Browsing by Subject "Child nutrition"

Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh

Raza, Wameq A; de Poel, Ellen Van; Ourti, Tom Van (Elsevier, 2018-10-10)

Targeting the Ultra-poor (TUP) is an integrated programme that combines the transfer of income-generating assets and multifaceted training on entrepreneurship, health-nutrition, and social awareness over a two-year period ...

Maternal nutritional knowledge and child nutritional status

Choudhury, Nuzhat; Jalal, Chowdhury SB (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2008)

Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future

Ahmed, Tahmeed; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Ireen, Santhia; Ahmed, A. M. Shamsir; Rahman, Sabuktagin; Islam, M Munirul; Alam, Nurul; Hossain, Md Iqbal; Rahman, S M Mustafizur; Ali, M Mohsin; Choudhury, Fatima Perveen; Cravioto, Alejandro (© 2012 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2012)

Although child and maternal malnutrition has been reduced in Bangladesh, the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <-2) among children aged less than five years is still high (41%). Nearly one-third of women ...

Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition

Khatun, Masuma; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, Mushtaque (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)

This study explores the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's income and health development activities on the nutritional status of their children aged 6-72 months. MUAC measurements of 1,518 children aged 6- 72 months ...