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Case study: Development of a Learning Package for the IASC Guidelines on HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings HIV/AIDS is a complex problem with impacts that extend far beyond the issue of health, into all areas of socio-economic development. One initiative taken by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force (IASC) of the United Nations is the development of Guidelines for HIV/AIDS interventions in Emergency Settings. These guidelines provide valuable... Published in 2005, by |
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Document hors série 17: La protection sociale à l’ère du VIH/sida; Examen du rôle des interventions appuyées par une aide alimentaire Dans ce document, nous allons essayer d’analyser la terminologie et les concepts relatifs à la protection sociale (chapitre 2). Nous examinerons ensuite les changements de perspectives intervenus au cours des dernières décennies (chapitre 3), puis nous nous intéresserons aux répercussions et aux ouvertures possibles de la protection sociale en ce qui... Published in 2007, by |
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Documento especial 17: La protección social en la era del VIH y el SIDA; Análisis de la importancia de las intervenciones basadas en la ayuda alimentaria La finalidad del presente documento es tratar de definir la terminología y los conceptos en torno a la protección social (Sección 2); examinar los cambios de perspectiva que se han observado durante los últimos decenios (Sección 3); analizar la protección social desde el punto de vista de la pandemia del VIH y el SIDA; las consecuencias y el alcance... Published in 2007, by |
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Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation The 5th Report continues the tradition of reporting on trends in nutrition throughout the life cycle and of challenging the nutrition community. But instead of asking the question: how is nutrition affected by global changes? the 5th Report asks the question more proactively: how can a nutrition perspective accelerate the attainment of a comprehensive set of... Published in 2004, by |
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Food Assistance in the Context of HIV: Ration Design Guide WFP supports multiple types of activities that aim to mitigate, prevent, and treat HIV. Given the relatively new nature of many of these programmes, one of the most frequently asked questions is “What food ration should we be giving in the context of the HIV programming that we are doing in country X”? Published in 2008, by |
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Food Assistance Programming in the Context of HIV Food Assistance Programming in the Context of HIV, a joint publication by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the FANTA Project, is a guide developed to improve the design and implementation of food security programs that respond to HIV-related challenges as well as HIV programs that utilize food and food-related activities to achieve HIV-related outcomes. Published in 2007, by |
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Food Security and Nutrition: Meeting the Needs of Orphans and Other Children Affected by HIV and AIDS in AFRICA This research was undertaken in an effort to understand the complex issues of food security and nutrition faced by Africa’s orphans and other children affected by HIV and AIDS, their families and communities, and to present a synopsis of where we stand today on programmatic issues including targeting, effective programming and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Published in 2007, by |
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Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle The Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of ACC/SCN reports initiated in the mid-1980s on the nutritional status of populations in developing countries. While earlier reports have focused on regional trends in preschool undernutrition, this report is built around the theme nutrition throughout the life cycle. This change was... Published in 2000, by |
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Guidance on Infant feeding and HIV in the context of refugees and displaced populations The purpose of this Guidance is to provide an overview of the current technical and programmatic consensus on infant feeding and HIV, and give guidance to facilitate effective implementation of HIV and infant feeding programmes in refugee and displaced situations, in emergency contexts, and as an integral element of coordinated approach to public health, HIV... Published in 2008, by |
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Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings 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 |
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HANDBOOK Developing and Applying National Guidelines on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS This HANDBOOK is designed to increase nutrition capacity in East and southern Africa with a focus on the processes involved when adapting existing nutritional guidelines to suit country-specific situations and objectives. It includes guidance on how to use and produce technical material as well as monitoring and evaluating their use. It is aimed at health... Published in 2003, by |
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Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions This Handbook is designed to assist national human rights institutions to integrate HIV into their mandate to protect and promote human rights. It provides a basic overview of the role of human rights in an effective response to the epidemic and suggests concrete activities that national institutions can carry out within their existing work. It also presents... Published in 2007, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding - A Guide for health Care Managers and Supervisors GUIDELINES aimed at health-care managers and supervisors through the process of thinking about and deciding how to organize services. The background to the problem and the organization of the guide are outlined first. The next section describes the need to balance the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding against the risk of malnutrition and death... Published in 2003, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding - A policy statement developed collaboratively by UNAIDS, WHO and UNICEF This statement provides policy-makers with a number of key elements for the formulation of policies on HIV infection and infant feeding. Published in 2003, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding Guidelines for Decision-Makers GUIDELINES for decision-makers highlighting areas of special concern around infant feeding and HIV on which policy decisions need to be made locally. They include a list of key steps and questions to guide decision-makers through the process of thinking and deciding on key issues. They are an update of the 1998 version. Key steps for decision-makers 1.... Published in 2003, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack 1) Guidelines for decision-makers These guidelines will: - summarise knowledge of HIV transmission through breast milk - define the context in which infant feeding policy should be integrated - identify and discuss issues to be addressed by decision-makers - outline steps to implement policy including monitoring and evaluation - list useful reference materials and resources Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack: 2) A guide for health care managers and supervisors This Guide is intended to assist mid-level health care managers and supervisors to plan and implement appropriate services. The Guide is generic, in recognition of the fact that different countries are at different stages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and have varying resources available for dealing with it. It focuses specifically on HIV and infant feeding... Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack: 3) A review of HIV transmission through breastfeeding This document reviews current scientific knowledge about breast-milk transmission of HIV, and serves as the foundation for two complementary documents: - HIV and infant feeding: Guidelines for decision-makers - HIV and infant feeding: A guide for health care managers and supervisors Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack: 4) Implementation of guidelines Technical Consultation on HIV and Infant Feeding - Implementation of Guidelines. Report of a Meeting - Geneva, 20-22 April 1998. Published in 1998, by |
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HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding A Review of Available Evidence This publication is one of a series on HIV and infant feeding. It presents the scientific evidence relating to the transmission of HIV infection by breastfeeding; this evidence constitutes the basis of the guidelines for decision-makers and health-care managers, issued as separate documents in the series (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/UNAIDS)). It describes briefly the... Published in 2003, by |
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers Operational guidance intended for emergency relief staff and programme managers of all agencies working in emergency programmes, including national governments, UN agencies, NGOs and donors. It applies to emergency situations in all countries, and extends to non-emergency situations. Published in 2007, by |
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Integration of HIV/AIDS activities with food and nutrition support in refugee settings: specific programme strategies This document provides practical guidance on the integration of food and nutrition programmes with support activities for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among refugees and host populations. It has been written principally for United Nations agencies, their cooperating partners, and other... Published in 2004, by |
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Learning Package on HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency settings - A Policy-Level Briefing Session An integrated learning package has been developed to promote and further support the utilization of the IASC Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings. The learning package is comprised of three inter-related sets of materials including: 1. a policy-level briefing session 2. one day workshop design and trainer’s guide 3. a self-study... Published in 2005, by |
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Learning Package on HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings – Workshop Design and Trainer’s Guide An integrated learning package has been developed to promote and further support the utilization of the IASC Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings. The learning package is comprised of three inter-related sets of materials including: 1. a policy-level briefing session 2. one day workshop design and trainer’s guide 3. a self-study... Published in 2005, by |
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Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children under the age of 15. In countries where blood products are regularly screened and clean syringes and needles are widely available, it is virtually the only source in young children. In 1997, an estimated 600,000 infants worldwide were infected with the virus,... Published in 1998, by |
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Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual This training course is designed to enable African institutions of higher learning to integrate nutrition and HIV and AIDS into their training programmes. The manual is intended to complement existing materials and curricula, and is targeted at tutors of medical or health sciences, applied human nutrition, dietetics or home economics, and food technology and... Published in 2004, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 05 - Malnutrition and Infection - A review The combination of malnutrition and infection causes most of the preventable deaths in developing countries, certainly among young children. Malnutrition increases the risk and worsens the course of infectious disease; and infection leads to malnutrition. Thus we have used the expression “malnutrition-infection complex”. Good nutrition undoubtedly is a... Published in 1989, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 20 - Nutrition and HIV/AIDS This Nutrition Policy Paper is based on the ACC/SCN Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS held in Nairobi in April 2001. The objective of the symposium was, firstly, to stimulate collaboration between the nutrition and HIV/AIDS communities. The second objective was to examine a broad range of nutrition issues that have a direct bearing on policies and... Published in 2001, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 21 - Community-Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children This special issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin reports on a WHO/UNICEF/Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) meeting on community-based management of severe malnutrition in children that took place in Geneva on November 21–23, 2005, and brought together some 50 international experts and representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP), the United... Published in 2006, by |
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Occasional Paper 17: Social Protection in the Era of HIV and AIDS; Examining the Role of Food-Based Interventions This document attempts to break down the terminology and conceptual thinking around social protection (Section 2); examines changes in perspectives over recent decades (Section 3); looks at implications and opportunities for social protection in light of the HIV and AIDS pandemic (Section 4); and examines possibilities for the use of food-based approaches... Published in 2007, by |
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Policy Brief - HIV, Food Security and Nutrition Why do food security and nutrition matter in responding to HIV? Published in 2008, by |
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Prevención de la transmisión del VIH de la madre al niño: Reunión sobre planificación para la ejecución de programas Ginebra, 23–24 de Marzo de 1998 Prevención de la transmisión del VIH de la madre al niño: Reunión sobre planificación para la ejecución de programas Ginebra, 23–24 de Marzo de 1998. Published in 1998, by |
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Prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child: strategic options This paper is intended for all those with a part to play and a special interest in national policy making with respect to HIV prevention and care. Published in 1999, by |
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Programme Strategies for Integration of HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition Activities in Refugee Settings In 2003, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a joint effort to develop, through multi-site field research in refugee communities in Africa, a set of strategies for using food and nutrition-based interventions to support HIV prevention,... Published in 2006, by |
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Recommendation for the Nutrient Requirements for People Living with HIV/AIDS The nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS differ from those for non-HIV-infected individuals. These recommendations are based on the report of the May 2003 WHO technical consultation on nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS Published in 2007, by |
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Right to Food and HIV / AIDS Enabling people to feed themselves is the primary obligation of states. When individuals are unable to do so, in cases such as when HIV/AIDS makes them physically incapable or when loss of infected parents leaves orphans struggling, the state is obligated to provide direct assistance. Published in 2007, by |
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SCN News No 03 - Does Cash Cropping Affect Nutrition Food first, or agriculture for export? Does growing food protect nutrition, whereas cash-cropping cause famines? Are subsistence farmers lured into the cash economy, growing inedible crops and then finding themselves unable to feed their families? Based on recent research and new thinking, some tentative answers to such questions are now being found. Published in 1989, by |
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SCN News No 05 - Nutrition and School Performance The education of children all over the world is being held back by malnutrition. In humanitarian terms, it makes no sense that the children who manage to get to school cannot benefit fully from their education, because they are already malnourished, because they are currently hungry, or because of infection. Nearly 90% of the world's school children will be... Published in 1990, by |
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SCN News No 08 - Highlights of the World Nutrition Situation This issue of SCN News summarizes analytical work in the last few years for the Reports on the World Nutrition Situation and elsewhere, on the possibility of using food prices in nutrition monitoring. A second focus is on the long-term effects of improved childhood nutrition. Published in 1992, by |
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SCN News No 12 - The Role of Care in Nutrition; Specific Deficiencies versus Growth Failure The three main features of this issue of SCN News are: The role of care in nutrition - The causes of poor child nutrition are undergoing a substantial reassessment with recent understanding of the importance of care. Specific deficiencies versus growth failure - Two types of responses have been identified when a child's intake of an essential nutrient is... Published in 1995, by |
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SCN News No 17 - Nutrition and HIV/AIDS “Nutrition and HIV/AIDS” is featured in this newsletter. HIV continues its rapid and devastating spread in many areas of the world most notably sub-Saharan Africa. This feature addresses issues of HIV and Infant Feeding and the possible role of micronutrient deficiency on HIV progression. Adequate nutrition and food security must be recognised as... Published in 1998, by |
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SCN News No 22 - Nutrition Goals and Targets This issue of SCN News is devoted to nutrition goals and targets. This topic is both timely and important because two major upcoming international meetings will review achievements towards nutrition goals set in the 90s. These are the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children in September which marks the tenth anniversary of the... Published in 2001, by |
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SCN News No 24 - Nutrition in the Context of Conflict and Crisis For this issue of SCN News the Secretariat team presents the full set of papers delivered at the 29th session in Berlin in March 2002 on the theme nutrition in conflict and crisis. The symposium touched upon the politics of humanitarian aid delivery, livelihood security, and the right to food and nutrition during emergencies. Published in 2002, by |
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SCN News No 26 – Mainstreaming Nutrition for Improved Development Outcomes The SCN’s 30th Annual session focused on efforts to mainstream nutrition and accelerate progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are a set of goals, targets and indicators to improve human development outcomes by 2015, and the nutrition community is poised to lead this process toward increased human well being. Yet the... Published in 2003, by |
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SCN News No 34 - Working Together to End Child Hunger and Undernutrition This SCN News features papers based on presentations made at the Symposium at the 34th SCN Session at FAO, Rome 26 February 2007. The Symposium focused on what we know in theory and what are best practices for creating increased system cohesiveness at all levels in order to accelerate progress towards ending child hunger and undernutrition. Published in 2007, by |
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Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Volume I: Global and Regional Results This Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation comes at an important time. In the near future human well-being, to which nutrition is fundamental, could improve more rapidly throughout the world; but economic adjustments and mass migration are continuing threats. The results here show steady, if slow, progress in many countries in the last few years.... Published in 1992, by |
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The Management of Nutrition in Major Emergencies This manual is intended to help nutrition, health and other professionals involved in the management of major emergencies with a nutritional component, whether at local, national or international level. Chapter 1: Meeting nutritional requirements Chapter 2: Major nutritional deficiencies in emergencies Chapter 3: Assessment and surveillance of... Published in 2000, by |
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The Right to Food in the context of HIV/AIDS Right to Food Studies is a series of articles and reports on right to food related issues of contemporary interest in the areas of policy, legislation, agriculture, rural development, biodiversity, environment and natural resource management. This paper aims to clarify the relevance of the right to food in combating HIV/AIDS. Published in 2009, by |
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The SPHERE Project Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response The SPHERE Project aims to improve the quality of assistance provided to people affected by disasters, and to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system in disaster response. The new edition of the handbook (2004) has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in humanitarian practice in wat/san, food, shelter... Published in 2004, by |
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UNHCR Toolkit As a part of the Division of Operational Support (DOS), the Technical Support Section (TSS) has compiled this Toolkit to assist field practitioners, partners and Headquarters staff in effectively planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating refugee aid. In order to provide cross-sectional accuracy of information, the tools are reference materials from... Published in 2005, by |
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WHO HIV Consensus Statement on Infant Feeding Researchers, programme implementers, infant feeding experts and representatives of the IATT, UN agencies, the WHO Regional Office for Africa and six WHO headquarters departments gathered in Geneva in order to review the substantial body of new evidence and experience regarding HIV and infant feeding that has been accumulating since a previous technical... Published in 2006, by |