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A Manual: Measuring and Interpreting Malnutrition and Mortality The purpose of this manual is 1) To provide guidance on issues relating to nutrition and mortality surveys 2) To standardize survey methodology used by WFP staff, consultants and implementing partners as a means of ensuring quality 3) To standardize survey data interpretation and reporting. Published in 2007, by |
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A review of UNICEF’s role in cash transfers to emergency-affected populations This paper is part of an ongoing process exploring UNICEF’s engagement with cash-based responses in emergencies. The main aim of the paper is to stimulate discussion on the potential role of cash transfers within UNICEF’s response to emergencies. Published in 2007, by |
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Acute Malnutrition in Protracted Refugee Situations: A Global Strategy UNHCR/WFP This Global Strategy Report was produced to develop a global strategy to address acute malnutrition rates in protracted refugee situations. Published in 2006, by |
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Alimentación y nutrición del Niño Pequeño: Reunión subregional sudamérica En diciembre del 2008, se realizó la reunión subregional “Alimentación y Nutrición del Niño Pequeño”, en la ciudad de Lima-Perú. La reunión fue organizada por el Ministerio de Salud del Perú con el apoyo técnico y financiero OPS/OMS, UNICEF; y PMA. El propósito general de la reunión fue analizar la interrelación entre la salud, la nutrición... Published in 2009, by |
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Alleviating Hidden Hunger: Approaches that work Despite abundant global food supplies, widespread malnutrition persists in many developing countries. Micronutrient malnutrition is particularly damaging but it can, with relative ease, be eradicated. Published in IAEA Bulletin Volume 45, No.1 Published in 2003, by |
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Anemia among adolescent and young adult women in Latin America and the Caribbean: A cause for concern This article presents the following questions: - What is anemia and why does it occur among adolescents and young adults? - What are the negative effects of anemia for adolescents? - Pregnancy during adolescence: What are the negative effects for mother and baby? - What is the extent of the problem in Latin America and the Caribbean? - What needs to... Published in 2008, by |
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Anemia Prevention and Control: What Works Part 1 What Works has two purposes: 1. To bring to the attention of program and project managers of health and related activities the serious negative consequences of anemia for the health and physical, mental, and economic productivity of individuals and populations 2. To make managers aware of the various approaches to anemia prevention an control they can... Published in 2003, by |
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Anemia Prevention and Control: What Works Part 2 What Works Part II: Tool and Resources provides background data, qualitative research instruments and methodologies, norms and protocols, and references that managers can use to design, implement, and monitor programs and share with others engaged or interested in anemia prevention and control. Published in 2003, by |
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Anthropometry training video Demonstrates measurement of child weight, length, height and arm circumference, and adult weight and height. Available in English, French and Spanish. Published in 2004, by |
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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 |
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Asegurando un inicio saludable para un desarrollo futuro: El hierro durante los primeros seis meses de vida En los lactantes y en los niños, la defi ciencia de hierro y la anemia debida a la defi ciencia de hierro son de particular preocupación, debido a sus efectos negativos y probablemente irreversibles en relación al desarrollo cognitivo, motor y conductual. Published in 2008, by |
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Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination: A guide for programme managers This document sets out principles governing the use of surveillance indicators in implementing interventions to prevent, control, and monitor iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). It presents methods for monitoring iodine status and determining urinary iodine and provides guidelines on the procedures for monitoring salt iodine content, whether at the factory,... Published in 2007, by |
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Back by popular demand: The benefits of traditional vegetables This booklet describes how reintroducing traditional leafy vegetables had an impact on the lives of people in a community near Nairobi, Kenya, thanks largely to the inspiration of one farmer. Published in 2006, by |
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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 |
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Brazilian Case Study The objective of this effort was to support Brazil in acquiring skills and experience in dealing with the political, organizational, technical, financial, and social challenges derived from the decision to include food and nutrition objectives, priorities, and goals in national development plans designed to reduce poverty and eradicate hunger as a means to... Published in 2005, by |
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Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition Fortifying foods and providing supplements are the main strategies used to reduce hidden hunger. However, the reach of these interventions can be quite limited, especially in rural areas of developing countries where most of the poor live. Biofortification is a promising innovation that could help fight hidden hunger especially in rural areas. Published... Published in 2009, by |
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Brief 2 of 12 - Nutrition and Education No nation can afford to waste its greatest national resource: the intellectual power of its people. But that is precisely what is happening where low birth weight is common,where children fail to achieve their full potential growth,where micronutrient deficiencies permanently damage the brain,and where anemia and short-term hunger limit children’s... Published in 2002, by |
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Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Hunger: Key Messages for UNFCCC Negotiators This paper highlights some of the projected impacts of climate change on food security and summarizes the responses called for by several of the largest humanitarian and development organizations involved in the fight against hunger. To address this unmatched challenge, a strong commitment of the international community, particularly the developed countries,... Published in 2009, by |
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Combating Malnutrition - Time to Act The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank joined forces in April 1999 to provide a fresh perspective on the global effort to address malnutrition, focusing on the roles of the two agencies in shaping the agenda and its implementation. The assessment drew upon several complementary strands, including review of UNICEF and World Bank... Published in 2003, by |
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Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) - Training Guide Extensive training course on all aspects of setting up and running community based therapeutic care programmes. With practical cases and exercises. Suitable for managers and health workers Published in 2008, by |
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Community-based management of Severe Acute Malnutrition A Joint Statement by the WHO, the WFP, the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition and the UNICEF on the community-based treatment of severely malnurished children, promoting it's effectiveness in detecting the cases of SAM and treating them with RUTF. Update 2011 The Joint Statement has been updated to reflect the revised MUAC cut-off of 115 mm on pages 2... Published in 2007, by |
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Document hors série 16: Enrichissement des aliments sur place pour améliorer la nutrition: Le cas de l'Afghanistan, de l'Angola et de la Zambie Le présent document expose trois approches suivies par le PAM pour enrichir les aliments en Afghanistan, en Angola et en Zambie, et examine les obstacles rencontrés et les résultats obtenus pour partager les informations ainsi rassemblées avec les autres organismes qui s'emploient à améliorer la situation nutritionnelle des pauvres et des groupes... Published in 2006, by |
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Documento especial 16: Enriquecimiento de alimentos sobre el terreno para mejorar la nutrición: estudios de casos en el Afganistán, Angola y Zambia En este documento especial se presentan tres métodos utilizados por el PMA para enriquecer los alimentos en el Afganistán, Angola y Zambia, y se examinan las dificultades encontradas y los resultados conseguidos. El objetivo es compartir estos conocimientos con otras entidades dedicadas a mejorar el estado nutricional de las poblaciones pobres y aquejadas... Published in 2006, by |
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EAPRO Training for Improved Practice: Public Health and Nutrition in Emergencies Practical training package for 10 days designed for UNICEF staff covering and public health and nutrition aspects of emergencies from assessment to design and monitoring programmes. 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Policies, Practices and Decision Making 3. Basic Concepts 4. Rapid Assessments in Emergencies 5. Survey Methodology 6. Survey... Published in 2003, by |
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Early childhood health, nutrition and education Extensive research has been conducted on the educational effects of early childhood health and nutrition interventions. The breadth and depth of this research allows for a number of general conclusion to be drawn: -Early childhood health and nutrition interventions have a consistently large impact on cognitive development -Health and nutrition... Published in 2006, by |
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Economic Growth, Equity and Nutritional Improvement in Indonesia A country case study supported by UNICEF for the XV congress of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences, September 26 to October 1, 1993, Adelaide. Published in 1992, by |
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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 |
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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 |
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El VIH y la alimentación infantil - Pautas para tomadores de decisiones El propósito de esta publicación es proveer pautas para los tomadores de decisiones sobre temas que necesitan ser considerados en cuanto a la alimentación de lactantes y de niños pequeños en el contexto del VIH y enfatizar áreas de atención especial en las que es necesario tomar decisiones normativas a nivel local. Published in 2003, by |
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Enrichissement en micronutriments: l'experiénce du PAM et la voie à suivre Les carences en micronutriments représentent une forme de malnutrition pour l'essentiel inapparente, mais souvent très pernicieuse, particulièrement fréquente parmi les populations bénéficiaires de l'aide du PAM dont l'alimentation est insuffisante. Au nombre des effets connus de ces carences figurent les retards de croissance physique et de... Published in 2004, by |
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Enriquecimiento con micronutrientes: experiencia del PMA y futuras posibilidades de acción Las carencias de micronutrientes representan una forma de malnutrición que si bien en gran parte es invisible y a menudo tiene consecuencias devastadoras, son particularmente prevalentes entre las poblaciones de beneficiarios del PMA que de por sí carecen de alimentos suficientes. Entre los efectos conocidos de dichas carencias se encuentran una... Published in 2004, by |
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Essential delivery care practices for maternal and newborn health and nutrition The first minutes after birth are a very vulnerable period for both mother and newborn. The care that is provided during this time is critical to ensure not only their immediate survival but also to improve their longer-term health and nutrition. Active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL), the optimal timing of umbilical cord clamping, early... Published in 2007, by |
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Facts for Feeding - Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth Identifies actions health care providers can take during the first week postpartum to help the mother and baby establish and maintain good breastfeeding practices. Published in 2003, by |
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Facts for Feeding - Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children Recommends national, community, and household level practices to improve vitamin A status of infants, young children, and pregnant and lactating women. Published in 2001, by |
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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 |
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FAQ - Breastfeeding and Maternal Nutrition Focuses on the impact of maternal nutrition on breastmilk quantity and quality, the nutritional requirements of lactating women, the impact of breastfeeding on maternal health, and implications of this information for programs. Published in 2004, by |
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FAQ - Exclusive Breastfeeding: The Only Water Source Young Infants Need Discusses the nutritional and health consequences of giving infants water during the first six months, and the role of breastfeeding in meeting an infant’s water requirements Published in 2004, 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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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 |
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First Report on the World Nutrition Situation The overall objectives of the report are to provide an agreed basis for raising awareness of malnutrition - its extent, severity and trends - to advocate that increased attention be given to preventing this extensive and serious human problem. The report, through the indicators and their interpretation, should demonstrate the inter-sectoral nature of the... Published in 1987, by |
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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 |
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Focusing Resources on Effective School Health: a FRESH start to enhancing the quality and equity of education In April, 2000,WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Bank jointly organized a strategy session at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal. The strategy session was aimed at raising the education sector’s awareness of the value of implementing an effective school health, hygiene and nutrition programme as one of its major strategies to achieve Education... Published in 2001, by |
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Food and nutrition This chapter, presents the problems of undernutrition and overnutrition that affect infants and young children under the age of 2 years, manifesting as stunting and anemia. Article published in the publication Health in the Americas, PAHO, 2002. Published in 2002, by |
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Food and Nutrition Handbook This handbook is aimed at WFP staff at all levels who are involved with the delivery of food assistance to WFP beneficiaries. It should serve as both a reference and training manual, providing the staff with - better understanding of food an nutrition issues as they relate to WFP - a practical tool to tackle a number of basic nutrition related tasks,... Published in 2005, by |
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Food and Nutrition Needs in Emergencies UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and WHO have jointly developed these guidelines as a practical tool for assessing, estimating and monitoring the food and nutrition needs of populations in emergencies. Published in 2003, by |
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Food Scarcity and Famine. Assessment and response A detailed guide to the accurate assessment of the nutritional needs of populations suffering from the effects of food scarcity and famine. Published in 1992, by |
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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 |
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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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Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action This Handbook sets forth standards for the integration of gender issues from the outset of a new complex emergency or disaster, so that humanitarian services provided neither exacerbate nor inadvertently put people at risk; reach their target audience; and have maximum positive impact. The target audience for this Handbook is field practitioners... Published in 2006, by |
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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 |
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Golden Rice's Lack of lustre Addressing vitamin A deficiency without genetic engineering. Published in 2010, by |
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Guidelines for estimating: Food and nutritional needs in emergencies These guidelines describe the rationale for increasing the ration from 1900 kcals to 2100 kcals and describes the factors to consider when planning a ration. Published in 1997, by |
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Guidelines for selective feeding programmes in emergency situations Theory of ESFPs covering design, implementation, feeding and medical protocols, monitoring and evaluation. Includes key tables, e.g., for ration calculations, admissions and discharge, reporting and monitoring. For managers, health and nutrition workers. Published in 1999, by |
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Guidelines for Selective Feeding: The Management of Malnutrition in Emergencies These guidelines are intended as a practical guide to design, implement, monitor and evaluate selective feeding programmes in emergency situations, namely to answer the following key questions: - Which type and combination of selective feeding programmes are required? - How should each be implemented? The target audience includes: - Nutrition experts ... Published in 2009, by |
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Guidelines for Selective Feeding: The Management of Malnutrition in Emergencies - Annotated Bibliography This annotated bibliography is a guide to the various publications used in revising the “UNHCR/WFP Guidelines for Selective Feeding Programmes in Emergency Situations” published in 1999. The references included in this annotated bibliography cover documents published between 1999 and 2008. Published in 2009, by |
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Guidelines for the management of the severely malnourished Standard field guidelines with extensive information on the standard protocols and treatment of complications. Suitable for managers and health workers Published in 2006, by |
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Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients These guidelines are meant to assist countries in the design and implementation of appropriate food fortification programmes as part of a comprehensive food-based strategy for combating micronutrient deficiencies. Published in 2006, by |
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Guiding Principles for Feeding Infants and Young Children during Emergencies The guiding principles that follow have been prepared to help prevent increased morbidity and mortality; they serve as a basis for action and are intended: —to clarify that optimal practices for feeding infants and young children during emergencies are essentially the same as those that apply in other, more stable conditions; —to inform... Published in 2004, by |
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Halving Hunger: Meeting the first Millenium Development Goal through business as unusual IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan presents a report that challenges the way we address the hunger problem in the world. The report argues that new innovative approaches are needed to meet the first MDG of halving the hungry in the world by 2015. These approaches involve 1.Investing in two core pillars: Agriculture and social protection 2.Bring in new... Published in 2010, by |
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HarvestPlus - Le haricot Des millions d’Africains souffrent de carence en fer ou d’anémie ferriprive. En bas âge, pendant l’enfance et durant l’adolescence, cette carence entrave la croissance physique et l’endurance, le développement mental, ainsi que les capacités d’apprentissage. Pour plus de 300 millions de personnes, le haricot joue un rôle important dans le... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus - Le manioc La carence en vitamine A accroît le risque de maladies telles que la diarrhée ou la rougeole et, dans les cas sévères, peut même provoquer la cécité chez les enfants. Le manioc est une culture facilement adaptable qui croît dans les sols peu fertiles et qui est capable de supporter les maladies et la sécheresse. C’est pourquoi il s’agit d’un... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Bean Strategy Millions of Africans suffer from iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. During infancy, childhood, and adolescence, this deficiency impairs physical growth and endurance, mental development, and learning capacity. For more than 300 million people, beans are an important part of the diet, especially in regions of Africa and Meso- and South America. The... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus brochure générale HarvestPlus est un Challenge Program du Groupe consultatif pour la recherche agricole internationale (CGIAR), une alliance au niveau mondial qui mobilise la science pour aider les populations pauvres. HarvestPlus estime qu’en augmentant la teneur en micronutriments des aliments de base consommés à chaque repas, les cultures biofortifiées pourraient... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Cassava Strategy Vitamin A deficiency increases the risk of diseases such as diarrhea and measles and, when severe, can even lead to blindness in children. Cassava is an adaptable crop that will grow on marginal soils and is able to withstand disease and drought. For these reasons, it is an important staple food for millions of people around the world, especially among... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus General Brochure HarvestPlus is a Challenge Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global alliance that mobilizes science to help the poor. HarvestPlus believes that by increasing the micronutrient content of staple foods consumed at each meal, biofortified crops can be an effective tool in reducing micronutrient malnutrition among poor people. Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus in Africa In Africa nearly 200 million people are malnourished and at risk of disease, blindness, stunting, and other illnesses due to micronutrient malnutrition. Hunger and poverty in developing countries are closely linked; 75% percent of the world’s ultra poor (those living on less than 50 cents a day) are in Africa. Most poor Africans rely on diets consisting... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus in Asia According to the World Food Programme, most of the world’s hungry people live in Asia where micronutrient deficiencies are especially serious. Millions of people are at risk of disease from zinc deficiency; children succumb to illness, and can even go blind, from lack of vitamin A; and huge numbers of women, children, and men are weakened by iron deficiency anemia. Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Maize Strategy Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent in Africa and afflicts millions of children, resulting in morbidity, blindness, and even death. For many millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa (and Latin America) maize is a subsistence crop. Maize is also one of the most genetically diverse crops in the world, and scientists have found varieties that have... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Pearl Millet Strategy Iron deficiency, which is widely prevalent in India, impairs children’s physical growth, mental development, and learning capacity. Anemia is often induced by iron deficiency, and when severe it can increase women’s risk of dying in childbirth. Pearl millet is an important cereal crop in arid and semi-arid tropical regions of Asia and Africa. It is a... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Rice Strategy Millions of poor people in Asia suffer from hidden hunger, which includes zinc deficiency. Zinc is required for more body functions than any other mineral and is essential for survival. Lack of zinc in the diet inhibits normal growth and development and restricts functioning of the immune system. Rice is the staple food for more than half the world’s... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Sweet Potato Strategy Children with vitamin A deficiency are at increased risk of severe morbidity from common childhood infections such as diarrheal diseases and measles. In cases of extreme deficiency, they can become blind. More than 95% of the world’s sweet potato crop is grown in developing countries, where it is the fifth most important food crop. African farmers produce... Published in 2009, by |
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HarvestPlus Wheat Strategy Zinc is vital to more body functions than any other mineral. In humans it is a component of more than 200 enzyme systems and is required for normal growth and maintenance of body tissues and of the immune system. Zinc, in short, is essential for survival. Wheat is the second most consumed cereal in Asia, after rice. In South Asia, where micronutrient... Published in 2009, by |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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IDPAS Iron World "IDPAS Iron World" includes an outline of webpages with a diverse set of documentation related to micronutrient nutrition with emphasis on preventing and controlling iron deficiency anemia. IDPAS provides technical information, and timely responses to questions and requests for information. Covered topics range from how to effectively support advocacy for... Published in 2003, by |
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Improving Nutrition Through Nuclear Science Good nutrition is essential to health and quality of life. As a United Nations agency dedicated to helping Member States achieve their social and economic goals, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recognizes the importance of good nutrition and is working to address the problems underlying poor nutrition. Published in 2003, by |
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India's Undernourished Children: A Call For Reform & Action The World Bank has supported efforts to improve nutrition in India since 1980 with mixed results. This report aims at helping those who have to make difficult policy decisions, by providing information on the characteristics of child malnutrition across regions and over time and on the effectiveness of the ICDS program in addressing the causes and symptoms... Published in 2005, by |
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Indicators and Methods for Cross-Sectional Surveys of Vitamin and Mineral States of Populations Step by step MANUAL for planning and implementing cross-sectional surveys based on previous publications. It is aimed at programme managers involved in the design and implementation of surveys to assess vitamin A, Iodine and Iron status. It describes procedures and tools necessary for a cross-sectional survey to provide estimates of prevalence and estimation... Published in 2007, by |
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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 |
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies - a Joint Statement - Haiti A call for support for appropriate infant and young child feeding and caution about unnecessary and potentially harmful donations and use of breast-milk substitutes. Statement given shortly after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Published in 2010, 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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Infant Feeding in Emergencies - policy, strategy and practice A report of the main outputs of an ad-hoc group meeting held in the United Kingdom. While much of the material has been updated in more recent publications, it is still a good background document and has a lot of useful material including the ‘Triage for Decision Making’ that many people find useful. Published in 1999, by |
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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 |
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Integrating Vitamin A with Immunization - An Information and Training Package TRAINING module for integrating Vitamin A with immunization programmes. The training sessions cover: General information Logistics and supplies Administration of Vitamin A capsules Record-keeping Social mobilization Monitoring and supervision In addition there are case studies for Malawi and Ethiopia. The training is aimed for all contexts,... Published in 2003, by |
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Interactive Learning Exchange - Exploring Strategies to Reach and Work with Adolescents Within the framework of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the World Bank and its partners are working with countries to address health and development problems of vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents. One crucial component of the healthy development of adolescents is good nutrition. Yet this population has received little... Published in 2004, by |
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Iron supplementation of young children in regions where malaria transmission is intense and infectious disease highly prevalent Following the publication of two studies evaluating the impact of iron and zinc supplementation on childhood mortality and severe morbidity in Nepal and Zanzibar, WHO and UNICEF published a Joint Statement to emphasize the fact that iron and folic acid supplementation should be targeted only to those children who are anaemic and at risk of iron deficiency.... Published in 2006, by |
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Joint Assessment Guidelines (with tools and resources) Manual and training guide to food security and nutrition assessment. Published in 2004, by |
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La anemia entre adolescentes y mujeres adultas jóvenes en América Latina y El Caribe: Un motivo de preocupación Este artículo presenta las siguientes preguntas: - ¿Qué es la anemia y por qué ocurre entre las adolescentes y mujeres adultas jóvenes? - ¿Cuáles son los efectos negativos de la anemia en las adolescentes? - El embarazo durante la adolescencia: ¿Cuáles son los efectos negativos para la madre y para el bebé? - ¿Cuál es la magnitud del... Published in 2008, by |
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La Situation des enfants dans le monde, numéro spécial : célébrer les 20 ans de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant Pour commémorer le 20e anniversaire de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant le 20 novembre 2009, l'UNICEF consacre un numéro spécial de La Situation des enfants dans le monde, le fleuron de ses publications, aux droits de l'enfant. Le rapport évalue l'impact de la Convention sur le bien-être des enfants et le développement humain au cours des... Published in 2009, by |
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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 |
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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 |
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Learning about Micronutrient Nutrition: Iodine The objectives of this learning module are: 1. Introduce iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) as a clinical and public health problem 2. Provide up-to-date information on global IDD issues 3. Suggest clinical and population-based assessment, treatment and prevention strategies Published in 2001, by |
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Learning about Micronutrient Nutrition: Iron This educational module on iron has two basic purposes: 1. To bring to the attention of health program and project managers, professional health care providers and students the dire consequences of anaemia for health in its physical and mental dimensions and for the economic productivity of individuals and populations; and 2. To make health care... Published in 2003, by |
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Learning about Micronutrient Nutrition: Vitamin A Eduactional module to learn about Vitamin A deficiency, prevention and control programs Published in 2001, by |
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Les premières années: Les clés de la nutrition et de la santé infantiles Le présent aperçu met en lumière certaines activités dans lesquelles on utilise des isotopes stables, comme la mesure de l’absorption du lait maternel par les nourrissons, de la masse maigre (masse musculaire) des mères allaitantes et de la biodisponibilité du fer chez les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants. Publié dans IAEA bulletin Volume 47, No.1 Published in 2005, by |
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Los primeros años: Claves para la nutrición y la salud infantiles En esta breve reseña se destacan actividades seleccionadas en la esfera de la nutrición infantil en las que se han utilizado técnicas de isótopos estables. Se incluyen proyectos para medir la ingestión de leche por los niños amamantados, la masa corporal delgada (masa muscular) de las madres lactantes y la biodisponibilidad de hierro en los lactantes y... Published in 2005, by |
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Mainstreaming Nutrition in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: What Does It Take? In December 1999, the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new approach to development assistance that links debt relief to poverty reduction in low-income countries: the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). As one of the requirements for receipt of continued concessional lending and/or debt relief under the Heavily... Published in 2006, by |
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Management of Severe Malnutrition: A Manual for Physicians and Other Senior Health Workers This manual provides guidelines for the treatment of severely malnourished children (below 5 years of age) in hospitals and health centres. The treatment of severely malnourished adolescents and adults is also briefly considered. The manual is intended for health personnel working at central and district level, including physicians, nurses, midwives and auxiliaries. Published in 1999, by |
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Meeting the Millennium Development Goals with Agricultural Biodiversity This booklet covers some of the specific cases in which rural people have made use of agricultural biodiversity in various ways to improve their livelihoods. It is our hope that, by showing what some have achieved, all will be encouraged to deploy agricultural biodiversity more effectively. Farmers planning their next season, policymakers drawing up Poverty... Published in 2005, by |
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Mejorando la Nutrición a través de la Ciencia Nuclear La nutrición adecuada es indespensable para salud y calidad de vida. Como ente de las ONU, dedicado a ayudar a los Estados Mimbros a lograr sus metas sociales y económicas, el OIEA cree en la importancia de mantener un óptimo esta nutricio y trabaja para enfrentar retos en este sentido. Published in 2003, by |
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Micronutrient Deficiencies and Interventions in Cambodia - Information for Improved Programming Cambodia is fortunate to have many sources of data on maternal and child health and nutrition. This report synthesizes and analyzes the available data to provide an overview of the prevalence of anemia, micronutrient deficiencies and malnutrition in Cambodia, the status of current efforts in their prevention and treatment, and recommendations to improve the... Published in 2008, by |
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Micronutrient Fortification: WFP Experiences and Ways Forward Micronutrient deficiencies represent a largely invisible but often devastating form of malnutrition that is particularly prevalent among WFP's beneficiary populations already lacking sufficient food. Known effects of micronutrient deficiencies include impaired physical and mental growth among children, iron-deficiency anemia, maternal mortality, low adult... Published in 2004, by |
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Micronutrient Malnutrition- Detection, Measurement and Intervention- a Training Pack for Field Staff A Training course on micronutrient malnutrition made up of POWER POINT presentations, Handouts and Photo cards aimed at raising awareness of micronutrient deficiencies Session 1: Important Nutrition Concepts Session 2: Micronutrient Deficiency Diseases Session 3: Detection and Prevention Published in 2003, by |
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Micronutrients in Somalia: a Pocket Guide Guidelines including information on micronutrients and the disorders that result from their deficiency as part of a strategy to counter malnutrition problem in Somalia through short and longer term interventions aimed at prevention. The guidelines are applicable outside Somalia and are accompanied by Flip Charts for training use. Published in 2005, by |
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National Guidelines for the Use of Iron Folate Supplementation to Prevent and Treat Anemia in Pregnant and Post-Partum Women Anemia remains a major public health problem in Cambodia, with 57 % of pregnant women anemic. An estimated 50 % of anemia in Cambodia is caused by iron deficiency. The Guidelines address the appropriate uses of IFA supplements to prevent and treat iron deficiency in pregnant and post-partum women. Specifically, the Guidelines provide recommendations for the... Published in 2007, by |
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National Micronutrient Training Module and Job Aids for Village Volunteers To further extend nutrition skills and knowledge into the health system, the Village Volunteer Micro-nutrient Module provides training to village volunteers on good nutrition practices, including infant and young child feeding, the role of micronutrients, counseling to prevent maternal and child anemia, how to assist in the preparation of vitamin A rounds,... Published in 2009, by |
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National Nutrition Training Curriculum - Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) 10 The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) Module 10 training package works to strengthen the nutrition skills and knowledge of health centre staff to facilitate integrated nutrition activities in health service delivery, supervision and information. MPA Module 10 focuses on Cambodia’s five main nutrition interventions (infant and young child feeding, growth... Published in 2009, by |
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National training programmes on treatment of severe malnutrition National programmes supported by WHO. Good examples for trainers. Published in 2010, by |
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National Vitamin A Communication Strategy and Demand Generation Activities As part of efforts to build a more standardized and comprehensive vitamin A program, Cambodia’s NNP with A2Z assistance, designed a national vitamin A communication strategy designed to reenergize vitamin A communication activities, create standardized messages, correct misinformation, and build awareness among a variety of stakeholders, such as parents,... Published in 2008, by |
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Neglected and Underutilized Plant Species - Strategic Action Plan of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Global food security and economic growth now depend on a declining number of plant species. This has placed the future supply of food and rural incomes at risk. To fulfil its global mandate to conserve and use the world's plant genetic resources for the development and welfare of present and future generations IPGRI is committed to promoting greater... Published in 2002, by |
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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 |
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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 |
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Nutrition and environment A stand alone brief on nutrition and environment designed to facilitate dialogue between nutrition and other development professionals. Published in 2002, by |
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Nutrition and Health in Thailand: Trends and action The objective of this case study is to draw important conclusions as to which programs are effective in combatting and preventing malnutrition, why, and how they are best managed. The scope goes beyond "nutrition" programs per se, however. In addition to the analysis of changes in nutritional status, the study investigates the scope of indirect actions and... Published in 1992, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 02 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 2004, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 03 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 2004, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 04 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 2004, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 05 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 2005, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 06 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 2005, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 07 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 2005, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 09 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 2006, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 18 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 2009, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 19 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 2009, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 20 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 2009, by |
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Nutrition Manual for humanitarian action This manual is an important tool for all humanitarian workers involved in the field of nutrition. In addition to presenting an in-depth explanation of human nutrition, nutrition crisis and nutritional programmes within humanitarian intervention, the manual highlights the importance of maintaining a better understanding of the broader impact of war on all... Published in 2004, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 01 - Nutrition Education: A State-of-the-art Review How well or poorly does nutrition education work? Does it deal better with some nutrition problems than with others? Do some kinds of nutrition education produce better results than other kinds? These are the sorts of questions addressed by Dr. Robert Hornik and a panel of distinguished discussants in the pages that follow. From their answers emerges a... Published in 1985, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 02 - Delivery of oral doses of vitamin A deficiency and nutritional blindness: A state-of-the-art review The ACC/SCN State-of-the-Art Series aims to provide authoritative information to help policy-making and implementation of programmes to improve nutrition in the world. This document concerns prevention of vitamin A deficiency, which is the objective of a Ten-Year UN Programme, launched in 1985. It is a coordinated effort between UN and national governments,... Published in 1987, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 03 - The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders This paper is the third in the ACC/SCN's State-of-the-Art series. Like the two previous papers, on nutrition education and control of vitamin A deficiency, it provides information to assist decisions on policies and programmes to prevent widespread nutritional problems. Iodine deficiency is one of these, affecting some 200 million people. Yet science and... Published in 1988, 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 06 - Women and Nutrition Women, throughout most of the world, have the major responsibility for their families' nutrition. Their own nutrition is often impaired, under the social and biological stresses they face. Developments that improve women's position in society are likely to improve nutrition overall, and are essential for this. Equally, any activities aimed at preventing... Published in 1990, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 09 - Controlling Iron Deficiency Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional disorder in the world, affecting particularly pregnant and lactating women and pre-school children. Supplementation with ferrous sulphate tablets (often including folic acid) is efficacious but problems exist with effectiveness of large scale programmes in developing countries. Nonetheless, improvement... Published in 1991, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 10 - Nutrition-relevant Actions 'Nutrition' has been used in the past to describe both an input (consumption of nutrients) as well as a set of outcomes. Some of the confusion about the scope of actions to improve nutrition may be cleared up by distinguishing causality and effect. Thus, if nutrition is to be seen as an input, then the focus will be primarily on food. If it is to be viewed... Published in 1991, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 12 - Nutritional Issues in Food Aid In the past, critics of food aid have argued that it encourages dependency, both by undermining incentives to local food production as well as biasing tastes towards imported commodities. However, as we approach the mid-1990s, there is now a growing understanding that -- when managed appropriately - food aid can provide a positive boost to food security, at... Published in 1993, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 13 - Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries This report presents conclusive evidence that improving the vitamin A status of young children reduced mortality rates by about 23%. The evidence relates to population groups in which there was evidence that vitamin A deficiency was sufficiently prevalent and sufficiently severe to give rise to at least a low prevalence of clinical signs of deficiency. Published in 1993, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 14 - Controlling Vitamin A Deficiency With the recent publication of "Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries" as ACC/SCN Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No. 13, we now know more about the type and degree of positive benefits of raising vitamin A status among deprived populations. After the findings of the... Published in 1994, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 15 - How Nutrition Improves Viewing improved nutrition as an outcome of development processes expands the area of concern for policy-makers and practitioners who seek to combat malnutrition. These processes operate at different levels in society, from (he individual through to the whole arena of governmental policy and indeed international relationships. The SCN, in deciding on... Published in 1996, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 16 - Nutrition and Poverty This report presents a collection of papers discussed at the 24th Session of the United Nations Sub-Committee on Nutrition, held in March 1997 in Kathmandu. The Symposium presenters and discussants traced the origins of child malnutrition to low birth weight, maternal deprivation and discrimination against girls and women in South Asia. Malnutrition in the... Published in 1997, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 18 - Low Birthweight This Nutrition Policy Paper was produced by the ACC/SCN in collaboration with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh: Centre for Health and Population Research. It summarizes the proceedings of the Low Birthweight Symposium and Workshop held in Dhaka in June 1999. Evidence regarding interventions to prevent low birthweight and... Published in 2000, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 19 - What Works? A Review of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions This review takes the perspective of low-income Asia, because the study was commissioned by the Asian Development Bank to inform its policy dialogue with Asian governments. We believe the review will be useful for ADB and all development partners selecting nutrition interventions as stand-alone activities or components in integrated social development... Published in 2001, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 22 - Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy in Developing Country Settings This issue of Nutrition Policy paper focuses on multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in developing country settings. Published in 2009, by |
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Nutrition-Relevant Actions in Tanzania This Tanzanian case study provides an example of how a poor country can combat malnutrition through political commitment and choice. It gives hope that while socio−economic development is important to achieve the nutrition goals of the 1990’s, much progress can be made without waiting for the trickle down effects of economic development. Published in 1993, by |
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Occasional Paper 16: Fortifying Food in the Field to Boost Nutrition: Case Studies from Afghanistan, Angola and Zambia This Occasional Paper outlines three approaches by WFP to fortifying food in Afghanistan, Angola and Zambia. It examines the challenges faced and the outcomes achieved in an effort to share this knowledge with others dedicated to improving the nutritional status of poor and food-insecure people. Published in 2006, by |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pellagra and its prevention and control in major emergencies This document is a review of pellagra. Pellagra results from a niacin and/or tryptophan deficient diet. Earliest recorded reports of pellagra were made almost 250 years ago. The condition quickly became associated with maize-based diets and was seen to spread throughout Europe following the introduction of maize as a staple crop from its original home in the New World. Published in 2000, by |
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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 |
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Prácticas esenciales del parto para la salud y nutrición de la madre y el recién nacido Los primeros minutos después del parto es un período muy vulnerable para la madre y el recién nacido. La atención que se presta durante estos momentos es fundamental no solo para la supervivencia inmediata de ambos sino también para mejorar su salud y nutrición a largo plazo. El manejo activo del alumbramiento, incluyendo el momento óptimo para pinzar... Published in 2007, by |
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Preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies in people affected by the Asian tsunami In any humanitarian crisis, micronutrient deficiencies can easily develop or be made worse if they are already present. This happens because livelihoods and food crops are lost, food supplies are interrupted, diarrhoeal diseases break out and cause malabsorption and nutrient losses, and infectious diseases suppress the appetite while increasing the need for... Published in 2005, by |
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Preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies in populations affected by an emergency Provides guidance on the composition of multiple micronutrient supplements for vitamins and minerals and for the fortification of general rations for women and children. Published in 2006, by |
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Principios de orientación de la alimentación de niños no amamantados entre los 6 y los 24 meses de edad El presente documento contiene orientación para la alimentación de niños no amamantados después de los primeros seis meses de vida. La intención de estos Principios Orientadores es de servir de guía para las normas y las acciones programáticas a nivel mundial, nacional y comunitario. La publicación de la OPS Principios de Orientación Para la... Published in 2007, by |
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Principios de orientación para la alimentación complementaria del niño amamantado El grupo objetivo de las guías de este documento son los niños amamantados durante los primeros dos años de vida. Las guías descritas en este documento son el resultado de extensas discusiones llevadas a cabo en varias consultas técnicas y documentos sobre alimentación complementaria. Este documento no cubre recomendaciones específicas para la... Published in 2003, by |
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Programa Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición, PANN 2000. Evaluación de proceso e impacto El Programa Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición (PANN 2000) del Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) del Ecuador fue creado en el año 1998 e implementado en el año 2000 con el apoyo de organismos nacionales e internacionales y ONGs, para mejorar el estado nutricional, prevenir el retraso en el crecimiento y la deficiencia de micronutrientes en lactantes y... Published in 2007, by |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Promoción del crecimiento para prevenir la desnutrición cronica: Estrategias con Base Comunitaria en Centro América Los programas de promoción del crecimiento con base comunitaria (PCBC) son aquellos que apoyan el crecimiento de los niños y niñas mediante la consejería individualizada mensual a los padres sobre prácticas de cuidado, alimentación, tratamiento de enfermedades prevalentes y uso apropiado de los servicios de salud. Esta publicación busca servir de... Published in 2009, by |
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Protecting and Promoting Good Nutrition in Crisis and Recovery GUIDELINES designed to further the development of a more strategic focus that strengthens programme planners' capacity to protect and promote good nutrition in crisis situations. Its purpose is to establish a common vision and standpoint from which to assess, analyse and improve nutritional well-being in a variety of emergency contexts. It will be relevant... Published in 2005, by |
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Protocol for the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition With training materials and a summary wall chart. National guidelines based in recent standard protocols. Suitable for managers and health workers. Published in 2007, by |
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Public Health Guide for Emergencies Building emergency relief skills requires not only technical health training but also education in emergency preparedness and response. This guide is designed to serve as a reference for such training. Published in 2008, by |
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Rôle de la supplémentation hebdomadaire en fer et en acide folique chez la femme en âge de procréer pour favoriser une santé optimale de la mère et de l’enfant La présente déclaration repose sur le consensus obtenu lors d’une consultation mondiale de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) sur la supplémentation hebdomadaire en fer et en acide folique en prévention de l’anémie chez la femme en âge de procréer, organisée à Manille (Philippines), du 25 au 27 avril 2007. Elle fait la synthèse des... Published in 2009, by |
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REACH Acting at Scale Intervention Guides - Local Homestead Food Production The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners... Published in 2008, by |
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REACH Acting at Scale Intervention Guides - Micronutrient Supplementation and Fortification The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners... Published in 2009, by |
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REACH Acting at Scale Intervention Guides - Summary of the Acting at Scale Intervention Guides The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners... Published in 2008, by |
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REACH Acting at Scale Intervention Guides - Supplementary Feeding The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners... Published in 2009, by |
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Recommendations on wheat and maize flour fortification meeting report: Interim Consensus Statement This statement is based on scientific reviews prepared for a Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI) technical workshop held in Stone Mountain, GA, USA in 2008 where various organizations actively engaged in the prevention and control of vitamin and mineral deficiencies and various other relevant stakeholders met and discussed specific practical recommendations... Published in 2009, by |
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Recursos Efectivos en Salud Escolar (RESE): un enfoque nuevo para mejorar la calidad y la equidad educativa En Abril del año 2000 la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud, UNESCO, UNICEF y el Banco Mundial, colaboraron en la organización de una sesión de trabajo conjunto en el Foro Mundial Educativo desarrollado en Dakar, Senegal. Esta sesión estratégica, se propuso la meta de aumentar el interés y la concientización del sector educativo acerca del valor de... Published in 2001, by |
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Refugee Health: An approach to emergency situations A manual on emergency health care. It deals with refugees and internally displaced persons, and what a health agency can do to relieve their plight. It focuses on policies rather than on practical aspects, and is meant to act as a guide to decision-makers. Published in 1997, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 05 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations The UN ACC/SCN decided to set up an information system to track the nutrition of refugees and displaced people. Distributing this information should help to bring action to improve the situation. This is the fifth of a regular series of reports, issued every two months. This report is the first in the series to include reports on some Asian refugees and... Published in 1994, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 11 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations Every two months, the UN ACC/SCN issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people. Distributing this information is intended to raise awareness and facilitate action to improve the situation. This is the eleventh of a regular series of reports, and is the seventh in the series to include reports on some Asian refugees and displaced people. Published in 1995, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 14 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations The UN ACC/SCN issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people normally every two months. Distributing this information is intended to raise awareness and facilitate action to improve the situation. This is the fourteenth of a regular series of reports. Information is obtained from a wide range of collaborating agencies, both UN and... Published in 1996, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 21 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations The UN ACC/SCN issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action to improve the situation. This is the twenty first of a regular series of reports. Information is obtained from a wide range of collaborating agencies, both UN and NGO. The information available is mainly about... Published in 1997, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 22 - Supplement - Report on the Nutrition Situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea This paper aims to summarise the sometimes conflicting information currently available on the nutrition and food security situation in the DPRK. First, it gives some background information - a context in which to understand the current situation. It then summarises the available information and data on nutrition and food security in the country, pointing out... Published in 1997, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 39 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations The UN ACC/SCN issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action to improve the situation. Information is obtained from a wide range of collaborating agencies, both UN and NGO. The information available is mainly about nutrition, health, and survival in refugee and displaced... Published in 2002, by |
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Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action Putting an end to extreme malnutrition will lay the foundation for improving the health and well-being of the present generation and lead to benefits for future generations over the 21st century. This report is written primarily for the community of international development partners, as well as those in government and civil society concerned with action to improve nutrition. Published in 2006, by |
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Review of the Published Literature of the Impact and Cost-effectiveness of six Nutrition Related Interventions A review of the published evidence for the impact and cost-effectiveness of six key humanitarian interventions commonly implemented in emergencies (general rations, supplementary feeding, therapeutic feeding, measles vaccination, vitamin A supplementation and bed net distributions). The overall aims of the review were to identify gaps in the literature and... Published in 2004, by |
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Review of Trends, Policies and Programmes Affecting Nutrition and Health in Egypt (1970-1990) The main objective of this report is to review the different policies, as well as programs affecting health and nutrition status of Egyptians over the period 1970−1990. The study will attempt to outline and examine Critically the major trends in the health and nutrition status of the Egyptians in the light of: − the Egyptian socio−economic setting; ... Published in 1992, by |
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Revised National Vitamin A Policy Guidelines While coverage of vitamin A supplementation has been increasing in recent years, it still falls short of national goals of 90 % coverage. To build a stronger, more cohesive program nationally, the National Vitamin A Policy was revised in 2007 to institute changes that will help increase coverage. Chances include updated scientific evidence, experience from... Published in 2007, by |
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Rising Food and Fuel Prices: Addressing the Risks to Future Generations The moderation in global prices over the past few months is scant consolation to the millions who are still facing high domestic prices and have cut back on eating nutritious food and on investing in their child’s schooling. Published in 2008, by |
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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 |
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SCN News No 01 - Vitamin A Deficiency, Urbanization Recent evidence that vitamin A supplementation may save the lives - as well as the sight - of children affected by the eye disease xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency has given new urgency to a 10-year United Nations programme aimed at the control and prevention of vitamin A deficiency. Launched by a UN interagency meeting in October 1985, the... Published in 1988, by |
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SCN News No 02 - First Report on the World Nutrition Situation 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... Published in 1989, 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 04 - Update on the Nutrition Situation This issue of SCN News gives an update on the nutrition situation - Latest data from 33 countries show diverse trends. Drought and debt crises regularly hit the headlines. Success stories have a poorer press. What is actually happening to nutrition in countries in the developing world? Is the "silent emergency" becoming "silent genocide"? 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 06 - Preventing Anaemia 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... Published in 1990, by |
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SCN News No 07 - Refugees' Nutrition Crisis The main focus of this SCN News is on refugees' nutrition crisis, as serious problems are experienced in meeting the nutritional needs of refugees. Furthermore, micronutrient intake and its relation to income and prices as well as the link between breastfeeding, birth spacing and nutrition are discussed. Published in 1991, by |
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SCN News No 07 - Supplement - Some Options for Improving Nutrition in the 1990s This summary is intended to be useful for international agencies concerned with certain major nutritional problems in poor societies, and through them for governments making decisions on policies to alleviate these problems. It aims to provide a view of the state of current knowledge, based on recent experience, emanating from a meeting convened by the... Published in 1991, 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 09 - Focus on Micronutrients Deficiencies in the intake or absorption of vitamin A, iron, and iodine have serious consequences for health and mental and physical function. The clinical manifestations of these nutritional deficiencies - such as xerophthalmia, anaemia, and goitre - have been identified as major problems with increasing public health significance. This issue of SCN News... Published in 1993, by |
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SCN News No 10 - Nutrition and Food Aid; Nutrition and Human Rights Although the idea that adequate nutrition should be regarded as a fundamental human right appears in many different contexts in international law - these are not binding in practice. Another focus of this SCN News is on Nutrition Transition: Large shifts in dietary composition are taking place in some lower income countries with important implications for... Published in 1993, by |
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SCN News No 11 - Maternal and Child Nutrition This SCN News focuses on maternal and child nutrition. Birthweight, child growth and adolescent growth - all needing good nutrition - determine nutritional status before and during pregnancy. Therefore, maternal nutrition influences foetal growth and birthweight, of this and future generations. Published in 1994, 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 13 - Behavioural Change and Nutrition Programmes; Poor Nutrition and Chronic Disease This issue of SCN News features a report of discussions at the ACC/SCN symposium on behavioural change and nutrition programmes as well as a report of the proceedings of the ACC/SCN symposium on nutrition in the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity in developing countries. Published in 1995, by |
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SCN News No 14 - Meeting the Nutrition Challenge The focus of this issue of SCN News is on the nutrition challenge in the 21st century. New estimates of trends in malnutrition show some improvement worldwide, but at a substantially slower rate in the last few years than in the 1980s. This slowdown is cause for concern. It means that while the end of hunger and malnutrition had been coming into sight in the... Published in 1997, by |
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SCN News No 15 - Effective Programmes in Africa for Improving Nutrition This SCN News presents an overview of the Symposium 'Effective Programmes in Africa for Improving Nutrition, including Household Food Security' which was held at the SCN's 23rd Session in Accra, Ghana in February 1996. Published in 1997, by |
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SCN News No 16 - Nutrition of the School-age Child This feature brings together a variety of articles, and reports of two new publications on the health and nutrition of school-age children. The papers range in content from the assessment of nutritional status in school-age children, to examples of school-based nutrition and feeding programmes in different countries. The nutritional concerns of school... Published in 1998, 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 19 - Nutrition and Healthy Ageing It is projected that in 20 years there will be twice as many older people in the world, and 70% will live in developing countries. A radical change in our perception is needed: older people are not "burdens" or "problems" needing charity, but rather carers of children, advisers, teachers, guardians of culture, and volunteers for numerous community projects.... Published in 1999, by |
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SCN News No 20 - Nutrition and Agriculture This issue of SCN News deals with nutrition and agriculture. Published in 2000, by |
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SCN News No 21 - Nutrition and the Environment This issue of SCN News deals with nutrition and the environment. With two major global conferences held in the past two months on environmental concerns, as well as increased media attention to climate change and global warming, environmental pollution and safety of the food supply, we felt it appropriate to set out a series of articles on the linkages with nutrition. Published in 2000, 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 25 - School-age Children: Their Health and Nutrition This issue of SCN News features a comprehensive review of the nutrition and health status of school-age children, an initiative of the SCN Working Group on Nutrition of the School-Age Child chaired very ably during 2000-2002 by Don Bundy of the World Bank. For many decades a neglected age group, the nutritional well being of children six to 18 years reflects... 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 29 - Overweight and Obesity: A New Nutrition Emergency? This issue of SCN News highlights the global challenge involved in effectively addressing the increasing public health problem of overweight and obesity. Our goal is to update readers and raise awareness of the issues related to overweight and obesity from a broad perspective and highlight recent global efforts and actions for their prevention and control. Published in 2004, by |
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SCN News No 31 – Adolescence: a Pivotal Stage in the Lifecycle This issue of SCN News features articles addressing a population that receives little attention: adolescents. UNFPA’s State of World Population (2005) estimates that there are 1.2 billion adolescents between 10-19 years of age today. Although not specifically mentioned in the Millennium Development Goals, adolescents are the future adults who will continue... Published in 2005, by |
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SCN News No 32 - Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda SCN News No 32 - Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda. This issue provides the outcomes of the 33rd Annual Session focusing on Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition. This is the first time the SCN addresses malnutrition in all its forms affecting both the developing and industrialized worlds. The objective was to develop clear... Published in 2006, by |
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SCN News No 35 - Universal Salt Iodization (USI) This edition of the SCN News is about one of the greatest success stories in international nutrition, that of Universal Salt Iodization. Although much still remains to be done, remarkable advances have been achieved in the fight against Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in the last two decades. Published in 2007, by |
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SCN News No 36 - Accelerating the Reduction of Maternal and Child Undernutrition This edition of the SCN News is of special relevance for a variety of reasons, not least of which being the recommendations agreed at the 35th Session held in Hanoi in March 2008, hosted by the Government of Vietnam. The 35th Session was aimed at understanding how to accelerate the reduction of maternal and child undernutrition, drawing on the recently... Published in 2008, by |
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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 |
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Scurvy and its prevention and control in major emergencies Although this document is intended primarily as a backdrop for interventions involving refugees, it is also suitable as a guide for ensuring adequate vitamin C intake in most emergency settings. It reviews the strategies and past experiences of the prevention of scurvy in refugee situations, and analyses factors influencing their success or failure. It... Published in 1999, 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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Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Volume II: Country Trends Methods and Statistics Country-level data are intended to illustrate and promote understanding of observed trends in nutrition. They also, importantly, show the variety of situations, smoothed out in the regional data, from rapid improvement to stagnation or deterioration. As discussed in the text, the choice of countries was biased towards those with large populations. This means... Published in 1993, by |
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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 |
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State of the world’s mothers 2007: Saving the lives of children under 5 This report clearly links the health of children with the health of mothers. Published in 2007, by |
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Strengthening action to improve feeding of infants and young children 6-23 months of age in nutrition and child health programmes Appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding are among the most effective interventions to promote child health, growth and development. In the past decades, the evidence for essential actions to promote exclusive breastfeeding has been strengthened considerably. More recently, progress has been made in defining standards for complementary feeding.... Published in 2008, by |
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Suivre les progrès dans le domaine de la nutrition de l'enfant et de la mère : une priorité en matière de survie et de développement Il est urgent de redoubler d'efforts pour lutter contre la sous-nutrition, qui contribue à plus d'un tiers des décès des enfants de moins de cinq ans dans le monde. Le rapport « Suivre les progrès dans le domaine de la nutrition de l'enfant et de la mère » présente des informations sur les stratégies à suivre en matière de nutrition, les progrès... Published in 2009, by |
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Targeting Malnutrition Isotopic Tools for Evaluating Nutrition Worldwide This booklet provides a brief description of pioneering Agency-supported work to evaluate vitamin A and iron deficiencies, bone disease, undernutrition and obesity and the special nutritional requirements of pregnant and lactating women and their children. Published in 2009, by |
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Ten Minutes to Learn about Nutrition Programming - Magazine Issue No. 3/2008, Supplement Sight and Life Magazine carries news, features, letters and editorials on nutrition and health-related projects and research activities from on-the-ground practioners as well as leading experts and policymakers in public health and nutrition. This issue of the Sight and Life Magazine focuses on Nutrition Programming. Published in 2008, by |
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The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project Effectiveness and Lessons The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Programme (BINP) represented the first large-scale government intervention in nutrition. The program began in 1995; it was followed in 2002 by the National Nutrition Programme (NNP) and is being followed up now with a sector wide health approach. Nutrition also features significantly in the draft poverty reduction... Published in 2005, 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 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 |
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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 |
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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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The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World’s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades,... Published in 2009, by |
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The use of nutrition indicators in surveillance systems, Technical Paper No. 2 The aim of this paper is to improve understanding of the use of nutritional indicators in surveillance systems that feed into Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) both at global and at national level1. The focus is on nutritional indicators (i.e. anthropometry and indicators of micronutrient status) rather than the total... Published in 2001, by |
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Thiamine deficiency and its prevention and control in major emergencies This is a document on thiamine deficiency, which looks at the risk factors leading to outbreaks of thiamine deficiency, describes the signs and symptoms of the deficiency disease, and discusses the strategies to prevent the deficiency in populations affected by major emergencies. A literature review of the epidemiology of thiamine deficiency, the... Published in 1999, by |
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Third Report on the World Nutrition Situation This Third Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of SCN reports initiated in the mid 80s on nutritional status of populations in developing countries. The centrepiece of earlier reports was estimates of regional trends in underweight of preschool children. This Third Report presents, for the first time, information on global and... Published in 1997, by |
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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 |
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Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition: A survival and development priority There is an urgent need to accelerate efforts throughout the world to reduce undernutrition, which contributes to more than one third of all deaths in children under age 5. Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition provides information on nutrition strategies, progress made by programmes and current challenges, based on the most recent data... Published in 2009, 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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Update on the Nutrition Situation - 1994 This report updates the results given in the Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation. New data available at country level1 give recent trends in prevalences of underweight children, as the main nutritional indicator, in 18 countries. These can be compared with those reported in Volume II, to give a total of 46 national trend estimates for the 1980s... Published in 1994, by |
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Use of Compact Foods in Emergencies Overview of compact foods available for use in emergencies, outlying advantages and disadvantages of different products including BP5, Plumpynut, High Energy Biscuits and High Density Rations. It includes their micronutrient value Published in 2002, by |
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Vitamin A Supplementation: A decade of progress Vitamin A deficiency affects some 127 million preschool children globally, putting them at increased risk of sickness and death. But supplementation is cost-effective and has proven potential to reduce the yearly number of preventable child deaths. This report tracks the progress of supplementation programming following 10 years of global advocacy. It is a... Published in 2007, by |
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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 |
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Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) in women of reproductive age: its role in promoting optimal maternal and child health This position statement is based on the consensus of a World Health Organization (WHO) Global Consultation on Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) for Preventing Anaemia in Women of Reproductive Age held in Manila, Philippines, 25-27 April 2007 and summarizes recommendations based on a desk review commissioned by the WHO Regional Office for the... Published in 2009, by |
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Why infant formula causes deaths due to diarrhoea in emergencies Explains the causes of diarrhoea, how breastfeeding prevents diarrhoea and how infant formula makes infants vulnerable to diarrhoea and the risks during emergencies. Published in 2007, by |