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.

Under-nutrition levels in India among the highest

This article has details on the CARE campaign for better nutrition in India:

Citizen News Service: Under-nutrition levels in India among the highest: "...Around 40% children are low birth weight and around 47% children are malnourished. It is understood that 60% of Infant & child deaths could be prevented only if we are able to check malnutrition among children [...]"