Optimizing food-assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive food assistance lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryBurundi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BI
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJef L Leroy: 0000-0001-9371-3832
cg.creator.identifierDeanna Olney: 0000-0002-2420-8565
cg.creator.identifierMarie Ruel: 0000-0002-9506-348X
cg.creator.identifierTracy Brown: 0000-0002-5560-7876
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Communications and Public Affairs
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorLeroy, Jef L.en
dc.contributor.authorOlney, Deanna K.en
dc.contributor.authorRuel, Marie T.en
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Tracyen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:04:36Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:04:36Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145515
dc.titleOptimizing food-assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive food assistance lowers anemia prevalence in Burundien
dcterms.abstractEvidence shows that food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs that target mothers and children during the first 1,000 days of life (from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday) succeed in achieving nutrition improvements. What are the effects of such programs on anemia (i.e., low hemoglobin levels), specifically, in mothers and children? Women and children in the first 1,000 days are at particular risk of anemia. Anemia during pregnancy increases the chance of maternal mortality and has been associated with increased perinatal mortality, low birth weight, and, when caused by iron deficiency, delays in child development. Developmental delays, in turn, can have lifelong consequences, as they hinder cognitive development, school performance, employment, and accumulation of wealth. Certain components of FA-MCHN programs may help to reduce anemia, including the distribution of micronutrientfortified commodities, behavior change communication (BCC) strategies around optimal child feeding and hygiene and health practices (for example, promoting the use of bednets to prevent malaria, an important cause of anemia), and the strengthening of health services.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLeroy, Jef L.; Olney, Deanna K.; Ruel, Marie T.; and Brown, Tracy. 2018. Optimizing food-assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive food assistance lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145515en
dcterms.extent2 pagesen
dcterms.issued2018-03-28
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.3945/jn.115.227462en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145514en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxx063en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/132354en
dcterms.subjectanaemiaen
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutrition policiesen
dcterms.subjectstuntingen
dcterms.subjecthaemoglobinen
dcterms.subjectfood enrichmenten
dcterms.subjecthealth servicesen
dcterms.subjectbed netsen
dcterms.subjectfood aiden
dcterms.subjectmaternal nutritionen
dcterms.subjectproject evaluationen
dcterms.subjectbehavioural responsesen
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