On the front line: Community nutrition programming

Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith

doi:https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_02

On the front line: Community nutrition programming

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Gillespie, Stuart

Hodge, Judith

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2016-06-15

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Gillespie, Stuart and Hodge, Judith. 2016. On the front line: Community nutrition programming. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 2 Pp. 17-26. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_02.

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Whatever advances have been made in terms of technologies, interventions, and their delivery platforms in recent decades, it is households and communities that remain on the front lines in combating malnutrition. During the past half century, several significant attempts have been made to initiate and implement community-based nutrition programs. This chapter assesses the evolution and performance of