A5089734975- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Public Health and Nutrition
- Diverse Scientific Research Studies
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Global Health and Epidemiology
United Nations Children's Fund India
2015-2023
Deakin University
2023
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2022
Emory University
2022
Imperial College London
2022
Micron (United States)
2022
Lady Hardinge Medical College
2018-2021
Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital
2018-2021
International Institute for Population Sciences
2021
United Nations Children's Fund Kosovo
2020
Micronutrient deficiencies compromise immune systems, hinder child growth and development, affect human potential worldwide. Yet, to our knowledge, the only existing estimate of global prevalence micronutrient is from over 30 years ago based on anaemia. We aimed regional deficiency in at least one three micronutrients among preschool-aged children (aged 6-59 months) non-pregnant women reproductive age 15-49 years).
Multifaceted actions are needed to better identify and challenge underlying patriarchal socioeconomic factors affecting adolescent girls' nutrition, write <b>Navoda Liyana Pathirana colleagues</b>
Suboptimal dietary intake is a critical cause of poor maternal nutrition, with several adverse consequences both for mothers and their children. This study aimed to (1) assess patterns in India; (2) examine enablers barriers adopting recommended diets; (3) review current policy program strategies improve intakes. We used mixed methods, including empirical analysis, compiling data from available national subnational surveys, reviewing literature, policy, strategies. Diets among pregnant women...
High prevalence of anaemia is a severe public health problem in India. In 2018, India launched the Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy that focuses on six beneficiary groups for coverage, institutional mechanisms system strengthening and programmatic interventions to accelerate reductions prevalence. This paper uses Health Management Information System data (2017-18 2019-20) examine gains IFA coverage across Indian states. A coverage-based AMB index computed review performance After launch...
Urgent action is required to tackle the rising prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescent girls in South Asia by improving food environments countering influence powerful commercial organisations, argue <b>Kathryn Backholer colleagues</b>
<b>Vani Sethi and colleagues</b> highlight country efforts on evidence based policy making, strengthening implementation institutional capacity, inclusive strategies to accelerate reductions in anaemia adolescent girls
Over 70 million women of reproductive age are undernourished in India. Most poverty alleviation programs have not been systematically evaluated to assess impact on women's empowerment and nutrition outcomes. National Rural Livelihoods Mission's livelihoods generation initiative is an opportune platform layer interventions being tapped by project Swabhimaan three eastern Indian states-Bihar, Chhattisgarh Odisha. A cross-sectional baseline survey covering 8755 mothers children under-two years...
In India, Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers (NRCs) established at public health facilities provide residential medical nutrition therapy for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) children with complications. A large proportion of their mothers are also malnourished. NRCs do not services to such as part routine practice. However, technical algorithm delivering Maternal (MN) in facility settings is available.To test the practical feasibility layering MN NRC a service.The were delivered by counselor...
Anaemia control programmes in India are hampered by a lack of representative evidence on anaemia prevalence, burden and associated factors for adolescents. The aim this study was to: (1) describe the national subnational severity among Indian adolescents; (2) examine with at regional levels. Data (n = 14,673 individuals aged 10-19 years) were from India's Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS, 2016-2018). CNNS used multistage, stratified, probability proportion to size cluster...
Swabhimaan is a community-based programme to improve adolescent girls' and women's nutrition in the rural areas of three Indian states-Bihar, Chhattisgarh Odisha with high prevalence undernutrition.Swabhimaan has nested prospective, non-randomised controlled evaluation. Since 2017, five intervention sites receive community-led interventions through national government's livelihood mission supported self-help group federations control will initiate these activities 36 months later, 2020....
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices may affect the growth nutritional status among adolescents. Therefore, this paper assesses WASH its association with adolescent girls.As a part of an intervention programme, study is based on baseline cross-sectional data. It was conducted between May 2016-April 2017 in three Indian states (Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh). From sample 6352 girls, information practices, accessibility to health services anthropometric measurements (height, weight...
Background: Maternal spot feeding programs operational in southern Indian States are providing a package of nutrition services (food, micronutrient supplementation, deworming, gestation weight gain monitoring, and fortnightly health education) to pregnant women. These remain be evaluated. Objective: We evaluated the maternal 2 Southern states. Methods: Study design was cross-sectional entailing primary data collection (July November 2016) on 360 lactating women (of infants aged 0-6 months)...
The South Asia region is falling significantly short of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-2) nutrition targets by 2030 (FAO, 2024). While there has been some progress in last decade select indicators such as exclusive breastfeeding (2012: 47%, 2022: 60%) and stunting among children under five 40%, 30%), two barometers reflective for state women's have remain unchanged -children born with low birth weight (25%, 2012 2022) women aged 15 to 49 years who are anaemic (48%, 2019)...
Women face numerous gender-based barriers that hinder their access to resources, nutritious foods, nutrition services, and maternity entitlements. Evidence shows certain types of women’s groups can improve resources social capital in some approaches also health outcomes. Women’s rights-based organizations South Asia have a longstanding tradition collective action toward gender equality. work areas such as microfinance, livelihoods, rights, health, combating violence against women. In this...
ABSTRACT Children between the ages of 6 and 23 months require age‐appropriate introduction complementary foods alongside breastfeeding to meet their nutritional needs, but in humanitarian settings children frequently do not receive appropriate diets. Using data from 9193 aged 6–23 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2022–2023, this paper provides nationally representative estimates percentage meeting key IYCF indicators assesses child, maternal household determinants receiving...
Childhood stunting is a critical nutritional concern for Afghanistan. Prioritizing development assistance toward child nutrition requires recent estimates on and timely insights determinants at national sub-national levels. This study addresses this gap by estimating the prevalence of severe in children under-five using latest publically available data. The wave Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 2022-23) was analyzed to estimate (height-for-age Z-score <-2SD) (<-3SD)...