Mother's Milk A Gift That Keeps On Giving

ScienceDaily: Mother's Milk A Gift That Keeps On Giving: "Extensive medical research shows that mothers' milk satisfies babies' nutritional needs far better than any manufactured infant formula. It also protects babies against many common infectious diseases and certain inflammatory diseases, and probably helps lower the risk of a child later developing diabetes, lymphoma and some types of leukemia [...] In the United States, this misunderstanding of benefits versus risks -- in addition to social factors such as less generous maternity leave policies and poor preventive health care for much of the population -- has helped keep the rates of initiation and continuation of breastfeeding in the U.S. lower than those in most developed countries, Goldman said..."

This article also referenced this Washington Post Article from last month:
HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads - washingtonpost.com

Bibliography- Growth Monitoring and Food Supplementation Presentation 9/11/07

Growth Monitoring and Food Supplementation Works Cited


Hendrata, Lukas, Rohde, Jon. Ten Pitfalls of Growth Monitoring and Promotion.
Indian Journal of Pediatrics (Suppl). 1988: 55 :S9-S15

Hossain, Dr. S M Moazzem. Feeding Programmes: SFP & TFP. Presented at Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods lecture at Columbia University, Spring 2007.

Hossain, Dr. S M Moazzem. Nutrition in Emergencies: Basic Concepts. Presented at Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods lecture at Columbia University, Spring 2007.

Hossain, Dr. S M Moazzem. Nutrition in Emergencies: Rapid Assessments. Presented at Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods lecture at Columbia University, Spring 2007.

Hossain, Dr. S M Moazzem. Nutrition in Emergencies: Nutrition Commodities and Equipment. Presented at Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods lecture at Columbia University, Spring 2007.

Hossain, Dr. S M Moazzem. Nutrition in Emergencies: Nutritional and Food Security Surveillance. Presented at Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods lecture at Columbia University, Spring 2007.

Hossain, Dr. S M Moazzem. Nutrition in Emergencies: Access to Adequate Food: Food Security and Food Aid. Presented at Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods lecture at Columbia University, Spring 2007.

Increasing Malnutrition in the Rural Areas Even As Relief Poured In. Retrieved
from Human Rights Watch, Famine in Sudan, 1998. Site visited September 6, 2007. http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/sudan/SUDAWEB2-44.htm

Jacoby, Hanan. Is There an Intrahousehold “Flypaper Effect”? Evidence from
School Feeding Program. Retrieved from International Food Policy Research Institute. Site visited on September 6, 2007. http://ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/dp31.htm

Nielsen, Jens, Valentiner-Branth, Palle, Martins, Cesario, Malnourished children
and supplementary feeding during the war emergency in Guinea-Bissau. 1998- 1999. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2004:80; 1036-1042.

Policy on the Use of Non-Fat Dry Milk for Supplementary Feeding. Retrieved from USAID, Food for Peace. Site visited September 6, 2007. www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/supplementary.html

Taylor-Ide, D, Taylor, Carl. Just and Lasting Change- When Communities Own Their Futures. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore: 2002.

Protecting and Promoting Good Nutrition in Crisis and Recovery: Resource
Guide. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 2005. Retrieved from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Site Visited September 9, 2007. http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5815e/y5815e09.htm

Woods, David. Child Health Care: A learning programme for professionals. Electric Book Works. Cape Town: 2007.

Ethical Issues Of Scientific Research In Developing World Examined

One text that discusses ethical studies in development for our field is _Reproducing Inequities_ (Maternowska), which explores Depro-Prevera trials in Haiti as part of the USAID child spacing agenda. This article may harken to hopeful research in setting policy for similar situations:

ScienceDaily: Ethical Issues Of Scientific Research In Developing World Examined

Less Children Dying Before Age 5, Unicef

allAfrica.com: Africa: Less Children Dying Before Age 5, Unicef: "For the first time in modern history, the number of children dying worldwide before the age of five has fallen below 10 million, according to the United Nations Children's Fund [...]"

Securing Maternal Health Through Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services

Good example of horizontal health interventions:

Securing Maternal Health Through Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services: Lessons from Bangladesh -- Jahan 97 (7): 1186 -- American Journal of Public Health

First world results on a third world budget

This article shows directly what Hans Rosling demonstrated in his presentation--that wealth follows health, but the inverse isn't necessarily as possible. The article also has a nice .pdf of Cuban health stats:

First world results on a third world budget | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited: "...This snapshot of Havana shows a healthcare system that is extensive, accessible and, at times, ropey. What is unique is the blend of third world conditions with a progressive ethos and first world results [...]"

Nigeria: Unsafe Abortions - Another Silent Killer?

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Unsafe Abortions - Another Silent Killer? (Page 1 of 2): "...The Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Nigeria estimates that about 20,000 Nigerian women die from unsafe abortions each year. About 760,000 induced abortions occur annually in Nigeria. [...] Abortion is illegal in Nigeria, and most medical practitioners refuse to conduct abortions because of fear of the legal consequences. The result is that most women wanting an abortion tend to patronise unqualified practitioners who offer quick and cheap abortions..."

Chronic Poverty Report

This report is quite amazing. Pages 32-33 and 80 echo our discussions from today's class. It's a free download here:

Chronic Poverty Research Centre: "The Chronic Poverty Report 2004-05 is about people living in chronic poverty - people who remain poor for much or all of their lives, many of whom will pass on their poverty to their children and all too often die easily preventable deaths."

Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women's Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa

Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women's Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa -- Kim et al., 10.2105/AJPH.2006.095521 -- American Journal of Public Health: "...Our findings, both qualitative and quantitative, indicate that economic and social empowerment of women can contribute to reductions in intimate partner violence [...]"

CARE Turns Down U.S. Food Aid

This is the article on monetization I mentioned in class today:

CARE Turns Down U.S. Food Aid - TIME: "A major international charity has decided to turn down millions of dollars worth of grain from the U.S. government to feed the world's hungry because it believes America's method of delivering vital food supplies does more harm than good [...]

"CARE has decided to phase out all such monetized food aid by 2009, turning its back on $46 million a year in U.S. federal funding. The charity said selling food to fund its programs is inefficient and often delivers life-sustaining grain not to the hungry but to those who can afford it. It says it made the decision to abandon the controversial source of funding in 2005, but chose to make the decision public in an article in the International Herald Tribute on Wednesday in order to make a stand as Congress debates an overhaul of its food aid program in a new farm bill this summer...."

CyperSeminar: Population Environment Research Network - CyberSeminars

September 10-14 Earth Institute CyberSeminar

Population Environment Research Network - CyberSeminars: "The purpose of this cyberseminar is to examine the linkages among population, development and environmental processes in rural agrarian communities of the Sudano-Sahelian zone in West Africa. Droughts in the early 1970s and 1980s prompted many to proclaim this region as a Malthusian crisis in the making. Twenty years later, have these gloomy prognoses been borne out, or have agricultural systems coped and adapted to growing population numbers? Or is the picture more complex? This seminar will address these questions (and others themes listed below) through a focus on the results of recent research sponsored by the Programme for International Research on the Interactions between Population, Development and Environment (PRIPODE) of the French Foreign Ministry and the Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED)."

Growth Promotion: Effective Design Elements

Link to a World Bank Nutrition document that discusses important design elements for growth promotion programs:

siteresources.worldbank.org/NUTRITION/Resources/Tool4-Chap2.pdf

Link to Child Health Care: A Learning Programme for Professionals

Here's a link to a useful resource that speaks to a number of child health issues. For the purposes of Tuesday's (9/11/07) presentation on Growth Monitoring Promotion and Food Supplementation we recommend chapters 3 and 4. This manual is available for download in its entirety from http://www.childhealthcare.co.za/. Follow the link that says, "Read the Book", specific chapters can be downloaded individually, or you can scroll to the bottom of the page to download the entire book.