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    Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: report of a technical consultation, Geneva, 13-15 May 2003

    World Health Organization, 2003
    This report from the World Health Organization summarises recommendations from a technical consultation on the nutritional requirements of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). The report sets out consultation findings on macronutrients, including energy, protein and fat, and on micronutrients, including multiple micronutrient supplements.
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    Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Working Group of the SCN: a report of the meeting held at UNICEF, New York March 24, 2004

    United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2004
    The report reviews a meeting by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN), Nutrition and HIV/AIDS working group held at UNICEF in March 2004. The first section of the document identifies key interventions to assist in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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    Recommendation for the nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2004
    This document, from the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project, provides updated recommendations on nutrient requirements for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Current evidence suggests that nutrient requirements change as HIV infection progresses.
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    Community Therapeutic Care (CTC): a new approach to managing acute malnutrition in emergencies and beyond

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2004
    This technical note from the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project answers key questions on Community Therapeutic Care (CTC). CTC is a new approach to managing acute malnutrition in emergencies and beyond. It aims to provide rapid, effective and low cost assistance that is least disruptive to affected communities.
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    Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: evidence, gaps, and priority actions

    US Agency for International Development, 2004
    This USAID document outlines evidence, gaps and priority actions related to nutrition, and HIV and AIDS. The document outlines how HIV infection increases energy requirements, and how vitamin and mineral deficiencies, such as vitamins A, B, C E, selenium and zinc, may contribute to HIV progression.
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    Why is child malnutrition lower in urban than rural areas?: evidence from 36 developing countries

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
    This study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) examines the socio-economic determinants influencing child malnutrition in both urban and rural areas, using demographic and health survey data from 36 developing countries. The determinants examined are women’s education, women’s status, access to safe water and sanitation, and household economic status.
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    The global distribution of risk factors by poverty level

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005
    This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization highlights the association between poverty and major risk factors for ill-health. Research was focused on people in low and middle income countries within each of the World Health Organization (WHO) sub-regions.
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    Why Asian children are in bad shape – the impact of gender bias

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Nutrition researchers are puzzled by the ‘Asian Enigma’ – the question of why malnutrition is more prevalent among children in South Asia than in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – despite the fact that other determinants of well-being (per capita income, democracy, food supplies, safe water, health services and education) are generally higher in South Asia.
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    Globalisation-driven dietary change: implications for India’s food supply system

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Middle class Indians are changing the country’s eating habits. Poor farmers face the consequences of this. As rising incomes and globalisation take consumers away from diets that include rice, pulses and cereals, small farmers face new challenges. Incentives and policies that allow farmers to move away from subsistence agriculture are essential.
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    Improving family nutrition

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Food is the natural link between the agriculture and nutrition sectors, yet they are frequently seen as having different priorities and expertise. Agriculture traditionally focuses on reducing hunger through higher productivity and profitability, whilst nutrition largely addresses issues of quality and balance of diet to eliminate malnutrition and improve health.

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