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PD/Hearth project in Uttar Pradesh, India
Sector: Nutrition
Location(s): Uttar Pradesh
Organization: Urban Health Resource Center
The Urban Health Resource Center is a NGO which addresses the health concerns of the poor living in underserved slum settlements in India. Their partners include USAID, Johns Hopkins University, and other NGOs. A PD/Hearth research/promotion trial was implemented from 2004-2007 in poor rural households in the Agra district. In 21 of the 25 PD families identified, grandmothers were both the facilitators of positive practices and willing to become voluntary Village Health Workers. The intervention had many successes: fewer intervention infants, as compared to comparison infants in the control villages, were underweight (42.9% vs. 53.7%), wasted (18.6% vs. 31.4%), and stunted (44.3% vs. 56.7%); and mean weight gain in intervention infants was 360 grams greater than comparison infants.
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PD Hearth Project in Indonesia
Sector: Nutrition
Location(s): Indonesia
Organization: USAID
From 2003 – 2008, USAID funded five international NGOs, (CARE, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Mercy Corps (MC), Save the Children US (SC), and World Vision International (WVI)), to implement Positive Deviance in Indonesia as part of food security programs. Together, the five NGOs reached 9,997 children across the country. Of this number, 59.6% gained 200g between admission into the program (Day 1) and graduation from the program (Day 10). Of 4,847 participants who were weighed again at the end of the month, 45% had gained the recommended 400g. Results differed slightly (but not significantly) between implementers; however, they differed dramatically between different communities.
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