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SCN News No 07 - Refugees' Nutrition Crisis

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1991

Available in : English

The main focus of this SCN News is on refugees' nutrition crisis, as serious problems are experienced in meeting the nutritional needs of refugees. Furthermore, micronutrient intake and its relation to income and prices as well as the link between breastfeeding, birth spacing and nutrition are discussed.

Documents :
SCN News No 7 (PDF, 893.51Kb)

Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Emergency, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, BFHI, BFHI, BFHI, Biochemical, Breastfeeding counseling, Breastfeeding counseling, Dietary diversity, Economic, social, and cultural rights, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Fortification, Fortification, Healthy diet, Humanitarian Standards, Iron / Anaemia, Malaria, Nutritional requirements, Nutritional requirements , Poverty, Programmes, Right to food, Right to health, Scaling-up, Scaling-up, Socio-economic, Triple-A (Assessment, Analysis, Action), Underweight, Vitamin A / Night blindness, Women and girls

Life-cycle focus : Pregnancy, Fetal development, School age, Adulthood, Intergenerational focus

Resource types : Newsletters

Locations : Africa, Haiti, United Republic of Tanzania

Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition in Emergencies, Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle, Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights