byberg, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Ane Bærent Fisker, Peter Aaby & Christine Stabell Benn·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Neonatal vitamin A (NVAS) is currently being considered as policy in low income countries at risk of deficiency. We conducted NVAS trials in Guinea-Bissau and found sex-differential effects of NVAS on mortality, the effect being negative for females. We examined the e...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20959
Objectives: Anemia is a problem of public health significance in Uganda. In 2001, 71% of children under-five were anemic. In 2011, the prevalence of anemia had declined to 50% among children. This large decline in anemia prevalence has prompted questions of what factors have cont...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20960
Objectives: Prenatal Iron Supplementation (PIS) has a paramount contribution for reducing maternal mortality. The coverage and compliance in Ethiopia is 17.3% and 0.4% respectively. The aim of this study was to determine the coverage of and adherence to prenatal PIS and to identi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21087
Objectives: The Government of India introduced guidelines on therapeutic supplementation of zinc in the management of childhood diarrhoea in the year 2007, but programmatic constraints delayed its introduction into public health programs. Micronutrient Initiative, with support fr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20961