Nutrition News for Africa is a monthly electronic newsletter whose aim is to disseminate state-of-the-art research and policy papers to scientists, program planners, policy makers, and opinion leaders working in the field of public health nutrition in Africa. The newsletter is prepared as a collaborative effort of PICN and Helen Keller International (HKI). HKI regional staff members and students and faculty members of the PICN identify and summarize relevant articles and policy statements from the scientific literature and international agency publications.
2018
- 03/2018
Large-Scale Food Fortification in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - 02/2018
Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhea and child growth in rural Kenya - 01/2018
Unconditional Seasonal Cash Transfer Increases Intake of High-Nutritional-Value Foods in Young Burkinabe Children
2017
- 05/2017
Predictors and pathways of language and motor development in four prospective cohorts of young children - 04/2017
Micronutrient status among pregnant women in Zinder, Niger - 03/2017
On-farm crop species richness is associated with household diet diversity in Malawi - 02/2017
Nutritional risk of zinc deficiency as estimated by national surveys - 01/2017
Accelerating nutrition improvements. Best practices for scaling up
2016
- January
Macronutrient composition and gestational weight gain - February
Promotion of zinc tablets and ORS through child health weeks in Nigera - March
Biofortified yellow cassava and vitamin A status in Kenyan children - April
Efficacy of highly bioavailable zinc from fortified water - May
Promotion and consumption of commercially produced foods among young children - June/July
Effect of daily antenatal iron supplementation on Plasmodium infection in Kenya - August/September
Dietary diversity during pregnancy in a prospective cohort study in rural Ethiopia - October/November
Is exposure to poultry harmful to child nutrition? - December
Effectiveness of a community-based nutrition programme to improve child growth in rural Ethiopia
2015
- January
A comprehensive linear programming tool to optimize formulations of ready-to-use therapeutic foods - February
Nutrition transition in Africa - March
Treatment of children with moderate acute malnutrition in Mali - April
Association between breastfeeding and intellience and income - May
SQ-LNS together with illness treatment increase growth in young Burkinabe children - June
Integrated agriculture and nutrition and health behavior change program in Burkina Faso - July
Associations between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring - August
Fetal, Neonatal, Infant, and Child International Growth Standards - September
Improving the efficiency of micronutrient intervention planning - October
Vitamin A supplements, routine immunization and subsequent risk of malaria - November
Assessing implementation fidelity of an infant and child feeding intervention in Ethiopia - December
Impact of marketing of breast-milk substitutes on breastfeeding practices
2014
- January
Direct iodine supplementation of infants versus supplementation of their breastfeeding mothers - February
The World Health Organization's global target for reducing childhood stunting by 2025 - March
Developing a Sustainable Nutrition Research Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa - April
Effectiveness of milk whey protein-based ready-to-use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition in Malawian under-5 children - May
Household food insecurity is associated with higher child undernutrition in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam, but the effect is not mediated by child dietary diversity - June
The contribution of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction to childhood undernutrition in Tanzania - November
Identifying determinants of effective complementary feeding behavior change interventions in developing countries
- December
Assessment of integrating behavior change communication strategies into a microcredit program in Nigeria
2013
- January
Estimating the global prevalence of zinc deficiency - February
Using mid-upper arm circumference to end treatment of severe acute malnutrition - October
The interpretation of iron status indicators in the presence of inflammation and malaria - November
Effect of iron fortification on malaria incidence in young children - December
Using dietary intake data to identify appropriate vehicles and estimate potential benefits of food fortification in Uganda
2012
- January
Role of calcium supplementation during pregnancy in reducing risk of developing gestational hypertensive disorders - February
Diagnostic performance of visible severe wasting, mid-upper arm circumference, and weight-for-height for identifying severe acute malnutrition - March
Methods and results of the Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Management (ENAM) project - April
Caregiver recognition of childhood diarrhea, related care seeking behaviors and home treatment practices in rural Burkina Faso - May
Selling micronutrient powder reduces anemia, iron deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency in young children in Kenya - June
Low fruit and vegetable consumption in Mozambique: results from a WHO STEPwise approach - July/August
The effect of an integrated multisector model for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and improving child survival in rural sub-Saharan Africa - September
The impact of maize porridge enriched with amaranth grain flour or with a micronutrient powder on iron deficiency and anemia - October
Reduction in child mortality in Niger: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. - November
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of mortality in infants up to 6 mo of age born to HIV-positive Tanzanian women - December
High prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in six-month-old Senegalese breast-fed infants
2011
- January
Iron fortification, anthelmintic treatment, and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria for anemia control in children - February
Household food insecurity access scale and an index-member dietary diversity score in an urban West-African setting - March
Adequacy of micronutrient concentrations in plant-based complementary foods - April
Repositioning children’s right to adequate nutrition in the Sahel - May
Acceptability and feasibility of WHO recommendations for feeding infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Burkina Faso - June
Screening for acute childhood malnutrition during the National Nutrition Week in Mali - July
Yellow maize with high β-carotene is an effective source of vitamin A in healthy Zimbabwean men - August
Exclusive-breastfeeding promotion by peer counselors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial - September
New World Health Organization guidelines concerning vitamin A supplementation for women and young children - October
Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990-2020 - November
Anemia in low-income and middle-income countries - December
Plasma retinol-binding protein predicts plasma retinol concentration
2010
- January
Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in African infants - February
Scaling up nutrition: What will it cost? - March
Implementing an integrated nutrition package at large scale in Madagascar - April
Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes - May
Scaling up nutrition: A framework for action - June/July
The Accelerated Child Survival and Development Programme in West Africa - August
Combined iron/folic acid supplements and malaria prophylaxis reduce neonatal mortality - September
Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa - October
Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana - November
Micronutrient fortification to improve growth and health of maternally HIV-unexposed and exposed Zambian infants - December
World Health Organization Model Chapter on “Infant and young child feeding”
On-farm crop species richness is associated with household diet diversity in Malawi