Youna M. Hemery, Laura Fontana, Regina Moench-Pfanner, Arnaud Laillou, Jacques Berger, Cécile Renaud, Sylvie Avallone - 01/10/2015
Food fortification is implemented to address vitamins A and D deficiencies in numerous countries. The stability of vitamins A and D3 was assessed during a two-month period reproducing the usual oil storage conditions before sale to consumers.
Fabian Rohner, Bradley A. Woodruff, Grant J. Aaron, May Antonnette O. Lebanon, Pura Rayco-Solon, Saniel P. Ofelia - 01/06/2013
The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of contributors associated with the nutritional status of children 6 to 23 months of age living in urban areas of the Philippines.
Arnaud Laillou, Jacques Berger, Bach Mai Le, Van Thuy Pham, Thi Hop Le, Cong Khan Nguyen, Dora Panagides, Fabian Rohner, Frank Wieringa, Regina Moench-Pfanner - 30/11/2012
The objective of this study was thus to analyze the dietary micronutrient intakes of these women, to select the food vehicles to be fortified and to calculate their contributions to meet the recommended nutrient intake for iron, zinc, vitamin A and folic acid.
Aang Sutrisna, Marieke Vossenaar, Alia Poonawala, Agnes Mallipu, Doddy Izwardy, Ravi Menon, Alison Tumilowicz - 08/06/2018
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of improved information and educational messages on outer packaging of a micronutrient powder (MNP), locally known as “Taburia”, on knowledge and adherence to recommended use.
Jacky Knowles, Greg S. Garrett, Jonathan Gorstein, Roland Kupka, Ruth Situma, Kapil Yadav, Rizwan Yusufali, Chandrakant S. Pandav, Grant J. Aaron, Universal Salt Iodization Coverage Survey Team - 12/04/2017
Household coverage with iodized salt was assessed in 10 countries that implemented Universal Salt Iodization.
Arnaud Laillou, Frank Wieringa, Thuy Nga Tran, Pham Thuy Van, Bach Mai Le, Sonia Fortin, Thi Hop Le, Regina Moench-Pfanner, Jacques Berger - 24/05/2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the overall prevalence of vitamin D and calcium deficiencies in women and young children and their nutritional related risk factors.
Grant J. Aaron, Prahlad R. Sodani, Rajan Sankar, John Fairhurst, Katja Siling, Ernest Guevarra, Alison Norris, Mark Myatt - 12/04/2017
A spatially representative statewide survey was conducted in Rajasthan, India to assess household coverage of atta wheat flour, edible oil, and salt. An even distribution of primary sampling units were selected based on their proximity to centroids on a hexagonal grid laid over the survey area.
Chandrakant S. Pandav, Kapil Yadav, Harshal R. Salve, Rakesh Kumar, Akhil D. Goel, Arijit Chakrabarty - 01/11/2018
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to estimate household iodised salt coverage at national and sub-national levels in India.
Magali Leyvraz, Fabian Rohner, Amoin G. Konan, Lasme J. C. E. Esso, Bradley A. Woodruff, Augusto Norte, Adiko F. Adiko, Bassirou Bonfoh, Grant J. Aaron - 08/11/2016
Poor complementary feeding practices among infants and young children in Côte d’Ivoire are major contributing factors to the country’s high burden of malnutrition. The objective of the current research was to assess various levels of coverage of the program and to identify coverage barriers.
Marti J. van Liere, Dessie Tarlton, Ravi Menon, M. Yellamanda, Ietje Reerink - 05/12/2016
This commentary aims to discuss the multiple ways in which private sector can leverage its expertise to improve nutrition in general, and complementary feeding in particular.
