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Ellen Piwoz
Researcher at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Publications - 45
Citations - 3704
Ellen Piwoz is an academic researcher from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breastfeeding & Population. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 41 publications receiving 2528 citations.
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Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?
Nigel Rollins,Nita Bhandari,Nemat Hajeebhoy,Susan Horton,Chessa K. Lutter,Jose Martines,Ellen Piwoz,Linda Richter,Cesar G. Victora +8 more
TL;DR: The marketing of breastmilk substitutes negatively affects breastfeeding: global sales in 2014 of US$44·8 billion show the industry's large, competitive claim on infant feeding as discussed by the authors.
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The World Health Organization's global target for reducing childhood stunting by 2025: rationale and proposed actions.
Mercedes de Onis,Kathryn G. Dewey,Elaine Borghi,Adelheid W. Onyango,Monika Blössner,Bernadette Daelmans,Ellen Piwoz,Francesco Branca +7 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a methodology to set individual country targets to address stunting at national scale, combining direct nutrition interventions with strategies concerning health, family planning, water and sanitation, and other factors that affect the risk of stunting.
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Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health
Ties Boerma,Jennifer Harris Requejo,Cesar G. Victora,Agbessi Amouzou,Asha George,Irene Akua Agyepong,Carmen Barroso,Aluísio J D Barros,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Robert E. Black,Josephine Borghi,Kent Buse,Liliana Carvajal Aguirre,Mickey Chopra,Doris Chou,Yue Chu,Mariam Claeson,Bernadette Daelmans,Austen Davis,Jocelyn DeJong,Theresa Diaz,Shams El Arifeen,Fernanda Ewerling,Monica Fox,Stuart Gillespie,John Grove,Tanya Guenther,Annie Haakenstad,Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor,Sennen Hounton,Luis Huicho,Troy Jacobs,Safia S Jiwani,Youssouf Keita,Rajat Khosla,Margaret E Kruk,Taona Kuo,Catherine Kyobutungi,Ana Langer,Joy E Lawn,Hannah H. Leslie,Mengjia Liang,Blerta Maliqi,Alexander Manu,Honorati Masanja,Tanya Marchant,Purnima Menon,Allisyn C. Moran,Oscar J. Mujica,Devaki Nambiar,Kelechi Ohiri,Lois Park,George C Patton,Stefan Peterson,Ellen Piwoz,Kumanan Rasanathan,Anita Raj,Carine Ronsmans,Ghada Saad-Haddad,Mariam L Sabin,David S Sanders,Susan M Sawyer,Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva,Neha S. Singh,Kate Somers,Paul Spiegel,Hannah Tappis,Marleen Temmerman,Lara M. E. Vaz,Rajani Ved,Luis Paulo Vidaletti,Peter Waiswa,Fernando C. Wehrmeister,William Weiss,Danzhen You,Shehla Zaidi +75 more
TL;DR: Analysis of intervention coverage, equity, and drivers of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in the 81 Countdown countries suggests that available services in many countries are of poor quality, limiting the potential effect on RMNCH outcomes.
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Timing of initiation patterns of breastfeeding and infant survival: prospective analysis of pooled data from three randomised trials.
Karen Edmond,Sam Newton,Lisa Hurt,Caitlin Shannon,Betty R. Kirkwood,Sarmila Mazumder,Sunita Taneja,Nita Bhandari,Wafaie W. Fawzi,Masanja Honorati,Emily R. Smith,Ellen Piwoz,Rajiv Bahl,Sachiyo Yoshida,Jose Martines +14 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that early initiation of breastfeeding reduces neonatal and early infant mortality both through increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding and by additional mechanisms.
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The Impact of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes on WHO-Recommended Breastfeeding Practices:
Ellen Piwoz,Sandra L. Huffman +1 more
TL;DR: Adoption of stricter regulatory frameworks coupled with independent, quantitative monitoring and compliance enforcement are needed to counter the impacts of formula marketing globally.