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  Facts for feeding series

  LINKAGES Project, 2004

  Updated in 2004, this series of factsheets from the Linkages Project provides practical guidance on nutrition of infants and young children in developing countries. The first factsheet covers birth, the initiation of breastfeeding, and the first seven days after birth.
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  Golden rice solution to vitamin A deficiency: what lies beneath

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This article attempts to find out about the Vitamin A Deficiency, how it affects the human body, the treatment available, the Golden Rice alternative, the risks and doubts attached, nutritional, operational and economic analysis of golden rice, how the cultivation of Genetically Engineered crops going to affect the agriculture sector in developing countries and who is going to benefit from its far
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  Brazil: are health and nutrition programs reaching the neediest?

  Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2005

  This paper assesses the impact of Brazil’s Family Health Program (PSF), designed to provide high quality primary health care especially to the poorest.
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  Improving household food security and nutrition in northern Shewa, Amhara region and southern zone, Tigray region, Ethiopia

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003

  The document presents Community Action Planning guidelines, focused on improving the nutrition and food security status of selected communities in four woredas in Etiopia: Lalomama and Gera-Keya in North Shewa and Enderta and Hintalo Wajerat in southern Tigray.
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  Feeding of nonbreastfed children from 6 to 24 months of age in developing countries

  United Nations University, 2004

  This United Nations University (UNU) technical background paper, published in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin, covers appropriate feeding of nonbreastfed children from 6 to 24 months of age, with a focus on developing country populations. It uses a spreadsheet technique (linear programming) to analyse diets which meet nutritional requirements for nonbreastfed children at minimum cost.
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  Targeting food aid in emergencies

  Emergency Nutrition Network, 2004

  This supplement, produced by the Emergency Nutrition Network, aims to provide guidance on the design of food targeting systems in emergencies. It argues that the “needs agenda” of the agencies providing the food aid may mean that the affected population’s needs are not assessed in an objective manner and targeting fails to address real needs.
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  Should we provide a guarantee that no child will be brain-damaged by malnutrition in Africa if money can prevent it?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This briefing paper argues that no child should be subject to brain-damage caused by malnutrition if more money can prevent it.
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  Ending malnutrition by 2020: an agenda for change in the millennium

  United Nations University, 2000

  During the 1990s, major international commitments were made to reduce malnutrition. There was dramatic progress in some areas, but more still needs to be done. This special supplement to the Food and Nutrition bulletin of the United Nations University reviews progress in combating malnutrition to date.
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  Nutrition essentials: a guide for health managers

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1999

  Malnutrition is a widespread problem with devastating health consequences. It weakens immune systems, makes illnesses worse, and is the underlying cause of around half of all child deaths.
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  HIV and infant feeding: a compilation of programmatic evidence

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  Published by UNICEF, this review brings together the available evidence on infant feeding and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.

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