Nutrition in Ethiopia: An emerging success story?

Research does not always provide the results that we expect. At the recent conference on improving nutrition in Ethiopia, Together for Nutrition 2015, we learnt about the rapid progress in Ethiopia in child nutritional outcomes that are linked to improved birth size and, hence, improved maternal hea...

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Main Author: Headey, Derek D.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149921
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Summary:Research does not always provide the results that we expect. At the recent conference on improving nutrition in Ethiopia, Together for Nutrition 2015, we learnt about the rapid progress in Ethiopia in child nutritional outcomes that are linked to improved birth size and, hence, improved maternal health. However, most of the improvement in maternal health seems related to better sanitation, rather than to diet, care, or health factors.