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The Alive & Thrive Projet's first technical brief explores the pathways by which early and exclusive breastfeeding reduces newborn deaths and discusses program implications.

Published in 2010, by Alive & Thrive

This technical brief discusses the negative effects of stunting and the steps we can take to prevent them. It is the second in a series of technical briefs that address the continuum of care for good infant and young child feeding, from initiation of early and exclusive breastfeeding through complementary feeding in later infancy and the second year of life....

Published in 2010, by Alive & Thrive

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 2010, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

In May 2007 the World Bank held an international workshop to help increase the impact of nutrition programs and policies at country level. The ultimate goal was to allow the World Bank and its partners to develop tools and activities to deliver better outcomes at country level.

Published in 2009, by World Bank

According to the World Food Programme, most of the world’s hungry people live in Asia where micronutrient deficiencies are especially serious. Millions of people are at risk of disease from zinc deficiency; children succumb to illness, and can even go blind, from lack of vitamin A; and huge numbers of women, children, and men are weakened by iron deficiency anemia.

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

Iron deficiency, which is widely prevalent in India, impairs children’s physical growth, mental development, and learning capacity. Anemia is often induced by iron deficiency, and when severe it can increase women’s risk of dying in childbirth. Pearl millet is an important cereal crop in arid and semi-arid tropical regions of Asia and Africa. It is a...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

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 HarvestPlus

Zinc is vital to more body functions than any other mineral. In humans it is a component of more than 200 enzyme systems and is required for normal growth and maintenance of body tissues and of the immune system. Zinc, in short, is essential for survival. Wheat is the second most consumed cereal in Asia, after rice. In South Asia, where micronutrient...

Published in 2009, by HarvestPlus

This joint working paper lays out a rationale and strategic framework for improving food security and managing food-price shocks in the Arab countries.

Published in 2009, by FAO, IFAD, World Bank

To further extend nutrition skills and knowledge into the health system, the Village Volunteer Micro-nutrient Module provides training to village volunteers on good nutrition practices, including infant and young child feeding, the role of micronutrients, counseling to prevent maternal and child anemia, how to assist in the preparation of vitamin A rounds,...

Published in 2009, by Cambodia National Nutrition Program, Cambodia National Maternal and Child Health Center, A2Z Project

The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) Module 10 training package works to strengthen the nutrition skills and knowledge of health centre staff to facilitate integrated nutrition activities in health service delivery, supervision and information. MPA Module 10 focuses on Cambodia’s five main nutrition interventions (infant and young child feeding, growth...

Published in 2009, by Cambodia National Nutrition Program, Cambodia National Maternal and Child Health Center, A2Z Project

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Cambodia is fortunate to have many sources of data on maternal and child health and nutrition. This report synthesizes and analyzes the available data to provide an overview of the prevalence of anemia, micronutrient deficiencies and malnutrition in Cambodia, the status of current efforts in their prevention and treatment, and recommendations to improve the...

Published in 2008, by Robert Johnston, Joel Conkle, A2Z Project

As part of efforts to build a more standardized and comprehensive vitamin A program, Cambodia’s NNP with A2Z assistance, designed a national vitamin A communication strategy designed to reenergize vitamin A communication activities, create standardized messages, correct misinformation, and build awareness among a variety of stakeholders, such as parents,...

Published in 2008, by Cambodia National Nutrition Program

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 World Bank

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Anemia remains a major public health problem in Cambodia, with 57 % of pregnant women anemic. An estimated 50 % of anemia in Cambodia is caused by iron deficiency. The Guidelines address the appropriate uses of IFA supplements to prevent and treat iron deficiency in pregnant and post-partum women. Specifically, the Guidelines provide recommendations for the...

Published in 2007, by Cambodia National Nutrition Program

Guidelines for best practice aimed at helping relief agencies meet the special needs of older people in emergencies. General guidelines based on wide-ranging new research from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas and many years' global disaster experience.

Published in 2007, by HelpAge International, UNHCR

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