L’équipe ARCH-Sénégal a développé une brochure (version en anglais ici) reprenant les résultats clés de l’étude menée, dans le département de Dakar, auprès des mères d’enfants âgés de moins de 2 ans. Cette brochure fournit des recommandations sur les implications politiques de ces résultats de recherche en vue d’assurer aux enfants un meilleur départ dans la vie.…
This brief summarizes a forthcoming decision to be made at the next meeting of Codex, also known as Codex Alimentarius, which is a joint body of the Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Health Organization. Describing the review that the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses will conduct of the…
This policy brief helps country governments, non-governmental organizations and private companies understand and adopt the World Health Organization Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children. Helen Keller International’s Assessment & Research on Child Feeding (ARCH) project collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),…
This brief summarizes ARCH research findings and implications and offers recommendations for policymakers and program managers. Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2016) Assessment & Research on Child Feeding (ARCH) Policy Brief: Using Research for Advocacy to Improve Child Nutrition. Helen Keller International, Washington, D.C.
This brief summarizes an ARCH study that gathered data on promotion techniques used in retail settings for food products marketed for children under 24 months of age and assessed the prevalence of these promotions. Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2015) Summary brief: Promotion of Infant and Young Child Feeding Products in Retail Settings in Cambodia,…
This brief provides findings from ARCH’s research that assessed consumption of commercially-produced food products among infants and young children and their mothers’ exposure to promotions for these products in the most populous cities of Cambodia, Nepal, Senegal, and Tanzania (Phnom Penh, Kathmandu Valley, Dakar Department, and Dar es Salaam). Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2015)…
This brief presents abstracts of articles on ARCH research findings. The articles were published in a March 2016 supplement in the journal Maternal & Child Nutrition. Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2015) Assessment And Research On Child Feeding Project: Summaries of Research Findings, 2012-2015. (Abstracts from forthcoming supplement to be published in Maternal & Child…
This ARCH brief summarizes research on how the illegal promotion of breastmilk substitutes influences mothers in Cambodia. The brief proposes actions for policymakers to improve the nutrition, health, and survival of Cambodian children. Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2015) Cambodian Mothers Influenced by Promotion of Breast-Milk Substitutes: Research Findings and Recommendations for Policymakers Assessment and…
This ARCH brief summarizes research on how the illegal promotion of breastmilk substitutes influences store owners in Cambodia. The brief proposes actions to improve the nutrition, health, and survival of Cambodian children. Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2015) Cambodian Store Owners Influenced by Promotion of Breast-Milk Substitutes: Research Findings and Recommendations for Policymakers Assessment and…
