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These recommendations are designed for health professionals involved in caring for and treating children with HIV with antiretrovirals and senior policy makers. They are highly technical, but have been peer reviewed by Paediatricians and other health professionals from around the world who specialise in HIV in children, and thus are a gold standard of care.

Published in 2010, by WHO

The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected...

Published in 2010, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

This edition of the SCN News is rightfully dedicated to climate change and its implications on food and nutrition. It is hoped to be thought provoking, showing you how climate change impacts on nutrition. The topic has been approached from very different angles: impacts on food security (in general, in the Asia-Pacific region and sub-Saharan Africa),...

Published in 2010, by SCN

This report shows how much progress has been made. Perhaps most important, it shows that the Goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies, policies and programmes are supported by international development partners. At the same time, it is clear that improvements in the lives of the poor have been unacceptably slow, and some hard-won...

Published in 2010, by UN DESA

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that worldwide progress in reducing hunger remains slow. The 2009 global GHI has fallen by only one quarter from the 1990 GHI. Southeast Asia, the Near East and North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean have reduced hunger significantly since 1990, but the GHI remains distressingly high in South Asia, which has...

Published in 2009, by Klaus von Grebmer, Bella Nestorova, Agnes Quisumbing , Rebecca Fertziger, Heidi Fritschel, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Yisehac Yohannes

These Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings aim to assist humanitarian and AIDS organizations to plan the delivery of a minimum set of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to people affected by humanitarian crises.

Published in 2009, by Inter-Agency Standing Committee

A training course for caregivers of PLWHA and their families that focuses on practical nutrition care and communication skills

Published in 2009, by WHO

La Declaración del Milenio fijó el 2015 como fecha límite para alcanzar la mayoría de los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio (ODM), que establecieron los parámetros cuantitativos para reducir todas las formas de extrema pobreza a la mitad. El presente informe ofrece una evaluación anual del año 2009 del progreso hacia el logro de los ODM.

Published in 2009, by UN DESA

The Millennium Development Goals report presents a yearly assessment of global progress towards achieving the MDGs.Less than six years away from the 2015 deadline to achieve the MDGs, this report warns that despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. Major advances in the fight against poverty and...

Published in 2009, by UN DESA

A report preceding the development of DFID’s strategy to 2015 for tackling undernutrition in the developing world. The forthcoming DFID strategy will look at a range of measures to tackle nutrition directly and, critically, to address the drivers of undernutrition, such as food insecurity, ill health, lack of social protection and gender inequality. The...

Published in 2009, by DFID

How do population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change? Will urbanization and an ageing population help or hinder efforts to adapt to a warming world? And could better reproductive health care and improved relations between women and men make a difference in the fight against climate change? Find the answers in the State of World Population 2009.

Published in 2009, by UNFPA

This publication sets out a human rights approach to the MDGs, the primary purpose of which is to outline a clear framework of analysis for the development sector, relevant also to the needs of human rights practitioners, identifying entry points at the policy level as well as for country-level programming and advocacy. Practical illustrations are provided...

Published in 2008, by OHCHR

El presente Folleto informativo tiene por objeto arrojar luz sobre el lugar que ocupa actualmente el derecho a la salud en las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, teniendo en cuenta la gran cantidad de iniciativas y propuestas respecto de lo que el derecho a la salud puede o debe ser. Por consiguiente, no se pretende ofrecer una lista exhaustiva de...

Published in 2008, by OACDH - OHCHR, OMS - WHO

This operational guidance manual outlines the potential benefits and challenges of incorporating food and nutritional support into anti-retroviral treatment programmes. The purpose is to assist national governments with the planning and implementation of food assistance programmes and to guide national bodies, implementing NGOs as well as WHO and WFP country staff.

Published in 2008, by WHO, WFP

La presente publicación expone un enfoque de derechos humanos respecto de los ODM cuyo propósito primordial es esbozar un marco claro de análisis para el sector del desarrollo, que atienda también las necesidades de los especialistas en derechos humanos, definiendo puntos de entrada en el nivel de las políticas así como para la programación y la...

Published in 2008, by OACDH - OHCHR

La présente publication présente une approche des OMD fondée sur les droits de l’homme qui vise avant tout à offrir une grille d’analyse claire au secteur du développement. Des illustrations concrètes apparaissent tout au long de l’ouvrage, également jalonné de propositions d’indicateurs supplémentaires pour des OMD bien précis qui se...

Published in 2008, by HCDH - OHCHR

The fact sheet starts by explaining what the right to health is and illustrating its implications for specific individuals and groups, and then elaborates upon States' obligations with respect to the right. It ends with an overview of national, regional and international accountability and monitoring mechanisms.

Published in 2008, by OHCHR, WHO

The toolkit is intended as an easy-to-use field guide that outlines the key basic interventions for nutritional support to individuals and groups during an emergency situation. In most emergencies, we focus on two key aspects: risk assessment and risk management. This toolkit focuses on risk management. What it takes to ensure that emergency needs are met...

Published in 2008, by IASC

Este documento tiene por objeto proporcionar la lista completa de recomendaciones actualizadas y una explicación de los puntos clave. La información está destinada a los jefes de programas y tomadores de decisiones, como así también a aquellos que estarán a cargo de revisar las pautas nacionales sobre la prevención de la transmisión del VIH de la...

Published in 2008, by OMS - WHO, UNICEF, ONUSIDA - UNAIDS, UNFPA

This evaluation reviewes progress and performance of the humanitarian response, and its interface with the existing Chad health system. It also examines the health effects and implications of cross-border population movements, and health service accessibility for both refugees and the host population.

Published in 2007, by Nigel Pearson

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