Emergency nutrition

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What are the major causes of death in conflict affected areas?: ( P. Salama;P. Spiegel;L. Talley;R. Waldman / The Lancet , 2004); Major advances have been made during the past decade in the way the international community responds to the health and nutrition consequences of complex emergencies. The public health and clinical ...
Training guide on community-based management of acute malnutrition in children: ( H Deconinck;K. Cashin;J. Whelan / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international...
Assessing the impact of nutritional definciency in famine: ( R. Mu;X. Zhang / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008); An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in th...
As food prices increase, food aid hits a record low: ( United Nations [UN] World Food Programme , 2008); The 2008 edition of the annual Food Aid Flows report provides a comprehensive view of trends in global food aid, which include food aid deliveries by Governments, non-governmental organisations and th...
How can North Korea avoid another food crisis?: ( S. Haggard;M. Noland;E. Weeks / Peterson Institute for International Economics , 2008); The margin of error between required grain in North Korea and available supply is now less than 100,000 metric tons. Local food prices are sky-rocketing faster than world prices, the regime has sou...
Exposure to war increases malnutrition and stunting amongst children in Burundi: ( T. Bundervoet;P. Verwimp;R. Akresh / Microcon , 2008); This Microcon research working paper examines the impact of Burundi’s civil war on children’s health status, focusing on early childhood malnutrition and stunting. The paper uses household...
Synthesis of lessons on integration of CMAM into national health systems: Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger: ( H. Deconinck;A. Swindale;F. Grant;C. Navarro-Colorado / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); This report reviews the integration of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) into the national health systems of Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger between April and June 2007. It documents ...
How can responses to emerging food insecurity crises be improved?: ( E. Mathys / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007); In geographic areas and populations chronically vulnerable to food insecurity, early warning and response (EWR) systems can provide necessary information to help modify programme interventions and ...
Recommendations for improving child health in situations of armed conflict, population displacement and/or food insecurity: ( W.J. Moss; M. Ramakrishnan; D. Storms / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2006); Recommended reading; This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines literature on child health in complex emergencies and reviews guidelines used by organisations engaged in child healt...
Review of how nutrition data is collected, analysed and interpreted: ( H. Young; S. Jaspars / Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI , 2006); This paper, published by the Humanitarian Practice Network, reviews how nutrition data is collected, analysed and interpreted in emergencies. The prevalence of acute malnutrition is one of the most wi...