The public distribution system and food security in India

NA George, FH McKay - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Public Distribution System (PDS) of India plays a crucial role in reducing food insecurity
by acting as a safety net by distributing essentials at a subsidised rate. While the PDS forms …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation science in nutrition: concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice

A Tumilowicz, MT Ruel, G Pelto, D Pelletier… - Current developments in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Malnutrition in all its forms has risen on global and national agendas in recent years
because of the recognition of its magnitude and its consequences for a wide range of …

Operationalising the “One Health” approach in India: facilitators of and barriers to effective cross-sector convergence for zoonoses prevention and control

FA Asaaga, JC Young, MA Oommen, R Chandarana… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background There is a strong policy impetus for the One Health cross-sectoral approach to
address the complex challenge of zoonotic diseases, particularly in low/lower middle …

Implementation outcomes of national convergence action policy to accelerate stunting prevention and reduction at the local level in Indonesia: a qualitative study

DMD Herawati, DK Sunjaya - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The study aims to explore the implementation outcome variables of Indonesia's national
policy convergence action in the stunting reduction intervention at district, sub-district, and …

Learning from intersectoral action beyond health: a meta-narrative review

S Mondal, S Van Belle, A Maioni - Health policy and planning, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Intersectoral action (ISA) is considered pivotal for achieving health and societal goals but
remains difficult to achieve as it requires complex efforts, resources and coordinated …

Effect of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings on maternal and child nutritional outcomes in rural Odisha …

S Kadiyala, H Harris-Fry, R Pradhan… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Almost a quarter of the world's undernourished people live in India. We tested
the effects of three nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on maternal and child …

Coverage of iron and folic acid supplementation in India: progress under the Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy 2017–20

W Joe, Rinju, N Patel, R Alambusha… - Health Policy and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
High prevalence of anaemia is a severe public health problem in India. In 2018, India
launched the Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy that focuses on six beneficiary groups for …

Changes in Nigeria's enabling environment for nutrition from 2008 to 2019 and challenges for reducing malnutrition

O Adeyemi, M Van den Bold, N Nisbett, N Covic - Food Security, 2023 - Springer
Key 2025 global nutrition targets are unlikely to be met at current rates of progress. Although
actions necessary to reduce undernutrition are already mostly known, knowledge gaps …

Adolescent health in the Sustainable Development Goal era: are we aligned for multisectoral action?

A George, T Jacobs, R Ved, T Jacobs… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Adolescents are an increasing proportion of low and middle-income country populations.
Their coming of age is foundational for health behaviour, as well as social and productive …

Can conditional cash transfers improve the uptake of nutrition interventions and household food security? Evidence from Odisha's Mamata scheme

K Raghunathan, S Chakrabarti, R Avula, SS Kim - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
There is considerable global evidence on the effectiveness of cash transfers in improving
health and nutrition outcomes; however, the evidence from South Asia, particularly India, is …