by toh | Aug 28, 2025 | Khammouane Publications
Dietary diversity plays a significant role in maintaining children’s health and is utilized as a tool to measure dietary quality, micronutrient adequacy, and food accessibility.1 Young children must consume a variety of nutritious foods to fuel their physical and...
by toh | Aug 28, 2025 | Khammouane Publications
Nutrition-sensitive interventions have been identified as promising instruments to accelerate achievement of nutrition and food security, contributing to the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2).1 There are multiple pathways from agriculture to nutrition. Among...
by toh | Aug 28, 2025 | Khammouane Publications
Studies have shown that intestinal infections among children are associated with stunting which impacts their physical growth, and educational performance(6-8). According to UNICEF, limited access to basic health and WASH services and a healthy environment are part of...
by toh | Aug 26, 2025 | Sekong Publications
The policy brief estimates the additional cases of school repetitions and dropouts that can be directly associated to a child’s stunting, an indicator of chronic malnutrition, before the age of five years, along with the associated cost to the Lao economy. Estimates...
by toh | Aug 26, 2025 | Sekong Publications
Dietary diversity plays a significant role in maintaining children’s health and is utilized as a tool to measure dietary quality, micronutrient adequacy, and food accessibility.1 Young children must consume a variety of nutritious foods to fuel their physical and...