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Adolescents: Assessment of Nutritional Status in Emergency-affected Populations This RNIS (Refugee Nutrition Information System) supplement discusses the assessment of undernutrition in adolescents in emergency situations with a focus on acute undernutrition. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescents as persons aged 10-19 years old. This is one of the few publications on this age group. Published in 2000, by |
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Adults: Assessment of Nutritional Status in Emergency-Affected Populations This RNIS (Refugee Nutrition Information System) supplement describes simple techniques suitable for the assessment of the nutritional status of adults aged 20-60 years in emergency-affected populations. The BMI (Body Mass Index), MUAC (Mid-upper Arm Circumference), and clinical models are assessed for their usefulness in determining the prevalence of... Published in 2000, by |
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Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide GUIDELINES on Anthropometric Impact Indicators detailing how to collect and analyse anthropometric data through nutrition surveys. These guidelines were designed for Maternal and Child Health programme monitoring and draw extensively on materials from the Anthropometry Resource Center, funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization's Southern African... Published in 2003, by |
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Anthropometry training video Demonstrates measurement of child weight, length, height and arm circumference, and adult weight and height. Available in English, French and Spanish. Published in 2004, by |
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Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) - Training Guide 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 |
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Community-based management of Severe Acute Malnutrition 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 |
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Community-based Therapeutic Care - A Field Manual This manual reflects the experience gained over five years of implementing and developing Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC). It is a practical guide that aims to help health and nutrition managers to design, implement and evaluate CTC programmes. It will also be relevant to a variety of others working in relief and development. Published in 2006, by |
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Community-based Therapeutic Care - Special Supplement This report supplement presents a collection of articles written by people who have been involved in Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programmes. The contributions come from Valid International's CTC research and development team, operational agencies implementing CTC programmes, independent practitioners and academics involved in the research and... Published in 2004, by |
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Draft Statement on the Use of the WHO 2006 Growth Standards in Emergency Nutrition Programmes 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 |
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Food and Nutrition Handbook This handbook is aimed at WFP staff at all levels who are involved with the delivery of food assistance to WFP beneficiaries. It should serve as both a reference and training manual, providing the staff with - better understanding of food an nutrition issues as they relate to WFP - a practical tool to tackle a number of basic nutrition related tasks,... Published in 2005, by |
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Guidelines for the inpatient treatment of severely malnourished children GUIDELINES with specific instructions for the treatment of severely malnourished children. The aim is to provide practical help for those responsible for the medical and dietary management of such children. Lack of appropriate care leads to diarrhoea, poor appetite, slow recovery and high mortality. There are five sections: A. General principles for... Published in 2003, by |
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Guidelines for the management of the severely malnourished Standard field guidelines with extensive information on the standard protocols and treatment of complications. Suitable for managers and health workers Published in 2006, by |
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Handbook for Emergencies, Third Edition 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 |
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HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding A Review of Available Evidence This publication is one of a series on HIV and infant feeding. It presents the scientific evidence relating to the transmission of HIV infection by breastfeeding; this evidence constitutes the basis of the guidelines for decision-makers and health-care managers, issued as separate documents in the series (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/UNAIDS)). It describes briefly the... Published in 2003, by |
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How to Conduct a Food Security Assessment: A Step-by-Step Guide for National Societies in Africa This guide should be used as a practical tool to undertake an initial food security assessment. It goes through the different stages of a food security assessment, and provides techniques and examples of how to perform a food security assessment. The guide can be used both in rural or urban settings. Published in 2006, by |
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Integrating nutrition and food assistance into HIV care and treatment programmes - DRAFT 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 |
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Measuring Mortality, Nutritional Status, and Food Security in Crisis Situations - SMART Methodology version 1 A manual detailing a basic integrated method for assessing nutritional status and mortality rate in emergency situations. It includes details of hot to use the Nutrisurvey software for analysing data. The software can be downloaded from http://www.nutrisurvey.de/ena/ena.html. The manual is aimed at host government partners and humanitarian organisations as... Published in 2006, by |
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National training programmes on treatment of severe malnutrition National programmes supported by WHO. Good examples for trainers. Published in 2010, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 04 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 2004, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 05 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 2005, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 11 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 2006, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 18 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 2009, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 19 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 2009, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 20 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 2009, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 21 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 |
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Opportunities for Africa’s Newborns: Practical data, policy and programme support for newborn care in Africa For preventing malnutrition in young children, it is vital to promote newborn survival and to improve birth weights. The book provides an overview of the continuum of care through the lifecycle and opportunities to address gaps at all levels - family and community care, outreach services and health care facilities. Case studies are analysed in order to learn... Published in 2010, by |
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Protocol for the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition 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 |
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Public Health Guide for Emergencies 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 |
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Rapid health assessment of refugee or displaced populations A manual describing the focus of a rapid health assessment, adequate methods for correctly carrying out rapid health assessments, with practical tools and support for analysis and interpretation of the results of a rapid health assessment. It is aimed at practitioners. Published in 2006, by |
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Refugee Nutrition Information System No 42 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these reports on the nutrition of refugees and displaced people with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action to improve the situation. The key point of the reports is to interpret anthropometric data and to judge the various risks and threats to nutrition in both the long and short term. Published in 2003, by |
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State of the world’s mothers 2007: Saving the lives of children under 5 This report clearly links the health of children with the health of mothers. Published in 2007, by |
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The meaning and measurement of acute malnutrition in emergencies: a primer for decision-makers - Network Paper Number 56 Technical paper aimed at non-technical humanitarian actors, especially decision-makers, understand, interpret and use nutritional data by looking at how it is collected, analysed and used. It also looks at how technical issues are linked to pragmatic institutional constraints. Published in 2006, by |
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The neglected crisis of undernutrition: Evidence for action 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 |
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The use of nutrition indicators in surveillance systems, Technical Paper No. 2 The aim of this paper is to improve understanding of the use of nutritional indicators in surveillance systems that feed into Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) both at global and at national level1. The focus is on nutritional indicators (i.e. anthropometry and indicators of micronutrient status) rather than the total... Published in 2001, by |
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Thematic Guidelines, Nutrition and Health; Guidelines for the use of Nutritional Information in VAM Guidelines developed for VAM staff on how to collect and interpret nutrition information. Useful for staff unfamiliar with nutrition indicators and includes how to assess nutrition status and the importance of indicators in understanding the food security situation of a population, but does not describe in detail how to conduct a nutrition survey. Gives... Published in 2006, by |
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Toolkit for addressing nutrition in emergency situations 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 |
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Training course on Child Growth Assessment This course has been designed for health care providers who measure and assess the growth of children or supervise these activities. It teaches the skills and knowledge needed to measure the weight and length/height of children; plot and interpret growth measurements; and counsel mothers about growth and feeding. Course participants may include... Published in 2006, by |
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Training course on the management of severe malnutrition Seven modules with instructors’ and participants’ guides. Published in 2003, by |
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WFP Advanced Nutrition Training: Measuring and Interpreting Malnutrition and Mortality The overall goal of this 6-day workshop is to build WFP staff capacity in the skills related to the collection, review, analysis and dissemination of nutrition and mortality information. Day: Introduction and Anthropometry Day 2: Micronutrients and Mortality Day 3 and 4: Surveys and sampling Day 4 and 5: Field exercise Day 6: Using data and critiquing reports Published in 2002, by |
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WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children The statement presents the recommended cut-offs, summarizes the rationale for their adoption and advocates for their harmonized application in the identification of 6 to 60 month old infants and children for the management of severe acute malnutrition. It reviews the implications on patient load, on discharge criteria and on programme planning and... Published in 2009, by |
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WHO, UNICEF and SCN informal consultation on community-based management of severe malnutrition in children This technical paper is a special issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin reports on a WHO/UNICEF/Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) meeting on community-based management of severe malnutrition in children that took place in Geneva on November 21-23, 2005, and brought together some 50 international experts and representatives from the World Food... Published in 2006, by |