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SCN News No 06 - Preventing Anaemia

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1990

Available in : English

The main topics of this SCN News are:
Recommendations on the deficiency control methods - especially supplementation - from recent ACC/SCN workshop; Policies to Improve Nutrition - Review of recent experience, focusing on household food security, malnutrition/infection, and caring capacity; Weaning Foods - Fermentation reduces contamination; adding germinated grains reduces bulk - both help safer weaning.

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Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications

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Themes: Breastfeeding, general, Complementary feeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Behavior Change Communication, Breastfeeding counseling, Breastfeeding counseling, Deworming, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Food culture, Food culture, Fortification, Fortification, Hygiene, water and sanitation, Iron / Anaemia, Maternal undernutrition / LBW, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Multi-sectoral, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition information and education, Poverty, Programmes, Responsive feeding, Right to care, Rights of the child, Scaling-up, Scaling-up, Specialized weaning foods, Underweight, Vitamin A / Night blindness, Women and girls