IFPRI’s Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division (PHND) – New Delhi aims to hire 2 Senior Research Assistants/Research Analysts (RA) to work on multiple projects related to nutrition, gender and agriculture! If that wasn’t enough to grab the attention of budding researchers, here’s why a position with IFPRI- PHND is a great opportunity for you: The >> Read more
Why India Must Confront Its Nutrition Problems Now
February 23, 2017 by
Source: IFPRI Blog. Five years have passed since the World Health Assembly endorsed a set of six global nutrition targets to be achieved by 2025 in order to improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition across the world. The six targets are: 40 percent reduction in prevalence of childhood stunting, 50 percent reduction in anemia >> Read more
New Set of Implementation Notes on Improving Complementary Feeding in India
December 9, 2015 by
In May 2015, POSHAN, together with Alive & Thrive requested a call for abstracts on examples of promising programs that have attempted to improve the quality of young children’s diets in India. A panel of expert reviewers chose nine of the submitted abstracts. POSHAN and Alive & Thrive are pleased to launch these today as >> Read more
POSHAN at the International Conference on Maternal and Child Nutrition
November 23, 2015 by
POSHAN is thrilled to be a part of the International Conference on Maternal and Child Nutrition (November 23-24, 2015), co-organized by the South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN) and UNICEF. The conference aims to identify and prioritize challenges, review and share evidence and innovation for enhancing maternal and child health, and provide advocacy in >> Read more
Application Deadline Is Almost Here! Short Course on “Transforming Nutrition in India: Ideas, Policies and Outcomes”
October 23, 2015 by
POSHAN aims to bridge the nutrition evidence gap in India by connecting policymakers, program implementers, nutrition researchers, and other stakeholders with the latest and best evidence, to support effective decisions to improve maternal and child nutrition in India. With this in mind, POSHAN Director, Dr. Purnima Menon, will be co-directing the second "Transforming Nutrition in India: Ideas, Policies and Outcomes" >> Read more
Don’t Delay, Register Today! Seminar on Social Protection and Nutrition
October 12, 2015 by
POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities for Strengthening and Harmonizing Actions for Nutrition in India), Transform Nutrition, and 3ie are jointly organizing the seminar ‘Maximizing the nutrition impact of social protection programs in India: What will it take?’, which will be held on October 16th, 2015 in New Delhi.
Why Are Health Systems Important for Nutrition? Reflections from the Harvard Ministerial Leadership in Health Program
August 25, 2015 by
Earlier this summer, I was asked to speak about nutrition at the Harvard Ministerial Leadership in Health program in Boston, Massachusetts. The Harvard Ministerial Leadership in Health program is a joint initiative of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School in association with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation >> Read more
