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This report shows how much progress has been made. Perhaps most important, it shows that the Goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies, policies and programmes are supported by international development partners. At the same time, it is clear that improvements in the lives of the poor have been unacceptably slow, and some hard-won...

Published in 2010, by UN DESA

Following more than a decade of seemingly inexorable increases in the number of undernourished people, estimates for 2010 presented in this edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World show a glimmer of hope, with the first fall since 1995. But that still leaves nearly a billion people going hungry, and is it too early to know if this is the...

Published in 2010, by FAO, WFP

Ten years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed a landmark resolution calling on governments to protect women from rape during war time and to tap the power of women to keep the peace and rebuild societies once the fighting has stopped. The State of World Population 2010 shows what has been accomplished in places affected by ongoing conflicts or by...

Published in 2010, by UNFPA

A list of acceptable medical reasons for supplementation was originally developed by WHO and UNICEF as an annex to the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) package of tools in 1992. WHO and UNICEF agreed to update the list of medical reasons given that new scientific evidence had emerged since 1992, and that the BFHI package of tools was also being...

Published in 2009, by WHO, UNICEF

En diciembre del 2008, se realizó la reunión subregional “Alimentación y Nutrición del Niño Pequeño”, en la ciudad de Lima-Perú. La reunión fue organizada por el Ministerio de Salud del Perú con el apoyo técnico y financiero OPS/OMS, UNICEF; y PMA. El propósito general de la reunión fue analizar la interrelación entre la salud, la nutrición...

Published in 2009, by OPS - PAHO, UNICEF, PMA - WFP

Fortifying foods and providing supplements are the main strategies used to reduce hidden hunger. However, the reach of these interventions can be quite limited, especially in rural areas of developing countries where most of the poor live. Biofortification is a promising innovation that could help fight hidden hunger especially in rural areas. Published...

Published in 2009, by Yassir Islam, Christine Hotz, IAEA

Le monde doit accélérer ses progrès dans la réduction de la pauvreté et de la faim. Aujourd’hui, une personne sur six à travers le monde ne mange pas à sa faim et souffre de malnutrition – une proportion tragiquement élevée – et beaucoup d’autres n’ont pas les moyens de manger de manière équilibrée. Malgré les progrès réalisés, de...

Published in 2009, by IFPRI

This Handbook is intended for use when an Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) is conducted in emergency situations or protracted crises, whether due to sudden natural disasters, disease, economic collapses or conflicts. An EFSA covers the geographic areas affected and determines the impact on households and their livelihoods.

Published in 2009, by WFP

The toolkit aims to: (i) provide an overview of issues affecting early development and its measurement; (ii) discuss the types of tests typically used with children under five years; (iii) provide guidelines for selecting and adapting tests for use in developing countries, and (iv) make recommendations for planning successful assessment strategies.

Published in 2009, by World Bank

These Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings aim to assist humanitarian and AIDS organizations to plan the delivery of a minimum set of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to people affected by humanitarian crises.

Published in 2009, by Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. Progress in feeding the world’s billions has slowed, while the challenge of meeting future food needs remains enormous and is subject to new uncertainties in the global food and agricultural systems. In the late 1950s around a billion people were estimated to go hungry every...

Published in 2009, by IFPRI

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) are a set of international guidelines and standards for the design, implementation and assessment of livestock interventions to assist people affected by humanitarian crisis. They are based on livelihood objectives that aim to provide rapid assistance to protect and rebuild the livestock assest of...

Published in 2009, by Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Project

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

Los programas de promoción del crecimiento con base comunitaria (PCBC) son aquellos que apoyan el crecimiento de los niños y niñas mediante la consejería individualizada mensual a los padres sobre prácticas de cuidado, alimentación, tratamiento de enfermedades prevalentes y uso apropiado de los servicios de salud. Esta publicación busca servir de...

Published in 2009, by Banco Mundial - World Bank

La présente déclaration repose sur le consensus obtenu lors d’une consultation mondiale de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) sur la supplémentation hebdomadaire en fer et en acide folique en prévention de l’anémie chez la femme en âge de procréer, organisée à Manille (Philippines), du 25 au 27 avril 2007. Elle fait la synthèse des...

Published in 2009, by OMS - WHO

The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners...

Published in 2009, by REACH

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