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After controlling for the child's age and gender, children in Maewo had higher weight-for-age and height-for-age <jats:italic>Z<\/jats:italic>-scores than children of the same age in Ambae. The CMR was lower in Maewo (CMR=0.47\/10 000 per day, 95% CI: 0.39, 0.55) than in Ambae (CMR=0.59\/10 000 per day, 95% CI: 0.51, 0.67) but no difference existed in U5MR. The major causes of death were similar in both locations, with frequently reported causes being malaria, acute respiratory infection and diarrhoeal disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980006001327_sec06\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Project initiatives in Maewo Island have reduced the risks of mortality and malnutrition. Using a cross-sectional 'external control group' design, this paper demonstrates that it is possible to draw conclusions about project effectiveness where baseline data are incomplete or absent. Shifting from donor-driven evaluations to impact evaluations has greater learning value for the organisation, and greater value when reporting back to the beneficiaries about project impact and transformational development in their community. Public health nutritionists working in the field are well versed in the collection and interpretation of anthropometric data for evaluation of nutritional interventions such as emergency feeding programmes. These same skills can be used to conduct impact evaluations, even some time after project completion, and elucidate lessons to be learned and shared. 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