Abstract Introduction Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) rates remain low in both low-income
and high-income countries despite World Health Organization recommendations for EBF till …

We reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related
outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote …

Background Educational meetings are used widely by health personnel to provide
continuing medical education and to promote implementation of innovations or translate …

Complementary feeding interventions are usually targeted at the age range of 6–24 months,
which is the time of peak incidence of growth faltering, micronutrient deficiencies and …

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are essential for evaluating the efficacy of clinical
interventions, where the causal chain between the agent and the outcome is relatively short …

Background Childhood undernutrition is prevalent in low and middle income countries. It is
an important indirect cause of child mortality in these countries. According to an estimate …

This paper provides an update to the 1998 WHO/UNICEF report on complementary feeding.
New research findings are generally consistent with the guidelines in that report, but the …

Background About one third of deaths in children less than 5 years of age are due to
underlying undernutrition. According to an estimate, 19.4% of children< 5 years of age in …

Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy Page 1 THE Edited by Samuel Berlinski and
Norbert Schady DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMERICAS Child Well-Being and the Role of …

Background Malnutrition is the underlying cause of half of child mortality. Many programmes
attempt to remedy this issue but there is a lack of evidence on effective ways to decrease …