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Assessment of the effectiveness of a small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on reducing anaemia and stunting in refugee populations in the Horn of Africa: Secondary data analysis

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  • Sarah Style
  • Melody Tondeur
  • Carlos Grijalva-Eternod
  • Josephine Pringle
  • Ismail Kassim
  • Caroline Wilkinson
  • Allison Oman
  • Carmel Dolan
  • Paul Spiegel
  • Andrew Seal

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Stunting and micronutrient malnutrition are persistent public health problems in refugee populations. UNHCR and its partner organisations implement blanket supplementary feeding programmes using a range of special nutritional products as one approach to address these issues. The evidence base for the efficacy and effectiveness of a small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement, Nutributter®, in reducing stunting and anaemia is limited. Secondary data analysis was used to assess the effectiveness of Nutributter® distribution on anaemia and stunting in children aged 6–23 months (programme target group) and 6–59 months (the standard age group sampled in routine nutrition surveys). Analysis was conducted using routine pre and post-intervention cross-sectional nutrition survey data collected between 2008–2011 in five refugee camps in Kenya and Djibouti. Changes in total anaemia (Haemoglobin

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  • Sarah Style & Melody Tondeur & Carlos Grijalva-Eternod & Josephine Pringle & Ismail Kassim & Caroline Wilkinson & Allison Oman & Carmel Dolan & Paul Spiegel & Andrew Seal, 2017. "Assessment of the effectiveness of a small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on reducing anaemia and stunting in refugee populations in the Horn of Africa: Secondary data analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0177556
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177556
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    1. Anteneh Omer & Dejene Hailu & Susan Joyce Whiting, 2023. "Child-Owned Poultry Intervention Effects on Hemoglobin, Anemia, Concurrent Anemia and Stunting, and Morbidity Status of Young Children in Southern Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Community T," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-16, April.

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