Fuente: Goats and Soda It used to be common knowledge: Malnourished kids need more protein to thrive. Then came a scathing paper in the Lancet in 1974 called "The Great Protein Fiasco." Filled with sarcasm, it argued that the nutrition community's fixation on protein was a waste of time and money.

Fuente: Kelly Young Findings from a BMJ meta-analysis may help clinicians better identify women who could benefit from aspirin prophylaxis for preeclampsia...

Fuente: Nejm Zika virus (ZIKV) was first identified in Brazil in 2015 by reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays of serum specimens from patients from the state of Bahia who presented with a denguelike illness that was characterized by rash, fever, myalgias, arthralgias, and conjunctivitis.

This document is an update of guidance published on 18 February 2016 to provide advice on the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus.

Fuente: CGDEV

Especialistas en salud del prestigioso ‘Center for Global Development’ publican un artículo académico sobre nuevos modelos de financiamiento para proyectos de desarrollo, destacando el caso de la Iniciativa Salud Mesoamérica (ISM) [sólo en inglés]

Fuente: Devex The information website specialized in development, Devex.com, has included the Mesoamerican Health Initiative as a worldwide example of results—based financing model.

Fuente: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition The memory is 25 years old, but remains fresh in Dr. Emma Iriarte’s mind. The first thing she noticed was that the husband had accompanied his wife. Usually in the remote mountain villages of Honduras, women went alone to the doctor to ask about family planning. But this was different. This couple had five children at home. Desperate, they simply could not care for a sixth. They had run out of resources.

Fuente: The Lancet The 2016 Lancet Early Childhood Development Series highlights early childhood development at a time when it has been universally endorsed in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This Series considers new scientific evidence for interventions, building on the findings and recommendations of previous Lancet Series on child development (2007, 2011), and proposes pathways for implementation of early childhood development at scale.

Fuente: the dail yeye Growing up in a Catholic household in Texas, I never would have guessed that I would one day travel around the world talking about the benefits of contraceptives.

Fuente: La Nación NEW YORK – Everyone – from elected officials and bureaucrats to voters and taxpayers – can learn from the world's largest charitable foundation about effective development spending. And these lessons are particularly relevant at a time when 56% of Europeans believe their governments should focus solely on domestic issues and let recipient countries deal with problems as best they can (opposition to aid is even higher in France, Poland, Italy, Hungary, and Greece).