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Improving screening for malnourished children at high risk of death: a study of children aged 6–59 months in rural Senegal
Abstract Objective: To investigate whether children with concurrent wasting and stunting require therapeutic feeding and to better und...
Concurrent wasting and stunting among under-five children in Niakhar, Senegal
Abstract The study describes the patterns of concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt) among children age 6-59 months living in the 1980...
Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death: a descriptive epidemiology of multiple anthropometric deficits using data from 51 countries
Abstract Background: Wasting and stunting are common. They are implicated in the deaths of almost two million children each year and a...
Child wasting and stunting: Time to overcome the separation (2018)
A Briefing Note for policy makers and programme implementers. This policy brief is an is the culmination of the research and discussio...
Promoting an integrated famine prevention package: Breaking bottlenecks
Summary of the report of the global Food Security and Nutrition Cluster meeting, 26 April 2017 at World Food Programme HQ, Rome The gl...
Spatial determinants of dietary diversity: Evidence from rural Malawi
Poster prepared for the Action Against Hunger 'Research for Nutrition' Conference, 13th November, 2017, Pavillon de l'eau, Paris.
Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6 – 59 months from 84 countries
Children can be stunted and wasted at the same time. Having both deficits greatly elevates risk of mortality. The analysis aimed to es...
Research Priorities on the Relationship between Wasting and Stunting
Background Wasting and stunting are global public health problems that frequently co-exist. However, they are usually separated in ter...
Nutrition and Resilience: A Scoping Study
This short, desk-based study provides a first exploration of the interconnections between resilience and nutrition, as evidenced in the...
Lansa Working Paper - Women’s Agricultural Work and Nutrition in Pakistan: Findings from Qualitative Research
This paper is part of a larger exploratory study to answer the question: how might women's work in agriculture help rather than hinder ...