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Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
A handbook and set of training materials which is an output of the Sphere Project, (an inter-agency project) with the aim of improving quality and accountability of humanitarian assistance. It contains the Humanitarian charter, and 5 technical chapters – each with standards, indicators and guidance notes.
Published in 2011, by
Sphere Nutrition Training Modules
Nutrition training modules available on the Internet. They aim to improve the technical capacity for humanitarian response in nutrition. They are aimed at staff with some responsibility for designing or monitoring nutrition related projects and aim to ensure an understanding of the scope and content of Standards in the Food Security, Nutrition and Food Aid...
Published in 2011, by
5 design principles to build more effective obesity prevention programs
This brief introduces five principles that will help those promoting nutrition and physical activity to approach their work in fresh ways. The principles are: - Start with consumers most ready for change - Learn from small trials - Keep it simple, concrete, and credible - Speak to the heart - Integrate with their lives
Published in 2010, by
Addressing the Humanitarian Challenges of Climate Change Regional and National Perspectives
Preliminary Findings from the IASC Regional and National Level Consultations
Published in 2010, by
Antiretroviral therapy of HIV infection of infants and children in resource-limited settings: towards universal access. Recommendations for a public health approach. Revision 2010
These recommendations are designed for health professionals involved in caring for and treating children with HIV with antiretrovirals and senior policy makers. They are highly technical, but have been peer reviewed by Paediatricians and other health professionals from around the world who specialise in HIV in children, and thus are a gold standard of care.
Published in 2010, by
Changing Glaciers and Hydrology in Asia: Addressing vulnerabilities to glacier melt impacts
The goal of the study reported here is to provide approaches to glacier melt, within the context of climate change, based on state-of-the-art knowledge, to USAID Missions in three topic areas: (1) science related to glacier melt and high-altitude hydrology, (2) the impacts of changes near and far in space and time, and (3) the organizations and activities...
Published in 2010, by
Facts for Life
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
Food security and livelihood assessments
This book is intended to provide practical guidance to ACF field workers on how to implement a Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) assessment.
Published in 2010, by
Global Climate Change: Can Agriculture Cope?
Briefing Dossier
Published in 2010, by
Golden Rice's Lack of lustre
Addressing vitamin A deficiency without genetic engineering.
Published in 2010, by
Healthy growth and nutrition in children
Today more than ever, nutrition appears to be a testing ground where differences and inequalities between North and South of the world measure against each other, in particular with regards to childhood. In developed countries, if on the one hand obesity and overweight are dramatically increasing among young people, on the other adults has been affecting...
Published in 2010, by
Human Health and Well-Being in an Era of Energy Scarcity and Climate Change
This publication is an excerpted chapter from The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises that features essays by some of the world’s most provocative thinkers on the key issues shaping our new century, from renewable energy and urban agriculture to social justice and community resilience.
Published in 2010, by
National training programmes on treatment of severe malnutrition
National programmes supported by WHO. Good examples for trainers.
Published in 2010, by
Opportunities for Africa’s Newborns: Practical data, policy and programme support for newborn care in Africa
For preventing malnutrition in young children, it is vital to promote newborn survival and to improve birth weights. The book provides an overview of the continuum of care through the lifecycle and opportunities to address gaps at all levels - family and community care, outreach services and health care facilities. Case studies are analysed in order to learn...
Published in 2010, by
Para la Vida
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
PreventionWeb - Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction community
PreventionWeb is a platform that serves the information needs of the disaster risk reduction community, including the development of information exchange tools to facilitate collaboration.
Published in 2010, by
Savoir pour Sauver
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
SCN News No 38: Climate Change: food and nutrition security implications
This edition of the SCN News is rightfully dedicated to climate change and its implications on food and nutrition. It is hoped to be thought provoking, showing you how climate change impacts on nutrition. The topic has been approached from very different angles: impacts on food security (in general, in the Asia-Pacific region and sub-Saharan Africa),...
Published in 2010, by
The Millenium Development Goals Report 2010
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
Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast-milk substitutes
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
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