Mohammad Ansari, Jee Hyun Rah, Victor Aguayo, Chandrakant Pandav, Kapil Yadav, Rakesh Kumar, Rajan Sankar, Arijit Chakrabarty & Suvabrata Dey·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: India was one of the first countries to introduce salt iodization. This presentation reviews the national efforts towards universal salt iodization (USI) in India, documents achievements and progress, and highlights key challenges in programme implementation. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20982
Objectives: Mothers' vitamin A (VA) status during pregnancy and lactation determine infants' VA levels. We estimated VA status during pregnancy and assessed its determinants using data on 505 pregnant women attending first antenatal care visit in Western Kenya. Methods: VA and ir...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21241
Mahmud Abdulkader Mahmud, Mark Spigt, Afework Mulugeta Bezabih, Ignacio Lopez Pavon, Geert-Jan Dinant & Roman Blanco Velasco·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To assess the impact of hand-washing with soap and nail clipping on the prevalence of anaemia and thinness among school-aged children. Methods: We randomly assigned 369 parasite negative school-aged children to receive both, one or the other, or neither of the interve...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20983
Objectives: Micronutrient Powders (MNP) have been shown to reduce anaemia among young children and are reportedly easy-to-use for home fortification of complementary foods. Many countries are considering implementing MNP. However, to facilitate optimal implementation, formative r...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21094
Objectives: Achievement the complete elimination of iodine deficiency and control of the situation is necessary to establish a well-functioning monitoring model using clearly-defined evaluation criteria and methodology. In this regard, the purpose is implementation of iodine stat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20984
Objectives: Identifying cost-effective strategies for delivering efficacious nutrient supplements is a policy challenge, especially in rural areas. This paper examines the effects of alternative distribution outlet schemes on transportation costs of 3,146 households in the Dandé...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21242
Objectives: The general objective of the research was to develop value added food products (Bread and Biscuit) through supplementation of Fenugreek flour. The specific objectives was to study the proximate composition, anti-nutritional factors, physical properties, sensory analys...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20986
Objectives: EsIAN is designed to improve nutritional outcomes through a strong behavior change campaign and free distribution of nutritional products (micronutrient powders, MNP and/or a fortified complementary food, FCF) for children 6 m to 5 y of age living in poverty. Both pr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21243
Objectives: Recently, India has witnessed an increase in the number of public private partnerships (PPP) in various areas except nutrition. This paper explores barriers to private investment in improving nutrition outcomes in India, highlights success stories and recommends areas...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20987
Objectives: To evaluated the potential of combinations of MIR, TXRF and XRD techniques for prediction of soil properties. Methods: Using Random Forests (RF) algorithm, MIR prediction of soil properties for a set of geo-referenced soil samples associated with the Africa Soil Infor...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21095