Maternal & Child Nutrition

• Maternal and Child Nutrition
• Breastfeeding
• Low-Birthweight

Maternal and Child Nutrition

• Essential Health Sector Actions to Improve Maternal Nutrition In Africa
  (a summary is also available in French)
• Frequently Asked Questions on Breastfeeding and Maternal Nutrition  (LINKAGES)
• Improving Nutrition and Reproductive Health: The Importance of Micronutrient Nutrition, Jan 2000
• Women's Employment and Child Care and Nutrition in Urban Areas: Examples from Guatemala and Ghana.A Presentation given by Marie T. Ruel (IFPRI) Power Point presentation materials.

Breastfeeding

• Quantifying the Benefits of Breast-feeding: A Summary of the Evidence (Linkages and PAHO).  This annotated bibliography of more than 180 studies reviews the scientific and epidemiological evidence of breastfeeding's effect on morbidity, infant mortality, intellectual and motor development, chronic disease, and maternal health. The publication also summarizes studies on the economic benefits of breastfeeding. The evidence of breastfeeding's impact on health outcomes supports the World Health Assembly's Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (May 2002) and is particularly important at a time when concerns about HIV transmission through breastmilk threaten to erode support for breastfeeding programs.
  
• Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding: The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding
  
• Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Asia- Practical Guidance for Programs (Linkages).  This 50-page report with as many pages of annexes and references can be used as a technical resource, a programmatic guide, and a basis for policy dialogue and coordination.  The report focuses on the five most affected countries in the region--Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand--but presents technical background and lessons learned that are relevant for the rest of the region.
  
• Effect of Breastfeeding on Mortality among HIV-Infected Women: WHO statement in response to a recently published article by R Nduati et.al. titled: "Effect of breastfeeding on mortality among HIV-1 infected women: a randomised trial" (Lancet 2001; 357: 1651-5)
  
• FAQ on Breast-feeding and HIV/AIDS:  Guidelines and Information (Linkages project)
  (Also available in French and Spanish).
  
• Effect of Breastfeeding on Maternal Nutrition: FAQ sheet; Linkages
  
• Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Policy, Strategy & Practice 
  
• World Health Organization's Infant & Young Child Feeding
  
• International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
  
• HIV and Infant feeding: Guidelines for Decision makers
  
• A review of HIV transmission through Breastfeeding

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Low-Birthweight

• Role of Intergenerational Effects on Linear Growth, Journal of Nutrition 1999; 129:544S-549S
• Improving Prenatal nutrition in Developing Countries: Strategies, Prospects and Challenges

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