Andrew D. Jones, Scott Ickes, Laura E. Smith, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya et al.
As the World Health Organization (WHO) infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators are increasingly adopted, a comparison of country-specific analyses of the indicators' associations with child growth is needed to examine the consistency of these relationships across contexts and to assess the ...
K. Ryan Wessells, Charles D. Arnold, Christine P. Stewart, Elizabeth L. Prado et al.
BACKGROUND: Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) have been shown to reduce the prevalence of child anemia and iron deficiency, but effects on other micronutrients are less well known. Identifying subgroups who benefit most from SQ-LNSs could support improved program design. OBJE...
Kathryn G. Dewey, Charles D. Arnold, K. Ryan Wessells, Elizabeth L. Prado et al.
BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses show that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) reduce child wasting and stunting. There is little information regarding effects on severe wasting or stunting. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to identify the effect of SQ-LNSs on prevalence of severe wasting (weight...
Haribondhu Sarma, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Md. Tariqujjaman, Mahfuzur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the role of home visits by Shasthya Shebika (SS) - female volunteer community health workers (CHWs) - in improving the distribution of micronutrient powder (MNP), and explored the independent effects of caregiver-provider interaction on coverage variables. DESIGN: We used data...
Jean H. Humphrey
Faecal-pathogen-free living environments, food, and drinking water are irrefutably fundamental to human health. Nonetheless, several controlled experiments have failed to prove that WASH interventions, designed to reduce faecal exposure, improve health outcomes.1Clasen T Boisson S Routray P et al.Ef...
Haribondhu Sarma, Md. Tariqujjaman, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Sufia Askari et al.
OBJECTIVE: BRAC, an international development organization based in Bangladesh, engages community health workers called Shasthya Shebikas (SS) to implement home fortification of foods with micronutrient powders (MNP). We identified factors associated with home visits by SS, at different levels of th...
Sneha Sarwar, Nazma Shaheen, Md Musharraf Ashraf, Nisarga Bahar et al.
The study aimed to determine the trans-fat content in branded and unbranded soybean oil (SBO) and palm oil (PO) in nationally representative samples of Bangladesh. To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study reporting the Trans fatty acid (TFA) content in commonly consumed SBO and PO in ...
Svenja Jungjohann, Gulshan Ara, Catia Pedro, Valerie M Friesen et al.
Although mandatory fortification of oil with vitamin A is efficacious, its effectiveness can be compromised by suboptimal compliance to standards. In this study, we assessed (1) the availability of oil brands across the eight divisions of Bangladesh, (2) fortification quality (the extent to which vi...
Sayem Ahmed, Haribondhu Sarma, Md. Zahid Hasan, Mahfuzur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: We estimated the cost-effectiveness of home fortification with micronutrient powder delivered in a sales-based programme in reducing the prevalence of Fe deficiency anaemia among children 6-59 months in Bangladesh. DESIGN: Cross-sectional interviews with local and central-level programme ...
Ayako Ebata, Jodie Thorpe, Ainee Islam, Sabiha Sultana et al.
Micronutrient deficiency is a pertinent global challenge that affects billions of people and has deleterious health effects. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a cost- effective way to tackle micronutrient deficiency and improve health outcomes, particularly in low- and middle-income countries...
K. Ryan Wessells, Charles D. Arnold, Christine P. Stewart, Elizabeth L. Prado et al.
ABSTRACT Background Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) have been shown to reduce the prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency among infants and young children, but effects on other micronutrients are less well known. Identifying subgroups who may experience greater benefits fro...
Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Jodie Thorpe, Abigail Carpio, Ainee Islam et al.
This study responds to earlier findings of suboptimal compliance with mandatory fortification of edible oil in Bangladesh. We aim to explain the root causes of poor compliance and to provide recommendations to strengthen the national fortification programme in Bangladesh and other similar contexts. ...
Amrita Saha, Daniele Guariso, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Ayako Ebata
Impact of national food fortification programs is contingent on the extent to which there is compliance with national standards. However, this compliance is often sub-optimal and is not consistently measured. One of the challenges to more regular measurement is an over-reliance on quantitative asses...
Muttaquina Hossain, Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Md. Ahshanul Haque, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya et al.
INTRODUCTION: Multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) during pregnancy has a greater potential for reducing the risk of low birth weight (LBW) compared with the standard iron-folic acid supplementation. WHO recently included MMS on their Essential Medicines List. The Social Marketing Company (S...
Valerie M Friesen, Bho Mudyahoto, Annette M. Nyangaresi, Ishank Gorla et al.
Background: Biofortification of staple crops is a food-based strategy to reduce the high global burden of micronutrient deficiencies. Monitoring program performance is essential to ensure biofortification programs have high potential for impact; however, few indicators and methods for doing so are p...