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Ghana: estudio sobre la alimentación y la nutrición urbanas en Accra por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In the Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study, IFPRI collaborated with the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research and the World Health Organization to examine the nature of urban poverty and how it relates to food insecurity and malnutrition in Accra. …”
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2006 Global hunger index: a basis for cross-country comparisons por Wiesmann, Doris

“…Accordingly, the index includes the following three equally weighted indicators: the proportion of people who are food energy deficient as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the prevalence of underweight in children under the age of five as compiled by the World Health Organization, and the under-five mortality rate as reported by UNICEF…”
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Association between hemoglobin and elevation among school-aged children: A verification of proposed adjustments por Kanu, Florence, Sharma, Andrea, Addo, O. Yaw, Suchdev, Parminder

“…Recent evidence among preschool-aged children (PSC) and reproductive-aged women (WRA) suggests current World Health Organization (WHO) recommended Hb elevation adjustments need updating. …”
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Annual report 2019: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…At the global level, PIM research was used to shape the European Union biofuel policy as well as strategic decisions of several organizations such as the Asian Development Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CGIAR, UK’s Department for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, USAID and the World Health Organization. An external review of the outcomes of PIMsupported foresight modeling work was completed.…”
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Origins of SARS-CoV-2: Window is closing for key scientific studies por Koopmans, M., Daszak, P., Dedkov, V.G., Dwyer, D.E., Farag, E., Fischer, T.K., Hayman, D.T.S., Leendertz, F., Maeda, K., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Watson, J.

“…Our group was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in October 2020. We have been the designated independent international members of a joint WHO–China team tasked with understanding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Annual report 2020: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…At the global level, PIM research was used to shape strategic decisions of organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GIZ, the Inter-American Development Bank, the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the World Bank and the World Health Organization. PIM tools were incorporated in universities’ curricula in India and South Africa. …”
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Evidence mapping of wasting programs and their impact along the continuum of care in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review of the research evidence por Touré, Mariama, Becquey, Elodie, Huybregts, Lieven, Diatta, Dieynab, Booth, Andrew, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it often indicates a recent and severe weight loss and usually occurs when a person has not had food of adequate quality and/or quantity and/or they have had frequent or prolonged illnesses.…”
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Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda por Maniragaba, Fred, Nzabona, Abel, Asiimwe, John Bosco, Bizimungu, Emmanuel, Mushomi, John, Ntozi, James, Kwagala, Betty

“…The study was conceptualized basing on World Health Organization quality of life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). …”
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Views on the UAE–Belém work programme por CGIAR Climate Security Observatory

“…The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Foundation, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are pleased to submit collective inputs on the two-year UAE–Belém work programme on indicators for measuring progress achieved towards the targets in the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, as invited in Decision 2/CMA.5 of the UAE Consensus.…”
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Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers por Hawkes, Corinna

“…In 2004, the World Health Organization called on governments, industry, and civil society to act to reduce unhealthy marketing messages. …”
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Motivating behaviour change to reduce pathogenic risk where unsafe water is used for irrigation por Karg, H., Drechsel, Pay

“…The increased emphasis on non- or post-treatment measures in the 2006 edition of the World Health Organization Guidelines on the safe use of wastewater in agriculture will require behaviour change along the food chain. …”
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Women’s involvement in intra‐household decision‐making and infant and young child feeding practices in central Asia, No. 2 por Abdurazzakova, Dilnovoz, Kosec, Katrina, Parpiev, Ziyodullo

“…We identify a positive association between a woman’s decision making power—a measure of her instrumental agency—and adherence to World Health Organization–recommended feeding practices related to achieving minimum dietary diversity and minimum acceptable diet. …”
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Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21 por Ray, Soumyajit, Ashok, Sattvika, Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Hemalatha, R., Singh, S. K., Chamois, Sylvie, Menon, Purnima

“…IYCF indicators were created following World Health Organization and UNICEF’s 2021 guidelines.…”
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Are data available for tracking progress on nutrition policies and programs in South Asia? por Jangid, Manita, Neupane, Sumanta, Murira, Zivai, Auer, S.R., Scott, Samuel P., Menon, Purnima

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) and other global nutrition and health agencies recommend nutrition actions throughout the life-course to address malnutrition in all its forms. …”
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Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance in food-producing environments: a One Health approach por Agga, G.E., Amenu, Kebede

“…The One Health High-Level Expert panel comprised of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH; founded as OIE) defines One Health as “an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. …”
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Health-motivated taxes on red and processed meat: A modelling study on optimal tax levels and associated health impacts por Springmann, Marco, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Robinson, Sherman, Wiebe, Keith D., Godfray, H. Charles J., Rayner, Mike, Scarborough, Peter

“…The consumption of red and processed meat has been associated with increased mortality from chronic diseases, and as a result, it has been classified by the World Health Organization as carcinogenic (processed meat) and probably carcinogenic (red meat) to humans. …”
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Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana por Maxwell, Daniel G., Levin, Carol E., Armar-Klemesu, Margaret, Ruel, Marie T., Morris, Saul Sutkover, Ahiadeke, Clement

“…The Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study was a collaborative effort between IFPRI, the Noguchi Institute of Medical Research, and the World Health Organization to assess the nature of urban poverty and the relationship between urban poverty and food insecurity or malnutrition in Accra, Ghana, in 1996–97. …”
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Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana por Maxwell, Daniel G., Levin, Carol E., Armar-Klemesu, Margaret, Ruel, Marie T., Morris, Saul Sutkover, Ahiadeke, Clement

“…The Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study was a collaborative effort between IFPRI, the Noguchi Institute of Medical Research, and the World Health Organization to assess the nature of urban poverty and the relationship between urban poverty and food insecurity or malnutrition in Accra, Ghana, in 1996–97. …”
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One Health scientific conference: International practices and lessons learned for Vietnam por Vietnam One Health Partnership, International Livestock Research Institute

“…In addition, the Quadripartite organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Health Organization (WHO), have signed a Quadripartite agreement, which will facilitate the actions for One Health at different levels. …”
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Chapter 16: Agriculture, WASH, and safety nets: Ethiopia’s multisector story [Nourishing Millions] por Warren, Andrea

“…The country was one of the top five performing countries in the 2000s in terms of reducing stunting by reducing its prevalence from 57.4 percent in 2000 to 44.2 percent in 2011, although levels remained high at 40.0 percent in 2014.2 The same 2014 Demographic and Health Survey found that a further 9 percent of children younger than 5 years old experience wasting, and only 4 percent of children meet the standards for a minimal acceptable diet (a World Health Organization [WHO]/UNICEF indicator for complementary feeding).3 Significant regional differences persist, with the highest rates of stunting (52 percent) found in Amhara and the lowest found in Gambela (27 percent) and Addis Ababa (22 percent). …”
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