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This book is intended to provide practical guidance to ACF field workers on how to implement a Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) assessment.

Published in 2010, by ACF

A call for support for appropriate infant and young child feeding and caution about unnecessary and potentially harmful donations and use of breast-milk substitutes. Statement given shortly after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Published in 2010, by WHO, UNICEF, WFP

National programmes supported by WHO. Good examples for trainers.

Published in 2010, by WHO

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 annotated bibliography is a guide to the various publications used in revising the “UNHCR/WFP Guidelines for Selective Feeding Programmes in Emergency Situations” published in 1999. The references included in this annotated bibliography cover documents published between 1999 and 2008.

Published in 2009, by UNHCR, WFP

The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners...

Published in 2009, by REACH

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

Extensive training course on all aspects of setting up and running community based therapeutic care programmes. With practical cases and exercises. Suitable for managers and health workers

Published in 2008, by FANTA

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

Building emergency relief skills requires not only technical health training but also education in emergency preparedness and response. This guide is designed to serve as a reference for such training.

Published in 2008, by John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health , IFRC

The Acting at Scale series is a collection of information resources for nutrition practitioners and include an Intervention Guide and Implementation Case Studies for each of the 11 REACH-promoted interventions. These documents aim to provide highly condensed information and lessons learned for scaling up nutrition interventions to support field practitioners...

Published in 2008, by REACH

This edition of the SCN News is of special relevance for a variety of reasons, not least of which being the recommendations agreed at the 35th Session held in Hanoi in March 2008, hosted by the Government of Vietnam. The 35th Session was aimed at understanding how to accelerate the reduction of maternal and child undernutrition, drawing on the recently...

Published in 2008, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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

A Joint Statement by the WHO, the WFP, the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition and the UNICEF on the community-based treatment of severely malnurished children, promoting it's effectiveness in detecting the cases of SAM and treating them with RUTF. Update 2011 The Joint Statement has been updated to reflect the revised MUAC cut-off of 115 mm on pages 2...

Published in 2007, by WHO, WFP, UNSCN, UNICEF

Draft statement issued on behalf of all the agencies (United Nations and non-governmental) who are members of the working group.

Published in 2007, by SCN Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies

The handbook is structured as follows: - Section One summarizes UNHCR’s mandate of international protecdtion and the aim and principles of emergency response; - Section Two deals with emergency management; - Section Three covers the vital sectors and problem areas in refugee emergencies, including health, food, sanitation and water, as well as key...

Published in 2007, by UNHCR

A synthesis of existing technical guidance on HIV and AIDS, nutrition, and food security. The synthesis aims to provide decisionmakers and service providers with guidance on how nutrition may be integrated into HIV prevention and AIDS treatment.

Published in 2007, by World Bank

Module 2 aims to provide health and nutrition workers with the basic knowledge and skills to help both breastfeeding and artificially feeding women. The first task is to support breastfeeding women, so that they do not lose confidence and introduce artificial feeds unnecessarily. The next task is to identify and help women who have feeding difficulties. The...

Published in 2007, by ENN, IBFAN-GIFA, Fondation Terre des hommes, Action Contre la Faim, CARE USA, LINKAGES, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO

With training materials and a summary wall chart. National guidelines based in recent standard protocols. Suitable for managers and health workers.

Published in 2007, by Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health

This report clearly links the health of children with the health of mothers.

Published in 2007, by Save the Children

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