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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 WHO

Behaviour Change Communication in Emergencies

Provides the means to prepare, plan, implement and monitor behaviour change communication initiatives supporting health, hygiene and child protection efforts in emergencies, including IFE issues. For programme managers from UNICEF, United Nations agencies, NGO partners and government personnel.

Published in 2006, by UNICEF Regional Office of South Asia

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 Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Chad – a country in crisis

This evaluation reviewes progress and performance of the humanitarian response, and its interface with the existing Chad health system. It also examines the health effects and implications of cross-border population movements, and health service accessibility for both refugees and the host population.

Published in 2007, by Nigel Pearson

Claiming the MDGs: A human rights approach

This publication sets out a human rights approach to the MDGs, the primary purpose of which is to outline a clear framework of analysis for the development sector, relevant also to the needs of human rights practitioners, identifying entry points at the policy level as well as for country-level programming and advocacy. Practical illustrations are provided...

Published in 2008, by OHCHR

Communicable disease control in emergencies: A field manual

A manual, including the prevention, surveillance, and outbreak control of communicable diseases. Chapters on rapid assessment, prevention, surveillance, oubreak control and disease prevention and control.

Published in 2005, by WHO

Community-based Therapeutic Care - A Field Manual

This manual reflects the experience gained over five years of implementing and developing Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC). It is a practical guide that aims to help health and nutrition managers to design, implement and evaluate CTC programmes. It will also be relevant to a variety of others working in relief and development.

Published in 2006, by Valid International

El derecho a la salud - OACDH Folleto informativo No. 31

El presente Folleto informativo tiene por objeto arrojar luz sobre el lugar que ocupa actualmente el derecho a la salud en las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, teniendo en cuenta la gran cantidad de iniciativas y propuestas respecto de lo que el derecho a la salud puede o debe ser. Por consiguiente, no se pretende ofrecer una lista exhaustiva de...

Published in 2008, by OACDH - OHCHR, OMS - WHO

El Progreso de las Naciones 1999

La edición de 1999 contempla las devastadoras consecuencias del VIH/SIDA y de la "carga de la deuda" sobre el desarrollo, la salud y la educación de los niños y las familias en algunos de los países menos adelantados. El Progreso de las Naciones analiza también las medidas que se han tomado y los avances alcanzados en la vacunación infantil y en la...

Published in 1999, by UNICEF

El Progreso de las Naciones 2000

El Progreso de las Naciones describe los avances que es posible lograr cuando las naciones invierten en el bienestar de la infancia y protegen sus derechos. Hoy en día hay menos posibilidades de que los niños adezcan discapacidad mental a causa de la carencia de yodo; hoy en día hay más niños matriculados en la escuela que hace diez años; hoy en día...

Published in 2000, by UNICEF

El VIH y la alimentación infantil - Una guía para gerentes y supervisores de la atención en salud

Los propósitos de esta publicación son proporcionar pautas para gerentes y supervisores de la atención en salud sobre temas relacionados a la alimentación de lactantes y niños pequeños en el contexto del VIH y enfatizar áreas de interés especial para la organización de servicios.

Published in 2003, by OMS - WHO, OPS - PAHO, ONUSIDA - UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA

FAQ - Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS

Reviews the latest information on the transmission of HIV via breastfeeding and provides programmatic guidance for field activities.

Published in 2004, by LINKAGES

Finance Development: Invest in Children

This booklet shows why development efforts must focus first and foremost on freeing children from poverty. At a minimum, children need a package of basic social services of good-quality health care, education and safe water and adequate sanitation, so that they can grow to their full potential, free of disease, malnutrition, illiteracy and deprivation. It is...

Published in 2002, by UNICEF

Focusing on anaemia - Towards an integrated approach for effective anaemia control

This document is a joint statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund on strategies to combat anaemia.

Published in 2004, by WHO, UNICEF

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 USAID, AED, WFP

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Global Hunger Index 2009. The Challenge of Hunger: Focus on financial crisis and gender inequality

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that worldwide progress in reducing hunger remains slow. The 2009 global GHI has fallen by only one quarter from the 1990 GHI. Southeast Asia, the Near East and North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean have reduced hunger significantly since 1990, but the GHI remains distressingly high in South Asia, which has...

Published in 2009, by Klaus von Grebmer, Bella Nestorova, Agnes Quisumbing , Rebecca Fertziger, Heidi Fritschel, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Yisehac Yohannes

Global strategy for infant and young child feeding

Joint Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding to revitalize world attention to the impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. The document includes an overview of the challenges, the implementation and the responsibilities involved in...

Published in 2003, by WHO, UNICEF

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 Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Guidelines for HIV/AIDS interventions in emergency settings

These guidelines are to help individuals and organizations in their efforts to address the special needs of HIV-infected and HIV-affected people living in emergency situations. The Guidelines are based on the experiences of organizations of the UN system and their NGO partners, and reflect the shared vision that success can be achieved when resources are...

Published in 2004, by IASC

Guiding principles for feeding non-breastfed children 6-24 months age

There are a number of infants who will not enjoy the benefits of breastfeeding. They include children born to HIV-positive mothers, who choose not to breastfeed, and children whose mothers have died. This publication lists nine guiding principles to address the nutritional needs of children who are not breastfed after six months of age. It gives the...

Published in 2005, by WHO

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 OHCHR, UNAIDS

Health in the Americas - Overview of Regional Health

This document is one chapter "Overview of Regional Health" from the PAHO publication "Health in the Americas". This 2007 edition of Health in the Americas presents a broad picture of the regional situation and that of all the countries with regard to health and human development; specific disease conditions and risk factors; environmental health, and the...

Published in 2007, by PAHO

HIV and infant feeding counselling tools

These tools have been created to help health workers before, during and after a counselling session so that they can better support HIV-positive mothers.

Published in 2005, by Elizabeth Thomas, Ellen G Piwoz, WHO, UNICEF, USAID

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 WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS

HIV and Infant Feeding Technical Consultation - Consensus Statement

This statement summarizes the information considered in the tecnical consultation, and lists the recommendations from the consultation, which should be considered along with the October 2000 recommendations regarding HIV and infant feeding.

Published in 2006, by WHO

HIV and Infant Feeding. New Evidence and Programmatic Experience

The reports coming out of a three-day meeting in October 2006 that aimed to clarify and refine the existing United Nations guidance and provide updated recommendations regarding HIV and infant feeding. The new evidence and research together with technical and programmatic input is described, which finally led to the ‘HIV and Infant Feeding Technical...

Published in 2007, by WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA

HIV and infant feeding: A framework for priority action

The purpose of this HIV and Infant Feeding Framework for Priority Action is to recommend to governments key actions, related to infant and young child feeding, that cover the special circumstances associated with HIV/AIDS. The aim of these actions is to create and sustain an environment that encourages appropriate feeding practices for all infants, while...

Published in 2004, by WHO, UNAIDS, FAO, ACNUR, UNICEF, WFP, World Bank, UNFPA, IAEA

HIV and Infant Feeding: Update

This document provides the full list of updated HIV and infant feeding recommendations, and an explanation of key points. This information is aimed at programme managers and decision makers, and those who will be in charge of revising national guidelines on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, and infant and young child feeding.

Published in 2007, by WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA

HIV/AIDS, TB and Nutrition - Scientific enquiry into the nutritional influences on human immunity with special reference to HIV infection and active TB in South Africa.

A fascinating evidence based account reviewing research of how malnutrition and HIV and TB interrelate, and the importance of intensive nutritional support for people with HIV.

Published in 2007, by ASSAf

Humanitarian oasis in a parched health sector: Refugees and host populations in eastern and southern Chad

The purpose of the evaluation is to assess the collective humanitarian response to the ongoing humanitarian situation in Chad, and to assist health actors (the Chad Ministry of Health [MoH], UN agencies, the NGO community and donors) to respond to meet the ongoing needs of refugee and host populations in eastern and southern Chad.

Published in 2006, by Dr Markus Michael, Dr Nigel Pearson, Adoum Daliam

Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling - an Integrated Course. Guidelines for Follow-up after training

This resource forms a part of a 5-day course that is designed to provide knowledge and skills to lay counsellors, community health workers, primary health care nurses and doctors, clinicians at first referral level and counsellors involved in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. It enables them to counsel and support mothers to carry out...

Published in 2006, by WHO, UNICEF

Infant Feeding in Emergencies Module 1

This module covers how to feed infants, by breastfeeding and, when necessary, other options. It also addresses existing recommendations and protective policies, and gives guidance on how to provide adequate support for appropriate infant feeding. Module 1 provides an overall introduction to infant feeding in emergencies, and explains why it is an important...

Published in 2001, by ENN, WHO, UNICEF, LINKAGES, IBFAN

Integrating nutrition and food assistance into HIV care and treatment programmes - DRAFT

This operational guidance manual outlines the potential benefits and challenges of incorporating food and nutritional support into anti-retroviral treatment programmes. The purpose is to assist national governments with the planning and implementation of food assistance programmes and to guide national bodies, implementing NGOs as well as WHO and WFP country staff.

Published in 2008, by WHO, WFP

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 UNHCR, WFP

Inter-Agency Contingency Planning Guidelines for Humanitarian Assistance

The overall objective of these guidelines (46 pages) is to enhance humanitarian response capacity, predictability, accountability and partnership in order to reach more people with comprehensive, appropriate, needs-based relief and protection in a more effective and timely manner.

Published in 2007, by IASC

Le progrès des nations 1999

Le rapport de 1999 examine l'impact dévastateur du VIH/SIDA et du « fardeau de la dette » sur le développement, la santé et l'éducation des enfants et de leurs familles dans certains des pays les plus pauvres du monde. Le progrès des nations fait aussi état des mesures prises et des succès remportés dans les domaines de la vaccination des enfants...

Published in 1999, by UNICEF

Le progrès des nations 2000

Le progrès des nations 2000 présente les progrès qui peuvent être réalisés lorsque les nations investissent dans le bien-être de leurs enfants et protègent leurs droits. De nos jours, le risque d'arriération mentale provoquée par la carence en iode a diminué; la proportion d'enfants inscrits à l'école dépasse celle que l'on enregistrait il y a...

Published in 2000, by UNICEF

Living well with HIV/AIDS: A manual on nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS

This manual provides practical recommendations for a healthy and balanced diet for PLWHA in countries with a low resource base.

Published in 2002, by WHO, FAO

Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition

A MANUAL for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines, prepared by experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and...

Published in 2000, by WHO

Mother to Mother Support Group Methodology and Infant Feeding

The purpose is two-fold: to train community health workers to facilitate infant feeding and mother-to-mother support groups; and to train trainers of community health workers in the methodology for facilitating mother-to-mother support groups related to infant feeding. May be useful to do in a longer-term emergency

Published in 2003, by LINKAGES

Nous, les enfants - Honorer les promesses du Sommet mondial pour les enfants

Le rapport du Secrétaire général de l'ONU Kofi Annan Nous, les enfants présente les progrès accomplis dans la réalisation des objectifs fixés lors du Sommet mondial pour les enfants de 1990. Cet ouvrage est un objet de référence essentiel pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent au développement. Il souligne à la fois les succès remportés pendant la...

Published in 2001, by UNICEF

Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: Report of a technical consultation

Guidelines that contains the current consensus view on the nutritional requirements of people living with HIV/AIDS. Please note that knowledge in this area is evolving and these recommendations may well be subject to change in the near future.

Published in 2003, by WHO

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 FANTA

Nutrition guidelines for care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS. Zambia

The guidelines are given in 11 chapters. Chapters 2 and 3 give information on basic nutrition for an active and healthy life, and technical information that link nutrition and HIV. Chapters 4 to 9 give advise on the diet, treatment and hermal remedies, positive living and other types of care. Nutritional counselling and education, monitoring and evaluation...

Published in 2004, by Zambia, National Food and Nutrition Commission

Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 21

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 2010, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS: A training course

A training course for caregivers of PLWHA and their families that focuses on practical nutrition care and communication skills

Published in 2009, by WHO

Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio 2009

La Declaración del Milenio fijó el 2015 como fecha límite para alcanzar la mayoría de los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio (ODM), que establecieron los parámetros cuantitativos para reducir todas las formas de extrema pobreza a la mitad. El presente informe ofrece una evaluación anual del año 2009 del progreso hacia el logro de los ODM.

Published in 2009, by UN DESA

Population Challenges and Development Goals

The present report has two objectives. First, it presents a succinct overview of demographic trends worldwide, for major areas and selected countries. It covers population size and growth, urbanization and city growth, population ageing, fertility and contraception, mortality and international migration. Second, the report considers the contribution of the...

Published in 2005, by UN DESA

Pour financer le développement investissez en faveur des enfants

Aujourd'hui, le développement est synonyme de réduction de la pauvreté. Et puisque les enfants sont souvent ceux qui sont le plus durement touchés par la pauvreté de la société, les programmes de développement doivent s'efforcer en premier lieu d'affranchir les enfants de la pauvreté.

Published in 2002, by UNICEF

Poverty Reduction Begins with Children

Despite unprecedented global prosperity, a staggering 40 per cent of all children in developing countries – over half a billion – are struggling to survive on less than $1 per day. Poverty is the main underlying cause of millions of preventable child deaths each year. It is the cause of tens of millions of children going hungry, missing out on school or...

Published in 2000, by UNICEF

Progrès pour les enfants : un bilan de la nutrition (No. 4)

Le présent bilan – le quatrième d’une série de l’UNICEF qui surveille les progrès accomplis en faveur des enfants – mesure les résultats obtenus au plan mondial dans le domaine de la nutrition, en prenant comme indicateur principal le pourcentage d’enfants de moins de cinq ans présentant une insuffi sance pondérale. La communauté...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

Progreso para la infancia: un balance sobre la nutrición (No. 4)

El propósito de este balance –el cuarto de una serie de balances preparados por UNICEF para realizar un seguimiento sobre el progreso de la infancia hacia los ODM– es evaluar el desempeño mundial en materia de nutrición, tomando como indicador básico la prevalencia de peso inferior al normal entre los niños y niñas menores de cinco años. Aun...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

Progress for children. A world fit for children. Statistical review

The sixth issue of Progress for Children reports on the status of child-specific targets set by world leaders at the May 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. This special edition examines more than 35 key indicators in the four broad areas identified at the Special Session as requisite to building ‘A World Fit for Children’. It also...

Published in 2007, by UNICEF

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition (No. 4)

This report card – the fourth in a UNICEF series that monitors progress for children towards the MDGs – measures the world’s performance on nutrition, taking the prevalence of underweight among children under five as its primary indicator. The global community promised to cut the proportion of underweight children by half between 1990 and 2015, but we...

Published in 2006, by UNICEF

Progress of Nations 1999

The 1999 edition looks at the devastating impact of both HIV/AIDS and the 'debt burden' on the development, health and education of children and families in some of the poorest countries. The Progress of Nations 1999 also charts the steps taken and the progress made in child immunization and in the eradication of vitamin A deficiency.

Published in 1999, by UNICEF

Progress of Nations 2000

The Progress of Nations 2000 describes the gains that are possible when nations invest in children's well being and protect their rights. Children are now less likely to be mentally impaired because of iodine deficiency; more children are enrolled in school now than 10 years ago; and polio is on the verge of eradication. But the publication also recounts the...

Published in 2000, by UNICEF

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 USAIDS

Reivindicar los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio : un enfoque de derechos humanos

La presente publicación expone un enfoque de derechos humanos respecto de los ODM cuyo propósito primordial es esbozar un marco claro de análisis para el sector del desarrollo, que atienda también las necesidades de los especialistas en derechos humanos, definiendo puntos de entrada en el nivel de las políticas así como para la programación y la...

Published in 2008, by OACDH - OHCHR

Reproductive Health in refugee situations, an Inter-agency Field Manual

A manual specifically on reproductive health, produced by a group of agencies. The purposes of the manual are: 1) to serve as a tool to facilitate discussion and decision-making in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of RH interventions; 2) to guide field staff in introducing and/or strengthening RH interventions in refugee situations,...

Published in 1999, by UNHCR

Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

This document reviews food aid strategies using an HIV/AIDS lens in order to reduce the risk and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. For managers planning an intervention to assist HIV/AIDS affected people

Published in 2004, by IFPRI/WFP

Revendiquer les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement : une approche fondée sur les droits de l’homme

La présente publication présente une approche des OMD fondée sur les droits de l’homme qui vise avant tout à offrir une grille d’analyse claire au secteur du développement. Des illustrations concrètes apparaissent tout au long de l’ouvrage, également jalonné de propositions d’indicateurs supplémentaires pour des OMD bien précis qui se...

Published in 2008, by HCDH - OHCHR

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 FAO

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 UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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 SCN

Shared experiences in infant and young child feeding in emergencies

The following compilation of case studies was compiled in the course of an ENN/GIFA project on behalf of the Core group who are currently developing training materials for field staff working in infant feeding in emergencies.

Published in 2003, by Emergency Nutrition Network

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 UN DESA

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009

The Millennium Development Goals report presents a yearly assessment of global progress towards achieving the MDGs.Less than six years away from the 2015 deadline to achieve the MDGs, this report warns that despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. Major advances in the fight against poverty and...

Published in 2009, by UN DESA

The neglected crisis of undernutrition: Evidence for action

A report preceding the development of DFID’s strategy to 2015 for tackling undernutrition in the developing world. The forthcoming DFID strategy will look at a range of measures to tackle nutrition directly and, critically, to address the drivers of undernutrition, such as food insecurity, ill health, lack of social protection and gender inequality. The...

Published in 2009, by DFID

The Right to Health - OHCHR Fact Sheet No. 31

The fact sheet starts by explaining what the right to health is and illustrating its implications for specific individuals and groups, and then elaborates upon States' obligations with respect to the right. It ends with an overview of national, regional and international accountability and monitoring mechanisms.

Published in 2008, by OHCHR, WHO

The state of the world population 2009

How do population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change? Will urbanization and an ageing population help or hinder efforts to adapt to a warming world? And could better reproductive health care and improved relations between women and men make a difference in the fight against climate change? Find the answers in the State of World Population 2009.

Published in 2009, by UNFPA

Toolkit for addressing nutrition in emergency situations

The toolkit is intended as an easy-to-use field guide that outlines the key basic interventions for nutritional support to individuals and groups during an emergency situation. In most emergencies, we focus on two key aspects: risk assessment and risk management. This toolkit focuses on risk management. What it takes to ensure that emergency needs are met...

Published in 2008, by IASC

Transmisión del VIH a través de la lactancia: Revisión de los conocimientos actuales

La meta final de la investigación es prevenir la transmisión de la madre al hijo con una combinación de regímenes cortos de profilaxis antirretroviral con vacunación. Por lo tanto, la investigación planea incluir el desarrollo de protocolos de ensayos aleatorios para poner a prueba vacunas para prevenir la infección durante la lactancia. En estos...

Published in 2004, by OPS - PAHO, OMS - WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ONUSIDA - UNAIDS

VIH y Alimentación Infantil: Actualización

Este documento tiene por objeto proporcionar la lista completa de recomendaciones actualizadas y una explicación de los puntos clave. La información está destinada a los jefes de programas y tomadores de decisiones, como así también a aquellos que estarán a cargo de revisar las pautas nacionales sobre la prevención de la transmisión del VIH de la...

Published in 2008, by OMS - WHO, UNICEF, ONUSIDA - UNAIDS, UNFPA

VIH/SIDA, sécurité alimentaire et nutrition: Impacts et actions

L’ampleur et la gravité des répercussions de l’épidémie de VIH/SIDA en Afrique subsaharienne sont effrayantes: la maladie a décimé les pays de la région et à sérieusement compromis la nutrition et la sécurité alimentaire de millions de ménages. Cette étude est une tentative d’analyse de la façon dont le VIH/SIDA affecte la nutrition et la...

Published in 2001, by IFPRI, PAM - WFP

We the Children - Meeting the promises of the World Summit for Children

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's We the Children is a landmark review of the progress made in meeting the commitments of the 1990 World Summit for Children. An essential reference and guide for anyone interested in development, the report assesses the decade's achievements and its setbacks, highlights best practices and lessons learned, describes the...

Published in 2001, by UNICEF