Linking WASH, Nutrition and Agriculture: Indicators to Measure Progress Across SDGs

May 19, 2015

Linking WASH, Nutrition and Agriculture: Indicators to Measure Progress Across SDGs, May 1, 2015. Full text/WASH Advocates blog Author: Mary Kate Costello, Policy Analyst at The Hunger Project. Excerpts:  In her opening remarks, moderator Åsa Skogström-Feldt, CEO of The Hunger Project, stated that the development community knows that “nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions address both hunger and […]

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Height, Zinc and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Schoolchildren: A Study in Cuba and Cambodia

May 19, 2015

Height, Zinc and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Schoolchildren: A Study in Cuba and Cambodia. Nutrients 2015, 7 3001. Full text Authors: Brechje de Gier, Liliane Mpabanzi, et al. Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections and zinc deficiency are often found in low- and middle-income countries and are both known to affect child growth. However, studies combining data […]

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Exploring the role of environmental enteropathy in malnutrition, infant development and oral vaccine response

May 19, 2015

Exploring the role of environmental enteropathy in malnutrition, infant development and oral vaccine response. Philos Trans, June 2015. Full text Authors: Allissia A. Gilmartin, William A. Petri Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a poorly defined state of intestinal inflammation without overt diarrhoea that occurs in individuals exposed over time to poor sanitation and hygiene. It is […]

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Does aflatoxin exposure cause child stunting?

May 19, 2015

Does aflatoxin exposure cause child stunting?  PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Mitigating Aflatoxin Consumption for Improving Child Growth in Eastern Kenya (MAICE), May 19, 2015 by IFPRI. Full text Excerpts: Childhood stunting is associated with delays in cognitive development, lower school achievement, and lower earnings in adulthood. In 2009, researchers estimated a 42 percent prevalence of child stunting in the […]

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Geophagy is Associated with Environmental Enteropathy and Stunting in Children in Rural Bangladesh

May 19, 2015

Geophagy is Associated with Environmental Enteropathy and Stunting in Children in Rural Bangladesh. Am Jnl Trop Med Hyg, April 2015. Abstract/order info Authors: Christine M. George, Lauren Oldja,  et al. There is a growing body of literature indicating an association between stunting and environmental enteropathy (EE), a disorder thought to be caused by repeated exposures […]

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Helminth Elimination in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals: A “Worm Index” for Human Development

May 19, 2015

Helminth Elimination in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals: A “Worm Index” for Human Development. PLoS NTDs, April 2015. Full text, with references Authors: Peter J. Hotez , Jennifer R. Herricks A new “worm index” confirms a strong association between helminth infections and impaired human development. In June 2012, a landmark United Nations conference on […]

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Culture and the health transition: Understanding sanitation behaviour in rural north India

May 6, 2015

Culture and the health transition: Understanding sanitation behaviour in rural north India, 2015. International Growth Centre (ICG) Working Paper. Full text Authors:  Diane Coffey, Aashish Gupta, Payal Hathi, Dean Spears, Nikhil Srivastav, and Sangita Vyas Key Facts Poor sanitation spreads bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections including diarrhoea, polio, cholera, and hookworm. Despite this, 70% of rural Indian […]

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Risk Factors Associated with Recurrent Diarrheal Illnesses among Children in Kabul, Afghanistan

April 20, 2015

Risk Factors Associated with Recurrent Diarrheal Illnesses among Children in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS One, Feb 2015. Full text Authors: Adam R. Aluisio,  et al. Introduction - Childhood diarrheal illnesses are a major public health problem. In low-income settings data on disease burden and factors associated with diarrheal illnesses are poorly defined, precluding […]

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Why Sanitation Matters for Nutrition

April 20, 2015

Why Sanitation Matters for Nutrition, 2015. Full text, pdf Authors: Dean Spears and Lawrence Haddad Chapter 3 of this 2015 IFPRI Nutrition Policy Report states that water, sanitation, and hygiene can have a profound effect on health and nutrition. A growing base of evidence on the link between sanitation, child height, and well-being has come […]

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WASHplus Weekly – Focus on Food Hygiene, April 7, 2015

April 20, 2015

WASHplus Weekly – Focus on Food Hygiene, April 7, 2015 The theme for this year’s World Health Day, April 7, 2015, is food safety. Food hygiene is an important component of food safety. Handwashing before preparing and eating food is a critical hygiene practice. Proper food preparation and storage are also important to prevent contamination. […]

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