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Highlights: Malnutrition challenges persist in Malawi, reflected in stunting, wasting and underweight among under-five children. Socioeconomic inequalities affect access and fair distribution of basic nutrition...

Highlights: During the COVID-19 pandemic it became widely understood that strong supply chains have the power to save lives. Many countries face a myriad of challenges...

MAZIKO is a five-year integrated Maternal and Child Grant pilot project targeting mothers and children under five years in eight Traditional Authorities in Balaka and Ntcheu districts...

Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread in many low- and middle-income countries, but tend to be most severe in children and in pregnant women, who have higher micronutrient requirements...

We aimed to examine the association between women's empowerment and childhood nutritional status while accounting for the mediating role of household headship structure. Cross-country, cross-sectional quantitative...

Over the last two decades, most African governments have been implementing agricultural input subsidy programs (ISPs) aimed at increasing crop yields, and incomes...

Despite significant efforts to improve under-nutrition, the prevalence of low height-for-age in the world’s population remains high. It is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, where extensive early childhood...

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A review of evidence was conducted to understand the trends and determinants of malnutrition and identify interventions and programmes that improved maternal and child nutrition in Malawi. While children are less...

Highlights Nutrition and agriculture-based programs often rely on women’s participation; little evidence if programs burden women. We investigate how a nutrition-sensitive agriculture...