[HTML][HTML] Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta …

A Prost, T Colbourn, N Seward, K Azad… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high in many low-income and
middle-income countries. Different approaches for the improvement of birth outcomes have …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of intra-household food allocation between adults in South Asia–a systematic review

H Harris-Fry, N Shrestha, A Costello… - International journal for …, 2017 - Springer
Background Nutrition interventions, often delivered at the household level, could increase
their efficiency by channelling resources towards pregnant or lactating women, instead of …

Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21st standard: analysis of …

ACC Lee, N Kozuki, S Cousens, GA Stevens… - bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Objectives To estimate small for gestational age birth prevalence and attributable neonatal
mortality in low and middle income countries with the INTERGROWTH-21 st birth weight …

Characteristics and effects of integrated nutrition and stimulation interventions to improve the nutritional status and development of children under 5 years of age: a …

S Dulal, A Prost, S Karki, N Saville, D Merom - BMJ global health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Around 250 million children in low-income and middle-income countries are at
risk of not fulfilling their developmental potential. There is a need to update syntheses …

Prevalence and determinants of caesarean section in private and public health facilities in underserved South Asian communities: cross-sectional analysis of data …

M Neuman, G Alcock, K Azad, A Kuddus, D Osrin… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To describe the prevalence and determinants of births by caesarean section in
private and public health facilities in underserved communities in South Asia. Design Cross …

[HTML][HTML] Short maternal stature increases risk of small-for-gestational-age and preterm births in low-and middle-income countries: individual participant data meta …

N Kozuki, J Katz, ACC Lee, JP Vogel, MF Silveira… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background: Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and preterm births are associated
with adverse health consequences, including neonatal and infant mortality, childhood …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on children's weight and size at 2 years of age in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomised …

A Vaidya, N Saville, BP Shrestha, ML Anthony… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background The negative effects of low birthweight on the later health of children in
developing countries have been well studied. However, undertaking programmes to …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern India (CARING trial): a cluster …

N Nair, P Tripathy, HS Sachdev, H Pradhan… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Around 30% of the world's stunted children live in India. The Government of
India has proposed a new cadre of community-based workers to improve nutrition in 200 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact on birth weight and child growth of Participatory Learning and Action women's groups with and without transfers of food or cash during pregnancy …

NM Saville, BP Shrestha, S Style, H Harris-Fry… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Undernutrition during pregnancy leads to low birthweight, poor growth and inter-
generational undernutrition. We did a non-blinded cluster-randomised controlled trial in the …

[HTML][HTML] Status and determinants of intra-household food allocation in rural Nepal

HA Harris-Fry, P Paudel, N Shrestha… - European journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Background/objectives Understanding of the patterns and predictors of intra-household food
allocation could enable nutrition programmes to better target nutritionally vulnerable …