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Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday. Many die during their first year of life. Countless more children live in precarious situations and face diminished futures. The handbook, Facts for Life, provides vital messages and information for mothers, fathers, other family members...

Published in 2010, by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP, World Bank

Para la Vida tiene por objeto proporcionar a las familias y a las comunidades la información que necesitan para salvar y mejorar las vidas de los niños y niñas. Los padres, las madres, los abuelos, los cuidadores y los jóvenes encontrarán, en esta fuente de información práctica, respuestas a sus dudas e inquietudes sobre la crianza de los niños y...

Published in 2010, by UNICEF, OMS - WHO, UNESCO, FNUAP - UNFPA, PNUD, ONUSIDA - UNAIDS, PMA - WFP, Banco Mundial - World Bank

Savoir pour Sauver a pour but de donner aux familles et aux communautés les informations dont elles ont besoin pour protéger les enfants et améliorer leur existence. Les parents, les grandsparents, les autres personnes qui s’occupent d’enfants et les jeunes peuvent consulter cette source d’informations pratiques pour y trouver les réponses à leurs...

Published in 2010, by UNICEF, OMS - WHO, UNESCO, FNUAP - UNFPA, PNUD - UNDP, ONUSIDA - UNAIDS, PAM - WFP, Banque mondiale - World Bank

Building emergency relief skills requires not only technical health training but also education in emergency preparedness and response. This guide is designed to serve as a reference for such training.

Published in 2008, by John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health , IFRC

This document sets out principles governing the use of surveillance indicators in implementing interventions to prevent, control, and monitor iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). It presents methods for monitoring iodine status and determining urinary iodine and provides guidelines on the procedures for monitoring salt iodine content, whether at the factory,...

Published in 2007, by WHO, UNICEF, ICCIDD

Step by step MANUAL for planning and implementing cross-sectional surveys based on previous publications. It is aimed at programme managers involved in the design and implementation of surveys to assess vitamin A, Iodine and Iron status. It describes procedures and tools necessary for a cross-sectional survey to provide estimates of prevalence and estimation...

Published in 2007, by The Micronutrient Initiative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The sixth issue of Progress for Children reports on the status of child-specific targets set by world leaders at the May 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. This special edition examines more than 35 key indicators in the four broad areas identified at the Special Session as requisite to building ‘A World Fit for Children’. It also...

Published in 2007, by UNICEF

The statement presents the conclusions of a technical consultation and subsequent follow up meeting in 2005, on the prevention and control of iodine deficiency in pregnant and lactating women and in children less than two years of age.

Published in 2007, by WHO, UNICEF

This edition of the SCN News is about one of the greatest success stories in international nutrition, that of Universal Salt Iodization. Although much still remains to be done, remarkable advances have been achieved in the fight against Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in the last two decades.

Published in 2007, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Extensive research has been conducted on the educational effects of early childhood health and nutrition interventions. The breadth and depth of this research allows for a number of general conclusion to be drawn: -Early childhood health and nutrition interventions have a consistently large impact on cognitive development -Health and nutrition...

Published in 2006, by UNESCO

Standard field guidelines with extensive information on the standard protocols and treatment of complications. Suitable for managers and health workers

Published in 2006, by Michael Golden, Yvonne Grellety

These guidelines are meant to assist countries in the design and implementation of appropriate food fortification programmes as part of a comprehensive food-based strategy for combating micronutrient deficiencies.

Published in 2006, by WHO, FAO

In December 1999, the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new approach to development assistance that links debt relief to poverty reduction in low-income countries: the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). As one of the requirements for receipt of continued concessional lending and/or debt relief under the Heavily...

Published in 2006, by World Bank

Provides guidance on the composition of multiple micronutrient supplements for vitamins and minerals and for the fortification of general rations for women and children.

Published in 2006, by WHO, WFP, UNICEF

Le présent bilan – le quatrième d’une série de l’UNICEF qui surveille les progrès accomplis en faveur des enfants – mesure les résultats obtenus au plan mondial dans le domaine de la nutrition, en prenant comme indicateur principal le pourcentage d’enfants de moins de cinq ans présentant une insuffi sance pondérale. La communauté...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

El propósito de este balance –el cuarto de una serie de balances preparados por UNICEF para realizar un seguimiento sobre el progreso de la infancia hacia los ODM– es evaluar el desempeño mundial en materia de nutrición, tomando como indicador básico la prevalencia de peso inferior al normal entre los niños y niñas menores de cinco años. Aun...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

This report card – the fourth in a UNICEF series that monitors progress for children towards the MDGs – measures the world’s performance on nutrition, taking the prevalence of underweight among children under five as its primary indicator. The global community promised to cut the proportion of underweight children by half between 1990 and 2015, but we...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

The World Bank has supported efforts to improve nutrition in India since 1980 with mixed results. This report aims at helping those who have to make difficult policy decisions, by providing information on the characteristics of child malnutrition across regions and over time and on the effectiveness of the ICDS program in addressing the causes and symptoms...

Published in 2005, by World Bank

Guidelines including information on micronutrients and the disorders that result from their deficiency as part of a strategy to counter malnutrition problem in Somalia through short and longer term interventions aimed at prevention. The guidelines are applicable outside Somalia and are accompanied by Flip Charts for training use.

Published in 2005, by FSAU, FAO

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 2005, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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