The Indian state of Odisha has made significant strides to address health and nutrition in the last 25 years. We used public data, policy and program documents, published literature, and interviews with program and policy decision-makers, development partners, civil society members (n=29) and...
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Kohli, N.; Avula, R.; Bold, M. van den; Becker, E.; Nisbett, N.; Haddad, L.; Menon, P.
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2017, 13, pp 38-48
Changes in the immediate, underlying and basic determinants of nutritional status at the community- and household-level are a logical and empirical prerequisite to reducing high levels of undernutrition in high burden countries. This paper considers these factors directly from the perspective of...
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Nisbett, N.; Bold, M. van den; Gillespie, S.; Menon, P.; Davis, P.; Roopnaraine, T.; Kampman, H.; Kohli, N.; Singh, A.; Warren, A.
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2017, 13, pp 74-82
Background: Antenatal care may be a means to reduce food insecurity in pregnancy and postpartum periods. Objective: With the use of a cluster-randomized design, we tested whether participation in nutrition-focused antenatal care intending to improve household knowledge about the importance of...
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Frongillo, E. A.; Nguyen, P. H.; Sanghvi, T.; Mahmud, Z.; Aktar, B.; Alayon, S.; Purnima Menon
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2019, 149, 1, pp 159-166
Global success case analyses have identified factors supporting reductions in stunting across countries; less is known about successes at the subnational levels. We studied four states in India, assessing contributors to reductions in stunting between 2006 and 2016. Using public datasets,...
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Rasmi Avula; Phuong Hong Nguyen; Lan Mai Tran; Supreet Kaur; Neena Bhatia; Rakesh Sarwal; Wagt, A. de; Chaudhery, D. N.; Purnima Menon
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2022, 14, 4, pp 1085-1097
As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide remain undernourished (underweight, stunted, and deficient in micronutrients), despite evidence on effective interventions...
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Heidkamp, R. A.; Piwoz, E.; Gillespie, S.; Keats, E. C.; D'Alimonte, M. R.; Purnima Menon; Das, J. K.; Flory, A.; Clift, J. W.; Ruel, M. T.; Vosti, S.; Akuoku, J. K.; Bhutta, Z. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet (British edition), 2021, 397, 10282, pp 1400-1418
An enabling environment for malnutrition reduction includes creating policy and political momentum, and converting momentum to implementation and impact. We used several qualitative data sources to investigate changes in policy and action over time in Zambia. There now exists coherent policy...
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Harris, J.; Drimie, S.; Roopnaraine, T.; Covic, N.
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2017, 13, pp 49-56
Background: There is global consensus that a strong policy response is essential for addressing the dual burden of malnutrition. However, policy makers in low- and middle-income countries may perceive a conflict between food supply policies to combat persistent undernutrition and more recent...
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Thow, A. M.; Suneetha Kadiyala; Shweta Khandelwal; Purnima Menon; Downs, S.; Reddy, K. S.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2016, 37, 3, pp 261-274
Development is a multi-faceted process; achieving development goals thus requires a multi-sectoral approach. For over two decades, our research group of economists and nutritionists has designed and implemented randomized trials to assess the effectiveness of multisectoral programs in improving...
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Quisumbing, A. R.; Ahmed, A.; Gilligan, D. O.; Hoddinott, J.; Neha Kumar; Leroy, J. L.; Menon, P.; Olney, D. K.; Roy, S.; Ruel, M.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
World Development (Oxford), 2020, 127, pp 104822
The Indian state of Odisha has made significant strides to address health and nutrition in the last 25 years. We used public data, policy and program documents, published literature, and interviews (n=75) with program and policy decision-makers, representatives from development partners, and civil...
Author(s)
Neha Kohli; Rasmi Avula; Bold, M. van den; Becker, E.; Nisbett, N.; Haddad, L.; Purnima Menon
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2017, 12, pp 38-48
In the past 15 years, Senegal has made considerable progress in the fight against child undernutrition. To better understand how this was achieved, we reviewed 11 national policy documents published between 2001 and 2015, and interviewed 25 key-informants from the government, donor community, civil ...
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Kampman, H.; Zongrone, A.; Rawat, R.; Becquey, E.
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2017, 13, pp 57-65