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27 January 2016
This article discusses one approach to producing social change used in a transformative education project carried out in 2007/08 in...
7 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Youth farming is undergoing a transformation in Nigeria as the incentive framework for small‐scale farming changes. Rural‐urban...
1 December 2015
Published by: ORIE
In March 2015, a team in the Department of Community Medicine of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, led by Professor Zubairu Iliyasu, received a research grant for a new research project to compare the feeding practices of mothers with stunted and non-stunted children. The grant was awarded by ORIE, a DFID-funded consortium of UK and Nigerian organisations.
1 December 2015
Published by: ORIE
A report card on governance and community contexts for nutrition interventions, highlighting next steps in tackling child malnutrition.
1 March 2015
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Au cours de ces dernières années, de violentes insurrections ont frappé les marges du Kenya, du Mali et du Nigéria. Des groupes...
1 October 2015
Published by: ORIE
This summary highlights findings and recommendations from operation research on a Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme in northern Nigeria. The study analysed the perceived benefits of CMAM; reasons for beneficiaries not defaulting from the programme; challenges of accessing CMAM services; the workloads and motivation of health workers and community volunteers; and wh
1 September 2015
Published by: ORIE
Gender inequality and child mortality, morbidity and malnutrition are inextricably linked. Data collected in ORIE’s research and evaluation studies throw light on the links between the low status and autonomy of women, low uptake of nutrition services, and poor child health outcomes, in four states of Northern Nigeria.
1 August 2015
Published by: ORIE
This four-page research summary brief highlights findings and recommendations from operations research into how to strengthen the implementation of an Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programme and to motivate behaviour change to improve IYCF practices in northern Nigeria.
1 August 2015
Published by: ORIE
How will greater gender equality contribute to better child health and nutrition in Northern Nigeria? Using ORIE data collected in Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara this infographic makes a convincing argument that greater decision-making power and control over resources for women can translate into better health and nutrition outcomes for children and their mothers.
19 June 2015
Published by: ORIE
This two page briefing provides an overview of the work of the DFID-funded Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria programme, which is seeking to improve the nutritional status of over 6 million children across five northern states, and its independent Operations Research and Impact Evaluation component.