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SCN News No 02 - First Report on the World Nutrition Situation

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1989

Available in : English

The first United Nations inter-agency report on the World Nutrition Situation was issued in December 1987, by the ACC/SCN. Trends in the numbers of underfed and malnourished people in developing countries are described, starting in the sixties and highlighting changes in the last five years, using indicators of population, food availability, child nutrition and mortality rates.

Documents :
SCN News No 2 (PDF, 394.26Kb)

Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Emergency, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Iodine / IDD, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Poverty, Programmes, Stunting, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Underweight, Wasting

Resource types : Newsletters

Locations : Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

Working groups : Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition in Emergencies