S. Kaushik

Strengthening Government Health Management Information System (HMIS) and Innovative Monitoring Approaches in Micronutrient Demonstration Programs: Experience from Three Asian Countries

Deepika Chaudhery, Payal Gupta & S. Kaushik · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The Micronutrient Initiative (MI) is supporting host governments to demonstrate effective strategies to strengthen zinc supplementation as adjunct to ORS for the treatment of diarrhea and IFA supplementation to reduce anemia among pregnant women across three Asian cou...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21152

Streamlining and Standardizing the Collection, Compilation and Use of VAS Program Indicators in the Government HMIS in Indonesia

Elvina Karyadi, Iwan Ariawan, Tutut Purwanti, S. Kaushik & Dhian Dipo · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The current vitamin A supplementation (VAS) program recording and reporting system in Indonesia faces inadequacies in terms of accuracy and completeness. This exercise was implemented to identify the bridge these gaps and inform the design of more accurate and efficie...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20927

Intensified Monitoring of Vitamin A Supplementation Programs in Hard-to-Reach Districts and Urban Slums of Pakistan Results in Improved Coverage

Tausif Akhter Janjua, Khalid Nawaz, Zia Haider & S. Kaushik · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Although national coverage of VAS is high in Pakistan (>95%), large pockets of low coverage have been identified. A VAS coverage survey conducted by the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) in 2010 identified the reasons for low coverage as inadequate attention to VAS dur...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20928