The Other Asian Enigma
South Asia has long had persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child...
View ArticleNutrition in Africa is at a crossroad
Kenaw Gebreselassie, Transform Nutrition Research uptake lead in Ethiopia writes from the 3rd Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) conference, Arusha, Tanzania. “Attending the FANUS...
View ArticleIs there a social return on investment in nutritional counselling interventions?
Our project partner African Population Health Research Center is working on a study looking at home based nutritional counselling interventions in urban poor settings in Nairobi, Kenya and asks whether...
View ArticleDetermining the relationship between agrobiodiversity and nutrition in Kenya
Agrobiodiversity and dietary diversity for improved nutritional status of mother-infant diets in Rongai sub-county, Kenya Project summary Maternal and child malnutrition remains a major public health...
View ArticleTogether for Nutrition Ethiopia conference 2015
Transform Nutrition and IFPRI’s Ethiopia Strategy Support Program are holding a one day conference in Addis Ababa on Monday June 15th, 2015. Bringing together local policy makers, researchers, donors...
View ArticleBehavioural Change for Improved Nutrition among Pastoralists (BCIN)
Project Summary The Behavioural Change for Improved Nutrition among Pastoralists (BCIN) project focuses on research into behavioural aspects of maternal, infant and young-child feeding practices in...
View ArticleNutrition in Ethiopia is on a roll!
Stuart Gillespie writes from the ‘Together for Nutrition’ conference in Ethiopia on 15 June 2015. Nearly 200 participants registered for the Together for Nutrition (T4N) conference in Addis Ababa last...
View ArticleWhat’s Driving Ethiopia’s Remarkable Improvements in Nutritional Health?
Media coverage mentioning Transform Nutrition from our ‘Together for Nutrition’ conference in Addis Ababa in June includes: Africa: What’s Driving Ethiopia’s Remarkable Improvements in Nutritional...
View ArticlePredictors of Essential Health and Nutrition Service Delivery in Bihar, India
A new Transform publication is out now in Global Health: Science and Practice Journal Predictors of Essential Health and Nutrition Service Delivery in Bihar, India: Results From Household and Frontline...
View ArticleWhere are the Nutrition Champions in Ethiopia?
Kenaw Gebreselassie, Transform Nutrition Communication and Research Uptake Manager based at Save the Children, Ethiopia writes about the call for nutrition champion nominations Two years ago New York...
View ArticleAn assessment of Bangladesh’s National Nutrition Services Program
A new report Bangladesh National Nutrition Services : Assessment of Implementation Status presents the findings of an operations research study conducted to assess the implementation of the Government...
View ArticleAssessing Bangladesh’s National Nutrition Services Program
By Masum Billah and Shams El Arifeen, ICDDR,B Despite important economic progress and reaching lower middle-income status in 2015, Bangladesh remains one of the high under nutrition burden countries....
View ArticleMaximizing the nutrition impact of social protection programs in India: What...
POSHAN and Transform Nutrition Delhi seminar: October 16th Register now, to avoid disappointment! (Registration is free) Registration link You can find the draft agenda, here In the past decade, India...
View ArticleAmharic research briefing on Reducing Child Undernutrition
The Transform Nutrition research brief Reducing Child Undernutrition: Past Drivers and Priorities for the Post-MDG Era, is now available in Amharic. This briefing summarises a paper by Lisa Smith and...
View ArticleApplication deadline is almost here! Short Course on Transforming Nutrition...
Transforming Nutrition in India: Ideas, Policies and Outcomes 7-11 December 2015 Shweta Khandelwal and Purnima Menon Course Directors: Prof. Lawrence Haddad (IFPRI-UK), Prof. Aryeh Stein (Emory...
View ArticleHow do we harness the nutrition potential of social protection programs in...
This blog by Kalyani Raghunathan, IFPRI was previously posted on the POSHAN website. The most recent data on India from the Rapid Survey of Children (2013-14) shows that there has been considerable...
View ArticleMade in India: Good Nutrition for all
Today sees ministers, researchers and other stakeholders come together at the launch event in Delhi of two new reports, India Health Report on Nutrition 2015 and the Global Nutrition Report 2015. Both...
View ArticleIndia Health Report on Nutrition launched
The India Health Report on Nutrition 2015 is now available following a launch in Delhi with Honourable Minister Smt Maneka Gandhi and Honourable Minister Shri Jagat Prakash present. This new report...
View ArticleTransform Nutrition leaders network launched
The Transform Nutrition leaders network was launched at an event Delhi in December. The audience included Transforming Nutrition short course cohort from 2012 to 2015, nutrition researchers and...
View ArticleChildren’s diets and access to markets in Ethiopia
Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets. To improve feeding practices in Ethiopia, a strong focus in nutrition programming has been placed on...
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