Impact of Suaahara, an integrated nutrition programme, on maternal and child nutrition at scale in Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Suaahara was an innovative, complex, multi-sectoral, large-scale, nutrition programme in Nepal to increase exposure to nutrition-related information and services, improve nutrition-related knowledge and practices among pregnant women and mothers of infants and young children, and improve their nutrition. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Suaahara to improve nutrition and nutrition-related practices by comparing changes over 10 years between intervention and comparison districts. The samples of households at baseline in 2012 and endline in 2022 were 2040 and 2480, respectively, from 120 old wards. The impact was estimated using intent-to-treat regression models in which survey year, arm and their interaction were fixed effects, accounting for district clustering, with the interactio

SUBMITTER: Frongillo EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647975 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature