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The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...
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Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia … transfer programs are aimed at addressing this, most are too small to have a marked effect in protecting or promoting nutrition …. Several supply-side food and agricultural interventions suggest promise in improving nutrition, although their effects have …
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This paper examines the costs, impacts, and cost-effectiveness of scaling up over five years the nutrition … in the BPHS nutrition interventions …
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In January 2016 the Government of Bangladesh requested technical assistance from the World Bank and the United Nations … Children's Fund (UNICEF) to estimate the cost of implementing nutrition actions considered for the inclusion in the country …'s Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2) and to assist with the prioritization of scale up of the nutrition …
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's nutritional status in recent decades. The prevalence of key nutrition indicators, such as the proportion of children stunted … population. Progress against malnutrition achieved over time notwithstanding, reversals in global funding for nutrition in … persistent prevalence of under- and overweight and anemia among women. Nutrition in early childhood has been deemed by the global …
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Nutrition has been ingrained in key social and economic development policies in Senegal since the birth of the Republic …. The evolution of nutrition policy, and its impact on the state of nutrition in Senegal, is the result of a constant … interplay between social, environmental, and economic events; politics; the state of nutrition knowledge; and the engagement and …
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20 percent were underweight (weight for age), each of these levels categorized as high severity by the World Health … Senegal issued a new nutrition policy, supporting a 10-year goal to improve nutrition through a community-based, multisectoral … approach. The policy was translated into the 10-year Nutrition Enhancement Program (NEP), financed by the government of Senegal …
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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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In Senegal, the government's engagement in the nutrition sector and the fight against malnutrition have steadily … contre la Malnutrition (Nutrition Coordination Unit) (CLM) and its Bureau Executif National (National Executive Bureau); (2 …) an increase in the government's budget allocation to nutrition from an estimated USD 0.3 million per year i …
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safety net program, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), has a great potential to improve nutrition outcomes of … raising caregiver's knowledge and awareness on nutrition through family development sessions. There was strong evidence of the … effectiveness of 4Ps on nutrition outcomes during the early stage of program implementation. Over time, however, 4Ps' impact on …
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