Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, Priyanjana Pramanik et al.
Early marriage (EM) and early childbearing (ECB) have far-reaching consequences. This study describes the prevalence, trends, inequalities, and drivers of EM and ECB in South Asia using eight rounds of Demographic and Health Survey data across 13 years. We report the percentage of ever-married women...
Sumanta Neupane, Samuel Scott, Ellen Piwoz, Sunny S. Kim et al.
Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW). We sought to 1) estimate LBW prevalence and burden in South Asia, 2) describe the number of ANC visits (quantity) and interventions received (quality), and 3) explore associations between ANC qua...
Phuong Hong Nguyen, Nishmeet Singh, Samuel Scott, Sumanta Neupane et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine inequalities and opportunity gaps in co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions in seven countries. METHODS: = 7138). We estimated co-coverage for a set of eight health and eight nutrition interventions and assessed within-country inequalities in co-coverage by wealth an...
Sumanta Neupane, Manita Jangid, Samuel Scott, Sunny S. Kim et al.
Progress to improve nutrition among women, infants and children in South Asia has fallen behind the pace needed to meet established global targets. Renewed political commitment and monitoring of nutrition interventions are required to improve coverage and quality of care. Our study aimed to assess t...
Sumanta Neupane, Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Purnima Menon
Antenatal care (ANC) is an important platform to deliver health and nutrition interventions during pregnancy but there is limited evidence on how both the number and content of ANC visits relate to birth outcomes. We examined the independent and additive contributions of ANC quantity and quality on ...
Samuel Scott, Sharvari Patwardhan, Marie T. Ruel, Suman Chakrabarti et al.
Background Poor diets are associated with all forms of malnutrition and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Data on dietary patterns are scarce in South Asia. Objectives We sought to describe overall diet quality and intake of foods and food groups at different eating occasions among adult...
Swetha Manohar, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, Melinda Munos et al.
Samuel Scott, Sumanta Neupane, Purnima Menon, Avinash Kishore et al.
ABOUT THIS NOTE\nThis research note presents findings on the availability of diet-related data in publiclyavailable population-based surveys conducted in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan in the last decade. It is intended to be used by researchers and policymakers to understand the data landsc...
Manita Jangid, Sumanta Neupane, Zivai Murira, S.R. Auer et al.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other global nutrition and health agencies recommend nutrition actions throughout the life-course to address malnutrition in all its forms. As global recommendations are updated based on available evidence, it is anticipated that governments and stakeholders w...
Sumanta Neupane, Manita Jangid, Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen et al.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other global nutrition and health agencies recommend nutrition actions throughout the life-course to address malnutrition in all its forms. In this report, we examine how Bangladesh’s nutrition policies and programs address recommended nutrition actions, deter...
Samuel Scott, Emily Myers, Svenja Jungjohann, Swetha Manohar et al.
Samuel Scott, Phuong V. Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, Priyanjana Pramanik et al.
In South Asia, many women are married before their 18th birthday and give birth soon after. Delaying marriage is an attractive nutrition policy target as previous research shows that early marriage (EM) is associated with poor child growth outcomes, operating through many pathways. We sought to desc...
Swetha Manohar, Emily Myers, Hanna Y Berhane, Sharif Uddin Lotus et al.
Swetha Manohar, Sunny S. Kim, Gulshan Ara, Rati Kapoor et al.
Samuel Scott, Sumanta Neupane, Hana Tasic, Nadia Akseer et al.
ABSTRACT Social protection programs (SPPs) are common in South Asia, a global malnutrition hotspot. Provision of SPP benefits as well as essential health/nutrition interventions to mothers and children are goals for optimal health and development outcomes, but the degree of co-coverage of SPPs and h...