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of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW) requested technical support for better understanding nutrition determinants and … objectives are to better understand the barriers to improved nutrition and health in Nagaland and to help the state government to … about the determinants of malnutrition in North East India; (ii) to identify gaps in maternal and child health and nutrition …
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Digital technologies have significant potential to improve efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability in the food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers, smarter farms, and improved public services. Adoption...
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This report is a product of the World Bank's monitoring efforts in Myanmar and provides an in-depth look at the country's agricultural sector and food security status. This study examines intertwined challenges, falling crop yields, escalating food costs, deteriorating dietary habits, changing...
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Under nutrition levels in Lao PDR remain among the highest in the world, despite both rapid economic growth and a … significant decline in poverty over the past years. Concerns about the slow progress in reducing under nutrition have triggered … intense policy discussion and several analytical reports have been produced over the last few years on the Lao PDR nutrition …
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-Saharan Africa has been solid and has supported improvements in nutrition outcomes and poverty rates.Despite some relative gains …
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Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a public health concern is not only about saving lives, but also equally an important economic investment. In line with this, the Government of India (GOI) has a target of elimination of TB by 2025, through innovative measures, including providing multiple direct...
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In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's poverty rate is estimated to have decreased between 2019 and 2020 to 13.1 percent. Auxilio Emergencial (AE), a large emergency cash transfer program launched in April 2020, is believed to be the main driver of that decrease,...
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National Multi-Sector Nutrition Policy, which promote a range of evidence-based interventions to improve maternal and child … sector service gaps that stand in the way of children growing up healthy and being productive members of their communities …
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This report provides recommendations to further develop the methodology for nutrition expenditure analysis. This report … carefully reviewed all available nutrition expenditure analyses available and drew methodological conclusions. Findings include … a need for a standardized way of classifying nutrition-related spending to be applied, of which the 2013 Lancet …
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'Integrating Nutrition Promotion and Rural Development' (INPARD) is a multisectoral approach to delivering nutrition … development programme could be employed to deliver improved human nutrition outcomes - an objective not typically included in …
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