Young lives, child poverty and lessons for the SDGs
London, United Kingdom
This one-day conference will be of interest to people from all sectors working in the field of development and child poverty.
Adolescents – Agents of change for a well-nourished world
- Geneva, Switzerland
GAIN, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), will co-organize the event ‘Adolescents – Agents of change for a well-nourished world’, which plans to bring together country stakeholders, experts and resource persons from development partners and private sector actors working on adolescent nutrition.
High coverage and utilization of fortified rations
- 03/10/2016
The Integrated Child Development Services in the State of Telangana, India, freely provides a fortified complementary food product, Bal Amrutham, as a take-home ration to children. This study was conducted to estimate the coverage and utilization of Bal Amruthama, a fortified complementary food product, and to identify barriers and drivers.
Gender perceptions predict sex differences in growth patterns of indigenous Guatemalan infants and young children
- 01/11/2015
This study assessed whether the predicted differences in age-sex patterns were observed in the village, replicated the examination nationally for indigenous children, and examined whether the pattern in nonindigenous children was different.
World Health Assembly Side Event
Geneva, Switzerland
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) organised a panel discussion between nutrition experts, government representatives and people living with diabetes on how to overcome the gaps in nutrition education to ensure a healthy future for the next generations.
The International Social and Behaviour Change Communication Summit 2018
- Nusa Dua, Indonesia
GAIN is proud to be a sponsor of the SBCC Summit which is organized to better understand what works in shifting social norms, changing behaviors and in amplifying the voice of those who have most at stake in the success of development efforts.
Vitamin A supplementation programs and country-level evidence of Vitamin A deficiency
- 24/02/2017
Researchers acknowledge that the majority of nationally-representative data on Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) status is outdated. This study examined data from 82 countries implementing VAS programs, identified other VA programs, and assessed the recentness of national VA deficiency data.
Using implementation research for evidence-based programme development: a case study from Kenya
- 17/12/2016
This supplement contributed to the growing area of implementation research, illustrating the value of systematic research undertaken for the purpose of supporting the design of nutrition interventions that are appropriate for the specific populations in which they are undertaken.
Using ethnography to identify barriers and facilitators to optimal infant and young child feeding in rural Ghana
- 27/02/2018
Understanding the context of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is recognized as essential for designing appropriate complementary feeding interventions. The objective was to study household IYCF behaviors in 2 districts in southern and northern Ghana to identify opportunities to improve existing nutrition programs.
Using ethnography in implementation research to improve nutrition interventions in populations
- 17/12/2016
‘Implementation research in nutrition’ is an emerging area of study aimed at building evidence‐based knowledge and sound theory to design and implement programs that will effectively deliver nutrition interventions. This paper describes some of the basic features of ethnography and illustrates its applications in components of the implementation process.