Press, Media and Publications
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Press release
EMS 2014: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition – Official Press Release, 10 February 2014
Related publications and presentations
The likeness of fetal growth and newborn size across non-isolated populations in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study and Newborn Cross-Sectional Study – Article by José Villar et al in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Early Online Publication (7 July 2014)
Press release by Oxford University, Babies born to healthy mums are strikingly similar in size worldwide (7 July 2014)
The Global Search for Education: A Healthy Start for All – Article by C. M. Rubin in The Huffington Post with contributions by Sir George Alleyne, Tsung-Mei Cheng, Caroline Fall, Madeleine Kunin, Sania Nishtar, Srinath Reddy, (29 June 2014)
Also published in:
Education News (June 2014)
Better nutrition for babies and mothers key to growth, emerging countries told – Article in GMA News, The Philippines (20 March 2014)
Why the Dutch are so tall – Article by Suman Bery in Business Standard (19 March 2014)
The Maternal Thread of Life – Article by Sania Nishtar in Project Syndicate (11 March 2014)
Also published in:
The Jordan Times, Jordan (30 March 2014)
The Timaru Herald, New Zealand (18 March 2014)
El Nacional, Venezuela (17 March 2014)
Business Day, Nigeria (17 March 2014)
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia (16 March 2014)
Al Jazeera, Qatar (13 March 2014)Al Shabiba, Oman (13 March 2014)
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy (12 March 2014)
Les Echos, France (12 March 2014)
Today’s Zaman , Turkey (11 March 2014)
Women and Children’s Lives Can Be Saved – Article by Madeleine M. Kunin in The Huffington Post, US (3 February 2014). Also aired on Vermont Public Television
West must not starve Afghanistan’s children of the help they need – Letter in The Guardian (30 January 2014)
Nobel Laureate James Heckman speaks with Tsung-Mei Cheng – Special Session of EMS 2014 at the Ashmolean Museum
Other relevant publications
Smart Development: How Colombia, Mexico, and Singapore Beat the BRICS – Article by Eduardo Gomez in Foreign Affairs (5 February 2014)
The economic rationale for investing in undernutrition – Blog in The Guardian Global Development Professionals Network (28 January 2014)
How sweet are the MINTS? – Article by Eduardo Gomez, CNN (19 January 2014)
