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Food transfers, electronic food vouchers and child nutritional status among Rohingya children living in Bangladesh by Hoddinott, John F., Dorosh, Paul A., Filipski, Mateusz J., Rosenbach, Gracie, Tiburcio, Ernesto

“…Conclusions: In a humanitarian assistance setting, Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, household receipt of an electronic food voucher instead of a food ration is associated with improvements in the linear growth of children between 6 and 23 months but not in measures of acute undernutrition or other anthropometric outcomes. …”
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The economic returns to nutrition-specific investments in Southern Asia and Africa South of the Sahara by Haile, Beliyou, Arndt, Channing, Ru, Yating, Alderman, Harold, Puett, Chloe

“…Two benefit streams (the value of avoided premature child mortality and lifetime earnings gains) and two costs elements (the cost of the nutrition investments and of delivering schooling) are considered. …”
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The changing nature of hydroclimatic risks across South Africa by Schlosser, Adam, Sokolov, Andrei, Strzepek, Kenneth M., Thomas, Timothy S., Gao, Xiang, Arndt, Channing

“…In addition, scenarios that consider more aggressive global climate targets (e.g. 2C and 15C scenarios) all but eliminate the risk of these acutely salient temperature increases. For precipitation, there is a preponderance of risk toward decreased precipitation (3 to 4 times higher than increased) for western and central parts of South Africa. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Nurse - Midwife by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey was conducted in October-November 2019 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Extension Worker by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey was conducted in October-November 2019 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey was conducted in October-November 2019 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2021: Nurse-Midwife by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey was conducted in August-September 2021 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2021: Antenatal Care (ANC) Observation by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey was conducted in August-September 2021 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2021: Health Facility by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey was conducted in August-September 2021 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Adolescent Nutrition Endline Survey 2021: Parent by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey was conducted in March-April 2021 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Adolescent Nutrition Endline Survey 2021: Adolescent Girl by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey was conducted in March-April 2021 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. …”
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2015 Global hunger index by severity by von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, de Waal, Alex, Prasai, Nilam, Yin, Sandra, Yohannes, Yisehac

“…The GHI varies between the best possible score of 0 and the worst possible score of 100. …”
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Effect of azithromycin on post-discharge growth in Kenyan children by Atlas, Hannah E, Mogeni, Polycarp, Shawon, Riffat Ara, Tickell, Kirkby D, Bunyige, Lucy, Monchari, Irene, Oongo, Susan, Diakhate, Mame M, Brander, Rebecca L., Liru, Meshack, Bogonko, George, Nduati, Ruth, Richardson, Barbra A, John-Stewart, Grace, Walson, Judd L, Singa, Benson O, Pavlinac, Patricia B, McGrath, Christine J

“…Introduction: Children discharged following hospitalisation for acute illnesses in low- and middle-income settings are at increased risk of poor growth, particularly linear growth faltering. …”
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A longitudinal survey of African swine fever in Uganda reveals high apparent disease incidence rates in domestic pigs, but absence of detectable persistent virus infections in bloo... by Muhangi, D., Masembe, C., Emanuelson, Ulf, Boqvist, Sofia, Mayega, L., Ademun, R.O., Bishop, Richard P., Ocaido, M., Berg, M., Ståhl, Karl

“…There was no evidence for existence of pigs that were long-term carriers for the virus based on the analysis of blood and serum as there were no seropositive pigs and the only three ASFV DNA positive pigs were acutely infected and were linked to outbreaks reported by farmers during the study. …”
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Participatory evaluation of cattle fattening innovations of smallholder farmers in Gamogofa zone of southern Ethiopia by Mekasha, Yoseph, Tegegne, Azage, Dubale, T.

“…The study was conducted in Gamogofa zone, southern Ethiopia, located 445-505 km south of Addis Ababa. The area is semi-arid lowland with altitudes ranging from 746 to 1450 m asl and mean temperature ranges from 22 to 25 °C. …”
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Aflatoxins in dairy cattle feed in Senegal by Marshall, Karen, Missohou, Ayao, Tebug, Stanly Fon, Kagera, I., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…In humans, aflatoxins cause rare, high case fatality outbreaks (acute aflatoxicosis) while long term consumption leads to hepatocellular cancer (globally, around 20,000 deaths annually). …”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Bi-annual Newsletter, July - December 2017 by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…As a result of the discussions held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, CCAFS East Africa is now leading the formation of a Public-Private Partnership project that is aimed at tackling the challenges related to agriculture data infrastructure. …”
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Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks transmit Theileria parva from persistently infected cattle in the absence of detectable parasitemia: Implications for East Coast fever epidemiolo... by Olds, Cassandra L., Mason, Kathleeen L., Scoles, Glen A.

“…Much of the current knowledge relating to tick-borne acquisition and transmission of T. parva has been derived from studies performed during acute infections where parasitemia is high. In contrast, tick-borne transmission during the low-level persistent infections characteristic of endemic transmission cycles is rarely studied. …”
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Immunization with plant-based vaccine expressing Toxoplasma gondii SAG1 fused to plant HSP90 elicits protective immune response in lambs by Campero, Lucia Maria, Gual, Ignacio, Sander, Valeria, Mendoza Morales, Luisa, Ramos Duarte, Victor, Formigo, Paula, Sosa, Emiliano, Lázaro, Fermín, Scioli, Maria Valeria, Atela, Agustín, Legarralde, Ariel, Hozbor, Federico Andres, Canton, German Jose, Angel, Sergio, Moore, Prando Dadin, Clemente, Marina

“…Our results showed that only the Recombinant Vaccine significantly increased anti-rSAG1 total IgG values (∼ 4-fold more than the Vehicle and Control groups). …”
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Bekämpningsmedelsrester i yt- och grundvatten i Vänerns avrinningsområde - förekomst och möjliga effekter på natur och människor by Bilén, Anna-Karin

“…The pesticide residues found in drinking water do probably not give rise to any significant health risks. However, in order to avoid reason for concern, drinking water should preferrably be prepared from water free of contaminants…”
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