Nutrition programmes

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Nutrition supplements in early childhood linked to future economic productivity: evidence from Guatemala: ( J. Hoddinott;J. A. Maluccio;J. R. Behrman / The Lancet , 2008); This research article from The Lancet examines the impact of a nutrition intervention in earl...
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 ...
South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG): ( J.M. Aguero;M.R. Carter;I. Woolard / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007); This paper estimates the impact of South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) on child nutrition as measured by child height-for-age. It finds that large dosages of CSG treatment early in life sig...
Guidelines for treating severe acute malnutrition in children: ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2007); This joint statement, issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Program (WFP), the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) and UNICEF, discusses how identification and treatment of se...
Examining nutrition interventions in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe: ( M. Chopra;M. Tomlinson / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2007); This Equinet paper investigates the links between nutrition and food security interventions located within or closely linked with the health sector. It uses country case studies on existing food se...
Treating malnutrition in the community could work – but better planning and more resources are needed: ( A. Ashworth / United Nations University , 2006); This article, in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin of the United Nations University, questions whether community based rehabilitation for treatment of severe malnutrition is effective and whether it sho...
Treating malnutrition in the community: challenges and ways forward: ( A. Duffield / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2005); Recommended reading; This document, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project, reports on a 2005 workshop on community therapeutic care (CTC), an approach to managing acute malnutrition in e...
How effective is the South African School Nutrition Programme?: ( R.A. Wildeman; N. Mbebetho / Institute for Democracy in South Africa , 2005); The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nu...
Beyond food aid: why donors need to learn from their mistakes: ( F. Mason; A. Taylor / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2003); Recommended reading; This paper, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA), examines the ways that non-governmental organisations (NGOs), donors, and the United Nations (UN) worked together ...