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National training programmes on treatment of severe malnutrition
National programmes supported by WHO. Good examples for trainers.
Published in 2010, by
HarvestPlus Rice Strategy
Millions of poor people in Asia suffer from hidden hunger, which includes zinc deficiency. Zinc is required for more body functions than any other mineral and is essential for survival. Lack of zinc in the diet inhibits normal growth and development and restricts functioning of the immune system. Rice is the staple food for more than half the world’s...
Published in 2009, by
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 20
The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...
Published in 2009, by
Refugee Nutrition Information System No 10 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations
Every two months, the UN ACC/SCN issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people. Distributing this information is intended to raise awareness and facilitate action to improve the situation. This is the tenth of a regular series of reports, and is the sixth in the series to include reports on some Asian refugees and displaced people.
Published in 2009, by
Gender, Climate Change and Human Security: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal
This report presents a gendered analysis of how climate change impacts on human security. It also assesses whether adequate scope exists for women to participate in improved human security in a scenario of changing climate. Based on this analysis, recommendations are given for enhancing the integration of a gender perspective in climate change and human...
Published in 2008, by
Nutrition Beyond the Health Sector: A Profile of World Bank Lending in Nutrition from 2000-2006
The World Bank report Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development (2006) explicitly recommended improving nutrition by not only working through the health sector, but also in non-health sectors such as agriculture and education. This report provides descriptive and financial profiles of the Bank’s recent portfolio in nutrition (from FY2000 to late...
Published in 2008, by
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 17
The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...
Published in 2008, by
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 15
The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...
Published in 2007, by
Joint evaluation of the international response to the Indian Ocean tsunami: Synthesis report
The TEC's Synthesis Report represents the culmination of over a year's work by TEC member agencies. It examines the successes and failures as well as the constraints within which the response occurred between the first 8 and 11 months of the response. It does this by distilling the findings and learning from over 140 additional reports, including many TEC...
Published in 2006, by
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 09
The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...
Published in 2006, by
Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 21 - Community-Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children
This special issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin reports on a WHO/UNICEF/Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) meeting on community-based management of severe malnutrition in children that took place in Geneva on November 21–23, 2005, and brought together some 50 international experts and representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP), the United...
Published in 2006, by
SCN News No 31 – Adolescence: a Pivotal Stage in the Lifecycle
This issue of SCN News features articles addressing a population that receives little attention: adolescents. UNFPA’s State of World Population (2005) estimates that there are 1.2 billion adolescents between 10-19 years of age today. Although not specifically mentioned in the Millennium Development Goals, adolescents are the future adults who will continue...
Published in 2005, by
The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project Effectiveness and Lessons
The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Programme (BINP) represented the first large-scale government intervention in nutrition. The program began in 1995; it was followed in 2002 by the National Nutrition Programme (NNP) and is being followed up now with a sector wide health approach. Nutrition also features significantly in the draft poverty reduction...
Published in 2005, by
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 01
The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...
Published in 2004, by
EAPRO Training for Improved Practice: Public Health and Nutrition in Emergencies
Practical training package for 10 days designed for UNICEF staff covering and public health and nutrition aspects of emergencies from assessment to design and monitoring programmes. 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Policies, Practices and Decision Making 3. Basic Concepts 4. Rapid Assessments in Emergencies 5. Survey Methodology 6. Survey...
Published in 2003, by
Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation in the World Bank's Nutrition Portfolio
Recent developments in the World Bank towards a greater emphasis on results based management, on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and a shift away from vertical programs towards programmatic lending and poverty reduction strategy credits (PRSCs) provided a backdrop to this discussion meeting on monitoring and evaluation for nutrition. The...
Published in 2003, by
Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 19 - What Works? A Review of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions
This review takes the perspective of low-income Asia, because the study was commissioned by the Asian Development Bank to inform its policy dialogue with Asian governments. We believe the review will be useful for ADB and all development partners selecting nutrition interventions as stand-alone activities or components in integrated social development...
Published in 2001, by
Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 18 - Low Birthweight
This Nutrition Policy Paper was produced by the ACC/SCN in collaboration with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh: Centre for Health and Population Research. It summarizes the proceedings of the Low Birthweight Symposium and Workshop held in Dhaka in June 1999. Evidence regarding interventions to prevent low birthweight and...
Published in 2000, by
Refugee Nutrition Information System No 31 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations
The UN ACC/SCN issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action to improve the situation. This is the thirty-first of a regular series of reports. Information is obtained from a wide range of collaborating agencies, both UN and NGO. The information available is mainly about...
Published in 2000, by
SCN News No 20 - Nutrition and Agriculture
This issue of SCN News deals with nutrition and agriculture.
Published in 2000, by
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