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Nutrition
Market Assessment of Local Production of Ready to Use Therapeutic and Supplementary Foods (RUTFs and RUSFs)
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February 9, 2022

The UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) awarded Oxford Policy Management a contract to undertake a feasibility study on the local production of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and/or Ready to Use Supplementary Food (RUSF) in Zambia. The feasibility study has two specific milestones: initial analysis of the Zambian RUTF and RUSF market… Read more

food security, Malnutrition
Nutrition
Water and Sanitation
What can the United States Learn from the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement? Examining Country Leadership in Zambia, Kenya and Bangladesh
Document Library
September 18, 2017

Country-led political and financial commitments to nutrition goals are widely recognized as critical to reducing malnutrition at scale. This report seeks to examine the relationship between country-level nutrition policy, implementation leadership, donor support and coordination, and nutrition outcomes at a national or subnational level. The analysis focuses on reducing the prevalence of stunting in countries… Read more

Malnutrition, Nutrition Policy, Scaling-Up Nutrition
Nutrition
Narrative report to accompany the 2016 annual review of the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme
Assignment
July 11, 2016

This Narrative Report has been written to accompany the 2016 Annual Review of the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme. The WINNN programme aims to deliver evidence-based, cost effective interventions in five northern states in Nigeria: Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, and Yobe, while improving government capacity, leadership, and financial commitment in relation… Read more

child and maternal nutrition, Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, Stunting, WINNN
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
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
Improving nutrition in Zamfara
Assignment
March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Zamfara, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute malnutrition… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Improving nutrition in Katsina
Assignment
March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Katsina, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute malnutrition… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Improving nutrition in Kebbi
Assignment
March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Kebbi, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Improving nutrition in Jigawa
Assignment
March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Jigawa, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Researchers from Ahmadu Bello University receive grant for research on long-term outcomes of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme
Assignment
January 13, 2016

Every year about one million children under five years of age die in Nigeria. Malnutrition contributes to nearly half of these deaths. The Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme is recognised as a cost-effective way of treating large numbers of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) without needing to admit them to a health… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Health
Nutrition
Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) South Sudan
Assignment
November 10, 2015

In South Sudan the DFID Integrated Case Management Programme (ICCM) was initiated in April 2013 to complement the Global Fund home management of malaria for children under 5 years of age. It allows treatment of additional childhood illnesses including pneumonia, diarrhoea and severe acute malnutrition by community based distributors at the household level. This is… Read more

Child health, integrated community case management, Malnutrition, south sudan
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