Veronica Kirogo

Dados Biográficos

ID7985709
NOMEVeronica Kirogo
PRENOMESVeronica
SOBRENOMEKirogo
ASSINATURAKIROGO V
AFILIAÇÕESMinistry of Health
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Improving complementary feeding practices, programs and policies for optimal early childhood nutrition in Kenya

    Open AccessPatrick Codjia, Laura Kiige et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Complementary feeding practices are greatly influenced by local contexts. Therefore, national home-grown evidence, policies and guidelines are critical to improving infant and young children's diets. This Special Issue has provided a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the situation, gaps and context-specific opportunities for improving young children's diets in Kenya. The primary research findings of the Special Issue supported the identif…

  • Identifying and understanding barriers to optimal complementary feeding in Kenya

    Open AccessPenjani Kamudoni, Laura Kiige et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Optimal complementary feeding between the ages of 6 and 23 months provides children with the required range of nutritious and safe foods while continuing to be breastfed to meet their needs for essential nutrients and develop their full physical and cognitive potential. The rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life have increased from 32% in 2008 to 60% in 2022 in Kenya. However, the proportion of children between 6 and 23 mo…

  • Modelling policies to improve affordability and consumption of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya

    Open AccessFousseini Traoré, Miriam Omolo et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    In Kenya 26% of children under age 5 experience stunted growth, 4% are wasted and 11% are underweight. In pregnant women, the prevalence of iron deficiency is 36% and iron-deficiency anaemia prevalence is 26%. Previous studies have identified affordability as a key barrier to the intake of nutrients, particularly from animal-source foods (ASFs). Thus, this study analyzes to what extent the affordability of ASF in Kenya can be improved. It focuses…

  • A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya

    Open AccessTheresa Ryckman, Patrick Codjia et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    Complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months is a key determinant of micronutrient deficiencies and childhood stunting, the burdens of which remain high in Kenya. This study examines the affordability of complementary foods to increase young children's nutrient consumption across eight provinces in Kenya. We combined data from household surveys, food composition tables and published sources to estimate the cost of portion sizes that coul…