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All resources on nutrition and development including materials on childhood nutrition; agriculture; and financing nutrition.
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Evaluation of an early childhood parenting programme in rural Bangladesh
Document Library
June 7, 2016

To promote physical and mental development of children, parenting education programmes in developing countries focus on specific practices such as age-appropriate responsive stimulation and feeding. A programme delivered to groups of poor mothers of children, aged less than three years, in rural Bangladesh was evaluated using an intervention-control post-test design. Mothers who had attended a… Read more

Bangladesh, early childhood programmes, Parenting
Education
Health
Nutrition
Water and Sanitation
Children and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: evaluation of UNICEF’s response in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives (2005-2008) – overall synthesis report
Document Library
May 24, 2016

This report is a summary of an extensive evaluation undertaken by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) of its response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It focuses on Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives — countries that had the most serious damage and received 84 per cent of UNICEF tsunami country-level funds. The evaluation mainly… Read more

child and maternal nutrition, Child health, Indonesia, Maldives, Natural Disasters, Sri Lanka, WASH
Education
Nutrition
Integrating ECD activities into nutrition programmes in emergencies: why, what and how
Document Library
May 23, 2016

This document targets local and international staff running nutrition programmes in emergencies, and local, regional and national authorities and donors involved in such programmes. The note explains why nutrition programmes need to include early childhood development (ECD) activities to maximise the child’s development. It provides practical suggestions as to what simple steps are necessary to create integrated programmes… Read more

childhood nutrition, Early Childhood Development, ECD, Emergencies
Education
Health
Nutrition
Jo Ailwood and Stephanie Bengtsson on integrating early childhood services through care
HEART talks
May 20, 2016

Dr Stephanie Bengtsson and Dr Jo Ailwood have been involved in a teacher training research project in Zimbabwe since 2013. This talk looks at how the concept of care can be used to integrate early childhood services. A mapping of age phases across sectors is presented and the meaning of the word ‘care’ is discussed…. Read more

care, Early Childhood
Nutrition
How to motivate and support improved practices in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in Northern Nigeria
Assignment
May 12, 2016

This briefing outlines findings from operations research to support the refinement of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) strategy implemented by the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme. Key research findings include: The concept of food groups, the unique benefits of feeding foods from each food group and the classification of foods into specific food groups is… Read more

infant feeding, Nigeria, WINNN
Gender
Health
Nutrition
Social Protection
Water and Sanitation
Effective behaviour change interventions
Helpdesk Report
April 28, 2016

This helpdesk provides a rapid analysis on the existing evidence related to effective behaviour change interventions. It has a particular focus on where interventions are related to hygiene and sanitation, nutrition, gender based violence, indoor air pollution, family planning adoption, unsafe sex, motor vehicle driving. The geographic focus is Malawi, but where necessary it draws… Read more

family planning adoption, gender-based violence, hygiene and sanitation, indoor air pollution, motor vehicle driving, Nutrition, unsafe sex
Nutrition
Researchers from Jos University receive grant for research on long-term outcomes following treatment in a Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme
Assignment
April 22, 2016

In March 2016, researchers from the University of Jos were awarded a grant for a new research project to study long-term outcomes following treatment in a Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme in Jigawa State. The grant was awarded by ORIE (Operations Research and Impact Evaluation). Every year about one million children under five years of age die in Nigeria. Malnutrition contributes to… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Severe Acute Malnutrition, WINNN
Health
Nutrition
A team led by Dr Garba M Ashir of the University of Maiduguri receives grant for research to understand the low utilisation of nutrition services in Yobe state
Assignment
April 18, 2016

In January 2016, a team led by Dr Garba M. Ashir of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital received a grant for new research to understand the demand-side barriers which prevent mothers with young children from accessing nutritional services. The grant was awarded by Operations Research and Impact Evaluation (ORIE), a DFID-funded consortium of UK and Nigerian organisations. The project will generate valuable research findings… Read more

Feeding, Maternal Child and Newborn Health, Nigeria, nutrition-specific interventions, WINNN
Nutrition
Bridging the gap: integrating nutrition into gender programmes in Northern Nigeria
Blog
April 11, 2016

A recent workshop held in Abuja, Nigeria, brought together 34 gender activists, from Nigerian NGOs and CSOs working at the federal level and in Northern states. Participants came from a range of backgrounds including health, education, agriculture, and rural and community development, to learn more about how evidence, including findings from the Operational Research and… Read more

Malnutrition, Maternal Nutrition, Nigeria, nutrition and gender, WINNN
Nutrition
Report of the ORIE research dissemination and stakeholder engagement event, March 2016
Assignment
April 8, 2016

On 1st and 2nd March 2016, over 150 stakeholders met in Abuja to discuss how to tackle undernutrition in Northern Nigeria, including staff from State and Federal Government, international development partners, civil society organisations and academic institutions. The meeting was convened in Abuja in partnership with the Federal Ministry for Budget and National Planning, the… Read more

Nigeria, undernutrition, WINNN
Education
Gender
Nutrition
Nutritional supplementation in girls influences the growth of their children: prospective study in Guatemala
Document Library
March 21, 2016

Better early childhood nutrition improves schooling, adult health, skills, and wages, but there is little evidence regarding its effect on the next generation. This study assessed whether nutritional supplementation in children aged <7 to 15 y affected their children’s nutritional status 29–38 y later. The study concludes that nutritional supplementation in girls is associated with… Read more

childhood nutrition, Early Childhood, girls and nutrition, Guatemala
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