Uganda

Association Between Bio-fortification and Child Nutrition Among Smallholder Households in Uganda

Publication Type
Journal Article
Author
Bashaasha, Bernard
Namulondo, Racheal
Isoto Emegu, Rosemary
Webb, Patrick
Ghosh, Shibani
Agaba, Edgar

We explored the empirical relationship between bio-fortification and child nutrition in Uganda. The research expanded the traditional approach used to address child nutrition by including in the model a categorical dependent variable for a household growing bio-fortified crop varieties. We used three waves of panel data from the Feed. The Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, collected from 6 districts in Uganda.

Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Are Associated with Poor Growth and Iron Status in Rural Ugandan Infants

Publication Type
Journal Article
Author
Lauer, Jacqueline
Ghosh, Shibani
Ausman, Lynne
Webb, Patrick
Bashaasha, Bernard
Agaba, Edgar
Turyashemererwa, Florence
Tran, Hao
Gewirtz, Andrew
Erhardt, Jeurgen
Duggan, Christopher

Abstract

Background

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), characterized by altered intestinal permeability/inflammation, microbial translocation, and systemic inflammation (SI), may be a significant contributor to micronutrient deficiencies and poor growth in infants from low-resource settings.

Objective

We examined associations among EED, SI, growth, and iron status at 6 mo of age.

Methods

Markers of Systemic Inflammation and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Are Not Reduced by Zinc or Multivitamins in Tanzanian Infants: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Publication Type
Journal Article
Author
Lauer, Jacqueline
McDonald, Christine
Kisenge, Rodrick
Aboud, Said
Fawzi, Wafaie
Lui, Enju
Tran, Hao
Gewirtz, Andrew
Manji, Karim
Duggan, Christopher

Subgroup analysis of infants participating in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial received daily oral supplementation of zinc, multivitamins, zinc + multivitamins, or placebo for 18 months starting at 6 weeks of age.

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