http://global-breastfeeding.org Ted Greiner's Website Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:28:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This short review and opinion piece is in a new, nicely designed, online magazine from La Leche League. Click here to open it. http://global-breastfeeding.org/2010/05/21/the-breastfeeding-mothers-nutrition/ Image: WHO document stating: "In rural South and Southeast Asia, nightblindness is common among women in the latter half of pregnancy, affecting 10-20%." The first response to the paper by Professor Latham that is available in the next post was the following: May 5, 2010 at 12:46 pm | Reply Unfortunately, the only “fiasco” here ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2010/05/11/response-to-the-great-vitamin-a-fiasco/ This is the first article to be published by a free new journal called World Nutrition. While I am not a coauthor, as acknowledged, I provided a good deal of input. I think many will appreciate its call for a new way of behaving among many donor agencies. Click here ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2010/05/05/the-great-vitamin-a-fiasco/ This letter to Lancet expresses my dismay at the way heads of UN agencies are chosen and points out one of the "costs" this incurs. Click here to open a Word version of the article. http://global-breastfeeding.org/2010/03/26/who-chooses-the-leaders-of-un-organisations/ This is Vincent Assey's PhD dissertation from Bergen University. I was a minor advisor, perhaps the one that was with him longest in his epic journal to a doctorate, starting perhaps 15 years previously in IMCH in Uppsala. Congratulations and kudos for your hard work and persistence, Vincent! Click here to ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2009/12/11/controlling-iodine-deficiency-disorders-through-salt-iodation-in-tanzania/ This latest study of PATH's rice fortification technology, Ultra Rice, found that simply fortifying rice with iron improved iron status more among infants in the vulnerable 6-24 month age group more than iron drops. It was published in the Journal of Nutrition and you can open the full-text version free here. It was presented at the ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2009/11/15/iron-fortified-rice-is-as-efficacious-as-supplemental-iron-drops-in-infants-and-young-children/ This was published in the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action Mother Support Task Force Newsletter. You can download a copy here. This paper was translated into French by Herrade Hemmerdinger, available here. http://global-breastfeeding.org/2009/09/04/the-difficulty-in-coping-with-policy-change-for-hiv-and-infant-feeding-counselors/ This is a report of the first national IDD survey completed in Tanzania, published in BMC Public Health. It shows that after 20 years of effort, both with large-scale distribution of iodized oil capsules, and with iodation of salt, Tanzania has succeeded in making impressive progress in normalizing the iodine ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2009/09/03/tanzania-national-survey-on-iodine-deficiency-impact-after-twelve-years-of-salt-iodation/ The melamine scandal in China resulted in over 50,000 hospitalizations and probably increased breastfeeding there and in countries that were importing milk from China. But it carries a more permanent and universal message about a potentially harmful infant feeding practice that is probably second only to breastfeeding in how widespread ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2009/07/26/beyond-melamine-more-reasons-not-to-use-animal-milk-in-infant-feeding/ This power point presentation was given at the 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa by Margaret Waithaka of PATH Kenya. It summarizes research done by PATH in Kenya with funding from USAID based on a proposal I wrote while ... http://global-breastfeeding.org/2009/07/19/observations-of-infant-feeding-in-kenya/