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Side by Side Breastfeeding in the workplace guide booklet
South African Early Childhood Review 2017
Side by Side Breastfeeding Q&A guide
Peru Case study
South Africa Food Based Dietary Guidelines
Maharashtras Child Stunting Declines
WHO conceptual framework on stunting
Stunting Infographic
CoCare Maternal Support Follow-up Study
Egg infographic
Breastfeeding infographic
CoCare Maternal Support Study
Grow Great Mopani Stunting Scorecard
Grow Great Zf Mgcawu Stunting Scorecard
Grow Great Ehlanzeni Stunting Scorecard
Grow Great Bojanala Stunting Scorecard
Grow Great Thabo Mofutsanyane Stunting Scorecard
Grow Great West Rand Stunting Scorecard
Grow Great Umgungundlovu Stunting Scorecard
2022 Grow Great Zero Stunting Now! Summit Programme
Escaping the Inequality Trap in South Africa
Food Vulnerability in South Africa
2022 CoCare Maternal Support Study (Updated)
Nutritional Status of Children Under Five
Grow Great Summit Presentation
Setting the Scene: How Big is the Problem of Stunting in South Africa?
Tackling Malnutrition Through Innovative use of Technology
Chilean Experience in Child Undernutrition and Stunting
The Road To Zero Stunting!
GrowGreat Presentation
Sunting Summit
2024
The Need for South Africa to Invest in Human Capital
Beating Stunting-Case studies from developing country counterparts
Keynote GrowGreat
Beating Stunting: Case Studies From Developing Country Counterparts
Stunting and Programmatic Responses: A Regional Overview
Senegal – A case study on stunting reduction initiatives
Grow Great Submission to the SAHRC National Inquiry on Food Systems
Grow Great’s written submission to the South African Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into the Food Systems of South Africa. The submission highlights the constitutional right to food, the crisis of child stunting, and the urgent need for coordinated action in the first 1 000 days.
Nutritional Status Of Children Under Five
Stunting affects the development of more than a quarter of South African children under five years of age. Defined by the World Health Organisations (WHO) as low height-for-age Z-score, stunting is a result of prolonged malnutrition undernutrition leading to unreached physical and cognitive growth and development potential.
Grow Great Stunting Survey Report (worcester) 2021
Stunting affects the development of more than a quarter of South African children under five years of age. Defined by the World Health Organisations (WHO) as low height-for-age Z-score, stunting is a result of prolonged malnutrition undernutrition leading to unreached physical and cognitive growth and development potential.
Eggs, The Uncracked Potential For Improving Maternal And Young Child Nutrition
Eggs have been consumed throughout human history, though the full potential of this nutritionally complete food has yet to be realized in many resource-poor settings around the world…
Flourish Alumni Survey 2022
To understand the impact of Flourish pregnancy and mom & baby classes, Grow Great tasked ikapadata with conducting a survey of Flourish alumni from the beginning of October until the end of November, 2021. Download the full report here.
South African Early Childhood Review 2024
The South African Early Childhood Review 2024 reveals a concerning decline in the well-being of young children. However, it also highlights an important window of opportunity to change course and make a positive impact.
Grow Great Cocare Maternal Support Study 2021
Grow Great conducted a study on pregnant CoCare voucher recipients, many of whom had experienced hunger, poor mental health, and economic insecurity in the months following the national lockdown that was imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Pregnancy is a time of increased vulnerability for mothers and their unborn children, who need nutritious food for a healthy pregnancy and a foundation for good growth respectively.
2016 South African Demographic & Health Survey
This is the South Africa I know the home I understand through the lens of how we reproduce life by giving birth, regulate it through contraception, live it through education, work, accumulation and enjoyment of material and non-material resources…
Grow Great Stunting Survey Report (mqanduli) 2021
In 2019, Grow Great, in partnership with Philani Maternal, Child Health & Nutrition Trust and Nelson Mandela University conducted a study profiling the nutritional status of children under five in Mqanduli and surrounding villages. The results of this study are now available. Download them below.
Poverty Public Policy
Exploring the impact of a maternal support grant to improve mental health and food security amongst pregnant women in South Africa during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
GG Stunting Survey Report December 2023
The Grow Great Stunting Survey Report provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of child stunting in South Africa. This comprehensive report highlights the prevalence of stunting among children under five, explores the contributing factors, and presents actionable recommendations to combat this critical public health issue.
Impact Of Eggs On Stunting
Eggs are a good source of nutrients for growth and development. We hypothesized that introducing eggs early during complementary feeding would improve child nutrition…
Grow Great Cocare Maternal Support Study Follow-up Report 2022
This report details the findings from the CoCare study, which looked at the effects of providing pregnant women and new mothers with a digital food voucher between 2020 and 2021, and focuses on the follow-up phase. Download the full report here.
Breastfeeding in the workplace
Our video about breastfeeding in the workplace, please watch or download.
