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  Report on the workshop on improving measurement and assessment of food deprivation and undernutrition

  Committee on World Food Security, FAO, 2005

  This is a brief report on the FAO workshop which was organised to: review progress since the 2002 International Scientific Symposium (ISS); assess the current status of indicators being used to monitor progress towards international goals (World Food Summit and MDGs); and look at national-level activities related to food security and vulnerability monitoring and intervention.Outcomes of the wor
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  The use of operations research as a tool for monitoring and managing food-assisted maternal/child health and nutrition (MHCN) programs: an example from Haiti

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This report documents research undertaken to assess the effectiveness of World Vision’s (WV) food assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (MCHN) programme in the Central Plateau region of Haiti.
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  An evaluation of post-campaign knowledge and practices of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2004

  Published by ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, this research article assesses the influence of exposure to behaviour change communication (BCC) messages via the mass media on exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda.
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  Poverty, child undernutrition and morbidity: new evidence from India

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines how the prevalence of undernutrition in children is measured. The authors construct a composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF), based on three indicators of undernutrition: underweight, stunting and wasting.
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  One in two: children are the key to Africa’s future

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This report makes the case for investment in children as the key to breaking Africa’s cycle of poverty.
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  HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security: from evidence to action

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This book, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), describes the interactions between HIV, AIDS, and food and nutrition security and outlines the implications for food and nutrition-relevant policy.
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  Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a training manual

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2003

  This training manual, produced by the FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance) project, is designed to enable African institutions of higher learning to integrate nutrition and HIV and AIDS into their training programmes.
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  Weight loss and wasting remain common complications in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

  Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000

  This article, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, reports on a study that explored the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the occurrence of weight loss and wasting in HIV-infected people. Using longitudinal analysis, the study evaluated 469 HIV-infected individuals enrolled in a study of the impact of HIV on nutrition.
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  Equity issues in HIV/AIDS nutrition and food security in southern Africa

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2003

  This paper, produced by Equinet, explores the interactions between HIV, nutrition and food security, and discusses programmatic approaches to address these interactions in terms of impact on equity. It argues that the traditional emphasis on efficiency in nutrition and food security programmes for HIV has resulted in a narrow medical focus.
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  Nutrition counselling, care and support for HIV-infected women: guidelines on HIV-related care, treatment and support for HIV-infected women and their children in resource –constrained settings.

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This World Health Organization document reviews current evidence on the relationship between nutrition and HIV and AIDS, as well as on the role of nutrition in HIV transmission, disease progression, morbidity, and disease management. Based on this review, it makes detailed recommendations on nutrition counselling, care and support for HIV-infected women.

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