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Alimentación y nutrición del Niño Pequeño: Reunión subregional sudamérica En diciembre del 2008, se realizó la reunión subregional “Alimentación y Nutrición del Niño Pequeño”, en la ciudad de Lima-Perú. La reunión fue organizada por el Ministerio de Salud del Perú con el apoyo técnico y financiero OPS/OMS, UNICEF; y PMA. El propósito general de la reunión fue analizar la interrelación entre la salud, la nutrición... Published in 2009, by |
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Antiretroviral therapy of HIV infection of infants and children in resource-limited settings: towards universal access. Recommendations for a public health approach. Revision 2010 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 |
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Behaviour Change Communication in Emergencies Provides the means to prepare, plan, implement and monitor behaviour change communication initiatives supporting health, hygiene and child protection efforts in emergencies, including IFE issues. For programme managers from UNICEF, United Nations agencies, NGO partners and government personnel. Published in 2006, by |
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Brazilian Case Study The objective of this effort was to support Brazil in acquiring skills and experience in dealing with the political, organizational, technical, financial, and social challenges derived from the decision to include food and nutrition objectives, priorities, and goals in national development plans designed to reduce poverty and eradicate hunger as a means to... Published in 2005, by |
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Case study: Development of a Learning Package for the IASC Guidelines on HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings HIV/AIDS is a complex problem with impacts that extend far beyond the issue of health, into all areas of socio-economic development. One initiative taken by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force (IASC) of the United Nations is the development of Guidelines for HIV/AIDS interventions in Emergency Settings. These guidelines provide valuable... Published in 2005, by |
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Claiming the MDGs: A human rights approach 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 |
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Communicable disease control in emergencies: A field manual A manual, including the prevention, surveillance, and outbreak control of communicable diseases. Chapters on rapid assessment, prevention, surveillance, oubreak control and disease prevention and control. Published in 2005, 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 - 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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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis Guidelines, First Edition The Comprehensive Food Security & Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) is a unique tool designed to understand and describe the profiles of food-insecure and vulnerable households, identify the root causes of hunger, and analyze the risks and emerging vulnerabilities among populations in crisis-prone countries. It also makes recommendations on the best response... Published in 2009, by |
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Document hors série 15: Faire grandir la lueur d'espoir; L'aide alimentaire comme moyen d'améliorer l'accès à l'éducation des orphelins et des autres enfants vulnérables d'Afrique subsaharienne Ce discours revient inlassablement. Chaque nouveau rapport qui sort, chaque article publié et chaque allocution prononcée déplorent le fait qu’une génération entière soit privée des bénéfices du développement à cause de l’épidémie mondiale de SIDA. Cette vérité troublante n’est nulle part plus évidente que dans certaines parties... Published in 2003, by |
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Document hors série 17: La protection sociale à l’ère du VIH/sida; Examen du rôle des interventions appuyées par une aide alimentaire Dans ce document, nous allons essayer d’analyser la terminologie et les concepts relatifs à la protection sociale (chapitre 2). Nous examinerons ensuite les changements de perspectives intervenus au cours des dernières décennies (chapitre 3), puis nous nous intéresserons aux répercussions et aux ouvertures possibles de la protection sociale en ce qui... Published in 2007, by |
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Documento especial 15: Avivar la “llama de la esperanza”; Uso de la ayuda alimentaria para mejorar el acceso a la educación de los huérfanos y otros niños vulnerables del África subsahariana Lo oímos una y otra vez. Parece como si cada nuevo informe que se da a conocer, cada artículo que se publica y cada discurso que se pronuncia condenaran el hecho de que la epidemia mundial del virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) y el síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) esté acabando con una generación de beneficios para el desarrollo. En... Published in 2003, by |
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Documento especial 17: La protección social en la era del VIH y el SIDA; Análisis de la importancia de las intervenciones basadas en la ayuda alimentaria La finalidad del presente documento es tratar de definir la terminología y los conceptos en torno a la protección social (Sección 2); examinar los cambios de perspectiva que se han observado durante los últimos decenios (Sección 3); analizar la protección social desde el punto de vista de la pandemia del VIH y el SIDA; las consecuencias y el alcance... Published in 2007, by |
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EAPRO Training for Improved Practice: Public Health and Nutrition in Emergencies Practical training package for 10 days designed for UNICEF staff covering and public health and nutrition aspects of emergencies from assessment to design and monitoring programmes. 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Policies, Practices and Decision Making 3. Basic Concepts 4. Rapid Assessments in Emergencies 5. Survey Methodology 6. Survey... Published in 2003, by |
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Early childhood health, nutrition and education Extensive research has been conducted on the educational effects of early childhood health and nutrition interventions. The breadth and depth of this research allows for a number of general conclusion to be drawn: -Early childhood health and nutrition interventions have a consistently large impact on cognitive development -Health and nutrition... Published in 2006, by |
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El derecho a la salud - OACDH Folleto informativo No. 31 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 |
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El Progreso de las Naciones 1999 La edición de 1999 contempla las devastadoras consecuencias del VIH/SIDA y de la "carga de la deuda" sobre el desarrollo, la salud y la educación de los niños y las familias en algunos de los países menos adelantados. El Progreso de las Naciones analiza también las medidas que se han tomado y los avances alcanzados en la vacunación infantil y en la... Published in 1999, by |
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El Progreso de las Naciones 2000 El Progreso de las Naciones describe los avances que es posible lograr cuando las naciones invierten en el bienestar de la infancia y protegen sus derechos. Hoy en día hay menos posibilidades de que los niños adezcan discapacidad mental a causa de la carencia de yodo; hoy en día hay más niños matriculados en la escuela que hace diez años; hoy en día... Published in 2000, by |
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El VIH y la alimentación infantil - Pautas para tomadores de decisiones El propósito de esta publicación es proveer pautas para los tomadores de decisiones sobre temas que necesitan ser considerados en cuanto a la alimentación de lactantes y de niños pequeños en el contexto del VIH y enfatizar áreas de atención especial en las que es necesario tomar decisiones normativas a nivel local. Published in 2003, by |
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El VIH y la alimentación infantil - Una guía para gerentes y supervisores de la atención en salud Los propósitos de esta publicación son proporcionar pautas para gerentes y supervisores de la atención en salud sobre temas relacionados a la alimentación de lactantes y niños pequeños en el contexto del VIH y enfatizar áreas de interés especial para la organización de servicios. Published in 2003, by |
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Estudo de Caso Sobre a Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional no Processo de Desenvolvimento de Moçambique Neste exercício, a SAN é o ponto de partida de analise no processo de implementação das MDM dos diferentes sectores de desenvolvimento sócio - económico. O DHAA é usado como um instrumento de visualização e análise dos programas de SAN em relação às seguintes considerações respeitar, proteger, realizar e garantir que constituem os componentes primordiais. Published in 2005, by |
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Evaluation of Infant Feeding in Emergencies Training Modules 1 & 2 An evaluation to assess Modules 1 & 2 of Infant Feeding in Emergencies distributed between April 2005 and February 2006. Published in 2006, by |
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Facts for Life Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday. Many die during their first year of life. Countless more children live in precarious situations and face diminished futures. The handbook, Facts for Life, provides vital messages and information for mothers, fathers, other family members... Published in 2010, by |
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FAQ - Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS Reviews the latest information on the transmission of HIV via breastfeeding and provides programmatic guidance for field activities. Published in 2004, by |
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Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation The 5th Report continues the tradition of reporting on trends in nutrition throughout the life cycle and of challenging the nutrition community. But instead of asking the question: how is nutrition affected by global changes? the 5th Report asks the question more proactively: how can a nutrition perspective accelerate the attainment of a comprehensive set of... Published in 2004, by |
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Finance Development: Invest in Children This booklet shows why development efforts must focus first and foremost on freeing children from poverty. At a minimum, children need a package of basic social services of good-quality health care, education and safe water and adequate sanitation, so that they can grow to their full potential, free of disease, malnutrition, illiteracy and deprivation. It is... Published in 2002, by |
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Focusing on anaemia - Towards an integrated approach for effective anaemia control This document is a joint statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund on strategies to combat anaemia. Published in 2004, by |
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Food and nutrition This chapter, presents the problems of undernutrition and overnutrition that affect infants and young children under the age of 2 years, manifesting as stunting and anemia. Article published in the publication Health in the Americas, PAHO, 2002. Published in 2002, by |
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Food and Nutrition Needs in Emergencies UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and WHO have jointly developed these guidelines as a practical tool for assessing, estimating and monitoring the food and nutrition needs of populations in emergencies. Published in 2003, by |
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Food Assistance in the Context of HIV: Ration Design Guide WFP supports multiple types of activities that aim to mitigate, prevent, and treat HIV. Given the relatively new nature of many of these programmes, one of the most frequently asked questions is “What food ration should we be giving in the context of the HIV programming that we are doing in country X”? Published in 2008, by |
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Food Assistance Programming in the Context of HIV Food Assistance Programming in the Context of HIV, a joint publication by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the FANTA Project, is a guide developed to improve the design and implementation of food security programs that respond to HIV-related challenges as well as HIV programs that utilize food and food-related activities to achieve HIV-related outcomes. Published in 2007, by |
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Food security and livelihood assessments 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 |
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Food Security and Nutrition: Meeting the Needs of Orphans and Other Children Affected by HIV and AIDS in AFRICA This research was undertaken in an effort to understand the complex issues of food security and nutrition faced by Africa’s orphans and other children affected by HIV and AIDS, their families and communities, and to present a synopsis of where we stand today on programmatic issues including targeting, effective programming and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Published in 2007, by |
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Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle The Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of ACC/SCN reports initiated in the mid-1980s on the nutritional status of populations in developing countries. While earlier reports have focused on regional trends in preschool undernutrition, this report is built around the theme nutrition throughout the life cycle. This change was... Published in 2000, by |
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Global strategy for infant and young child feeding Joint Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding to revitalize world attention to the impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. The document includes an overview of the challenges, the implementation and the responsibilities involved in... Published in 2003, by |
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Guidance on Infant feeding and HIV in the context of refugees and displaced populations The purpose of this Guidance is to provide an overview of the current technical and programmatic consensus on infant feeding and HIV, and give guidance to facilitate effective implementation of HIV and infant feeding programmes in refugee and displaced situations, in emergency contexts, and as an integral element of coordinated approach to public health, HIV... Published in 2008, by |
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Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings 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 |
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Guidelines for HIV/AIDS interventions in emergency settings These guidelines are to help individuals and organizations in their efforts to address the special needs of HIV-infected and HIV-affected people living in emergency situations. The Guidelines are based on the experiences of organizations of the UN system and their NGO partners, and reflect the shared vision that success can be achieved when resources are... Published in 2004, by |
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Guidelines for Selective Feeding: The Management of Malnutrition in Emergencies - Annotated Bibliography 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 |
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Guiding principles for feeding non-breastfed children 6-24 months age There are a number of infants who will not enjoy the benefits of breastfeeding. They include children born to HIV-positive mothers, who choose not to breastfeed, and children whose mothers have died. This publication lists nine guiding principles to address the nutritional needs of children who are not breastfed after six months of age. It gives the... Published in 2005, by |
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HANDBOOK Developing and Applying National Guidelines on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS This HANDBOOK is designed to increase nutrition capacity in East and southern Africa with a focus on the processes involved when adapting existing nutritional guidelines to suit country-specific situations and objectives. It includes guidance on how to use and produce technical material as well as monitoring and evaluating their use. It is aimed at health... Published in 2003, by |
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Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions This Handbook is designed to assist national human rights institutions to integrate HIV into their mandate to protect and promote human rights. It provides a basic overview of the role of human rights in an effective response to the epidemic and suggests concrete activities that national institutions can carry out within their existing work. It also presents... Published in 2007, by |
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Health in the Americas - Overview of Regional Health This document is one chapter "Overview of Regional Health" from the PAHO publication "Health in the Americas". This 2007 edition of Health in the Americas presents a broad picture of the regional situation and that of all the countries with regard to health and human development; specific disease conditions and risk factors; environmental health, and the... Published in 2007, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding - A Guide for health Care Managers and Supervisors GUIDELINES aimed at health-care managers and supervisors through the process of thinking about and deciding how to organize services. The background to the problem and the organization of the guide are outlined first. The next section describes the need to balance the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding against the risk of malnutrition and death... Published in 2003, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding - A policy statement developed collaboratively by UNAIDS, WHO and UNICEF This statement provides policy-makers with a number of key elements for the formulation of policies on HIV infection and infant feeding. Published in 2003, by |
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HIV and infant feeding counselling tools These tools have been created to help health workers before, during and after a counselling session so that they can better support HIV-positive mothers. Published in 2005, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding Guidelines for Decision-Makers GUIDELINES for decision-makers highlighting areas of special concern around infant feeding and HIV on which policy decisions need to be made locally. They include a list of key steps and questions to guide decision-makers through the process of thinking and deciding on key issues. They are an update of the 1998 version. Key steps for decision-makers 1.... Published in 2003, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding Technical Consultation - Consensus Statement This statement summarizes the information considered in the tecnical consultation, and lists the recommendations from the consultation, which should be considered along with the October 2000 recommendations regarding HIV and infant feeding. Published in 2006, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding. New Evidence and Programmatic Experience The reports coming out of a three-day meeting in October 2006 that aimed to clarify and refine the existing United Nations guidance and provide updated recommendations regarding HIV and infant feeding. The new evidence and research together with technical and programmatic input is described, which finally led to the ‘HIV and Infant Feeding Technical... Published in 2007, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack 1) Guidelines for decision-makers These guidelines will: - summarise knowledge of HIV transmission through breast milk - define the context in which infant feeding policy should be integrated - identify and discuss issues to be addressed by decision-makers - outline steps to implement policy including monitoring and evaluation - list useful reference materials and resources Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack: 2) A guide for health care managers and supervisors This Guide is intended to assist mid-level health care managers and supervisors to plan and implement appropriate services. The Guide is generic, in recognition of the fact that different countries are at different stages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and have varying resources available for dealing with it. It focuses specifically on HIV and infant feeding... Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack: 3) A review of HIV transmission through breastfeeding This document reviews current scientific knowledge about breast-milk transmission of HIV, and serves as the foundation for two complementary documents: - HIV and infant feeding: Guidelines for decision-makers - HIV and infant feeding: A guide for health care managers and supervisors Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: 4 Modules-Pack: 4) Implementation of guidelines Technical Consultation on HIV and Infant Feeding - Implementation of Guidelines. Report of a Meeting - Geneva, 20-22 April 1998. Published in 1998, by |
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HIV and infant feeding: A framework for priority action The purpose of this HIV and Infant Feeding Framework for Priority Action is to recommend to governments key actions, related to infant and young child feeding, that cover the special circumstances associated with HIV/AIDS. The aim of these actions is to create and sustain an environment that encourages appropriate feeding practices for all infants, while... Published in 2004, by |
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HIV and Infant Feeding: Update This document provides the full list of updated HIV and infant feeding recommendations, and an explanation of key points. This information is aimed at programme managers and decision makers, and those who will be in charge of revising national guidelines on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, and infant and young child feeding. 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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HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, and Food Security: What We Can Do 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 |
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HIV/AIDS, TB and Nutrition - Scientific enquiry into the nutritional influences on human immunity with special reference to HIV infection and active TB in South Africa. A fascinating evidence based account reviewing research of how malnutrition and HIV and TB interrelate, and the importance of intensive nutritional support for people with HIV. Published in 2007, by |
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling - an Integrated Course. Guidelines for Follow-up after training This resource forms a part of a 5-day course that is designed to provide knowledge and skills to lay counsellors, community health workers, primary health care nurses and doctors, clinicians at first referral level and counsellors involved in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. It enables them to counsel and support mothers to carry out... Published in 2006, by |
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies - a Joint Statement - Haiti 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 |
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers Operational guidance intended for emergency relief staff and programme managers of all agencies working in emergency programmes, including national governments, UN agencies, NGOs and donors. It applies to emergency situations in all countries, and extends to non-emergency situations. Published in 2007, by |
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Infant and Young Child Feeding. A tool for assessing national practices, policies and programmes This tool is designed to assist countries in (a) summarizing current data with regard to infant and young child feeding practices, (b) assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their policies and programmes to promote, protect and support optimal feeding practices, and (c) determining where improvements may be needed to meet the aims and objectives of the... Published in 2003, 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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Integration of HIV/AIDS activities with food and nutrition support in refugee settings: specific programme strategies This document provides practical guidance on the integration of food and nutrition programmes with support activities for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among refugees and host populations. It has been written principally for United Nations agencies, their cooperating partners, and other... Published in 2004, by |
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Integration of IYCF Support into CMAM - Facilitator's Guide and Handouts The purpose of the Facilitator’s Guide - Integration of IYCF Support into CMAM (Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition) is to train health care personnel and community health workers in the integration of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices within CMAM. These health workers will support mothers/caregivers in prevention as... Published in 2009, by |
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La Situation des enfants dans le monde, numéro spécial : célébrer les 20 ans de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant Pour commémorer le 20e anniversaire de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant le 20 novembre 2009, l'UNICEF consacre un numéro spécial de La Situation des enfants dans le monde, le fleuron de ses publications, aux droits de l'enfant. Le rapport évalue l'impact de la Convention sur le bien-être des enfants et le développement humain au cours des... Published in 2009, by |
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Land Tenure Systems and their Impacts on Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa Concerns over the food security situation in sub-Saharan Africa are reflected in the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce the number of food insecure by half by 2015. Given that land plays an important role in the livelihoods of the majority of Africans, food security and poverty reduction cannot be achieved unless issues of access to land, security... Published in 2004, by |
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Le progrès des nations 1999 Le rapport de 1999 examine l'impact dévastateur du VIH/SIDA et du « fardeau de la dette » sur le développement, la santé et l'éducation des enfants et de leurs familles dans certains des pays les plus pauvres du monde. Le progrès des nations fait aussi état des mesures prises et des succès remportés dans les domaines de la vaccination des enfants... Published in 1999, by |
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Le progrès des nations 2000 Le progrès des nations 2000 présente les progrès qui peuvent être réalisés lorsque les nations investissent dans le bien-être de leurs enfants et protègent leurs droits. De nos jours, le risque d'arriération mentale provoquée par la carence en iode a diminué; la proportion d'enfants inscrits à l'école dépasse celle que l'on enregistrait il y a... Published in 2000, by |
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Learning Package on HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency settings - A Policy-Level Briefing Session An integrated learning package has been developed to promote and further support the utilization of the IASC Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings. The learning package is comprised of three inter-related sets of materials including: 1. a policy-level briefing session 2. one day workshop design and trainer’s guide 3. a self-study... Published in 2005, by |
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Learning Package on HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings – Workshop Design and Trainer’s Guide An integrated learning package has been developed to promote and further support the utilization of the IASC Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings. The learning package is comprised of three inter-related sets of materials including: 1. a policy-level briefing session 2. one day workshop design and trainer’s guide 3. a self-study... Published in 2005, by |
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Living well with HIV/AIDS: A manual on nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS This manual provides practical recommendations for a healthy and balanced diet for PLWHA in countries with a low resource base. Published in 2002, by |
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Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition A MANUAL for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines, prepared by experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and... Published in 2000, by |
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Mastitis: Causes and Management This review aims to bring together available information on lactational mastitis and related conditions and their causes, to guide practical management, including the maintenance of breastfeeding. Published in 2000, by |
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Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children under the age of 15. In countries where blood products are regularly screened and clean syringes and needles are widely available, it is virtually the only source in young children. In 1997, an estimated 600,000 infants worldwide were infected with the virus,... Published in 1998, by |
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Mother to Mother Support Group Methodology and Infant Feeding The purpose is two-fold: to train community health workers to facilitate infant feeding and mother-to-mother support groups; and to train trainers of community health workers in the methodology for facilitating mother-to-mother support groups related to infant feeding. May be useful to do in a longer-term emergency Published in 2003, by |
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Nous, les enfants - Honorer les promesses du Sommet mondial pour les enfants Le rapport du Secrétaire général de l'ONU Kofi Annan Nous, les enfants présente les progrès accomplis dans la réalisation des objectifs fixés lors du Sommet mondial pour les enfants de 1990. Cet ouvrage est un objet de référence essentiel pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent au développement. Il souligne à la fois les succès remportés pendant la... Published in 2001, by |
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Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: Report of a technical consultation Guidelines that contains the current consensus view on the nutritional requirements of people living with HIV/AIDS. Please note that knowledge in this area is evolving and these recommendations may well be subject to change in the near future. Published in 2003, by |
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Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual This training course is designed to enable African institutions of higher learning to integrate nutrition and HIV and AIDS into their training programmes. The manual is intended to complement existing materials and curricula, and is targeted at tutors of medical or health sciences, applied human nutrition, dietetics or home economics, and food technology and... Published in 2004, by |
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Nutrition Beyond the Health Sector: A Profile of World Bank Lending in Nutrition from 2000-2006 The World Bank report Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development (2006) explicitly recommended improving nutrition by not only working through the health sector, but also in non-health sectors such as agriculture and education. This report provides descriptive and financial profiles of the Bank’s recent portfolio in nutrition (from FY2000 to late... Published in 2008, by |
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Nutrition guidelines for care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS. Zambia The guidelines are given in 11 chapters. Chapters 2 and 3 give information on basic nutrition for an active and healthy life, and technical information that link nutrition and HIV. Chapters 4 to 9 give advise on the diet, treatment and hermal remedies, positive living and other types of care. Nutritional counselling and education, monitoring and evaluation... Published in 2004, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 05 - Malnutrition and Infection - A review The combination of malnutrition and infection causes most of the preventable deaths in developing countries, certainly among young children. Malnutrition increases the risk and worsens the course of infectious disease; and infection leads to malnutrition. Thus we have used the expression “malnutrition-infection complex”. Good nutrition undoubtedly is a... Published in 1989, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 20 - Nutrition and HIV/AIDS This Nutrition Policy Paper is based on the ACC/SCN Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS held in Nairobi in April 2001. The objective of the symposium was, firstly, to stimulate collaboration between the nutrition and HIV/AIDS communities. The second objective was to examine a broad range of nutrition issues that have a direct bearing on policies and... Published in 2001, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 21 - Community-Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children This 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 Programme (WFP), the United... Published in 2006, by |
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Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS: A training course A training course for caregivers of PLWHA and their families that focuses on practical nutrition care and communication skills Published in 2009, by |
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Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio 2009 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 |
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Occasional Paper 15: Widening the ‘Window of Hope’; Using Food Aid to Improve Access to Education for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Sub-Saharan Africa We hear it over and over. It seems as though every new report released, every article published and every speech delivered decries the fact that a generation of development gains is being wiped out by the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. This troubling reality is nowhere more evident than in parts of sub- Saharan Africa where the impact of the epidemic dwarfs the... Published in 2003, by |
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Occasional Paper 17: Social Protection in the Era of HIV and AIDS; Examining the Role of Food-Based Interventions This document attempts to break down the terminology and conceptual thinking around social protection (Section 2); examines changes in perspectives over recent decades (Section 3); looks at implications and opportunities for social protection in light of the HIV and AIDS pandemic (Section 4); and examines possibilities for the use of food-based approaches... Published in 2007, by |
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Overview of the World Food Situation Biennial overview of the World Food Situation presented by IFPRI Director General Per Pinstrup-Andersen at the stakeholders' meeting of the 2001 CGIAR Annual General Meeting. The presentation described the past, present, and future food and nutrition situations and provides an inventory of factors affecting the prospects for sustainable food security. Published in 2001, by |
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Para la Vida Para la Vida tiene por objeto proporcionar a las familias y a las comunidades la información que necesitan para salvar y mejorar las vidas de los niños y niñas. Los padres, las madres, los abuelos, los cuidadores y los jóvenes encontrarán, en esta fuente de información práctica, respuestas a sus dudas e inquietudes sobre la crianza de los niños y... Published in 2010, by |
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Policy Brief - HIV, Food Security and Nutrition Why do food security and nutrition matter in responding to HIV? Published in 2008, by |
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Population Challenges and Development Goals The present report has two objectives. First, it presents a succinct overview of demographic trends worldwide, for major areas and selected countries. It covers population size and growth, urbanization and city growth, population ageing, fertility and contraception, mortality and international migration. Second, the report considers the contribution of the... Published in 2005, by |
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Pour financer le développement investissez en faveur des enfants Aujourd'hui, le développement est synonyme de réduction de la pauvreté. Et puisque les enfants sont souvent ceux qui sont le plus durement touchés par la pauvreté de la société, les programmes de développement doivent s'efforcer en premier lieu d'affranchir les enfants de la pauvreté. Published in 2002, by |
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Poverty Reduction Begins with Children Despite unprecedented global prosperity, a staggering 40 per cent of all children in developing countries – over half a billion – are struggling to survive on less than $1 per day. Poverty is the main underlying cause of millions of preventable child deaths each year. It is the cause of tens of millions of children going hungry, missing out on school or... Published in 2000, by |
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Prevención de la transmisión del VIH de la madre al niño: Reunión sobre planificación para la ejecución de programas Ginebra, 23–24 de Marzo de 1998 Prevención de la transmisión del VIH de la madre al niño: Reunión sobre planificación para la ejecución de programas Ginebra, 23–24 de Marzo de 1998. Published in 1998, by |
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Prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child: strategic options This paper is intended for all those with a part to play and a special interest in national policy making with respect to HIV prevention and care. Published in 1999, by |
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Programme Strategies for Integration of HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition Activities in Refugee Settings In 2003, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a joint effort to develop, through multi-site field research in refugee communities in Africa, a set of strategies for using food and nutrition-based interventions to support HIV prevention,... Published in 2006, by |
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Progrès pour les enfants : un bilan de la nutrition (No. 4) Le présent bilan – le quatrième d’une série de l’UNICEF qui surveille les progrès accomplis en faveur des enfants – mesure les résultats obtenus au plan mondial dans le domaine de la nutrition, en prenant comme indicateur principal le pourcentage d’enfants de moins de cinq ans présentant une insuffi sance pondérale. La communauté... Published in 2006, by |
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Progreso para la infancia: un balance sobre la nutrición (No. 4) El propósito de este balance –el cuarto de una serie de balances preparados por UNICEF para realizar un seguimiento sobre el progreso de la infancia hacia los ODM– es evaluar el desempeño mundial en materia de nutrición, tomando como indicador básico la prevalencia de peso inferior al normal entre los niños y niñas menores de cinco años. Aun... Published in 2006, by |
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Progress for children. A world fit for children. Statistical review The sixth issue of Progress for Children reports on the status of child-specific targets set by world leaders at the May 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. This special edition examines more than 35 key indicators in the four broad areas identified at the Special Session as requisite to building ‘A World Fit for Children’. It also... Published in 2007, by |
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Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition (No. 4) This report card – the fourth in a UNICEF series that monitors progress for children towards the MDGs – measures the world’s performance on nutrition, taking the prevalence of underweight among children under five as its primary indicator. The global community promised to cut the proportion of underweight children by half between 1990 and 2015, but we... Published in 2006, by |
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Progress of Nations 1999 The 1999 edition looks at the devastating impact of both HIV/AIDS and the 'debt burden' on the development, health and education of children and families in some of the poorest countries. The Progress of Nations 1999 also charts the steps taken and the progress made in child immunization and in the eradication of vitamin A deficiency. Published in 1999, by |
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Progress of Nations 2000 The Progress of Nations 2000 describes the gains that are possible when nations invest in children's well being and protect their rights. Children are now less likely to be mentally impaired because of iodine deficiency; more children are enrolled in school now than 10 years ago; and polio is on the verge of eradication. But the publication also recounts the... Published in 2000, 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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Recommendation for the Nutrient Requirements for People Living with HIV/AIDS The nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS differ from those for non-HIV-infected individuals. These recommendations are based on the report of the May 2003 WHO technical consultation on nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS Published in 2007, by |
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Reivindicar los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio : un enfoque de derechos humanos 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 |
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Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action Putting an end to extreme malnutrition will lay the foundation for improving the health and well-being of the present generation and lead to benefits for future generations over the 21st century. This report is written primarily for the community of international development partners, as well as those in government and civil society concerned with action to improve nutrition. Published in 2006, by |
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Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women A toolkit which can be used to quantitatively assess reproductive health risks, services, and outcomes in conflict-affected women between 15 and 49 years of age. Survey data can be used to compare a population across points in time or to make comparisons across populations. Published in 2007, by |
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Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS This document reviews food aid strategies using an HIV/AIDS lens in order to reduce the risk and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. For managers planning an intervention to assist HIV/AIDS affected people Published in 2004, by |
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Revendiquer les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement : une approche fondée sur les droits de l’homme 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 |
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Right to Food and HIV / AIDS Enabling people to feed themselves is the primary obligation of states. When individuals are unable to do so, in cases such as when HIV/AIDS makes them physically incapable or when loss of infected parents leaves orphans struggling, the state is obligated to provide direct assistance. Published in 2007, by |
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Savoir pour Sauver Savoir pour Sauver a pour but de donner aux familles et aux communautés les informations dont elles ont besoin pour protéger les enfants et améliorer leur existence. Les parents, les grandsparents, les autres personnes qui s’occupent d’enfants et les jeunes peuvent consulter cette source d’informations pratiques pour y trouver les réponses à leurs... Published in 2010, by |
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Schools for nutrition Out of ten children born in developing countries, one will die before his or her fifth birthday, for a disturbing total of more than 10 million young lives lost each year. In more than half of these deaths, undernutrition is an important factor. Clearly, something needs to be done to combat this emergency, and the IAEA is playing its part. With three events... Published in 2007, by |
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SCN News No 03 - Does Cash Cropping Affect Nutrition Food first, or agriculture for export? Does growing food protect nutrition, whereas cash-cropping cause famines? Are subsistence farmers lured into the cash economy, growing inedible crops and then finding themselves unable to feed their families? Based on recent research and new thinking, some tentative answers to such questions are now being found. Published in 1989, by |
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SCN News No 05 - Nutrition and School Performance The education of children all over the world is being held back by malnutrition. In humanitarian terms, it makes no sense that the children who manage to get to school cannot benefit fully from their education, because they are already malnourished, because they are currently hungry, or because of infection. Nearly 90% of the world's school children will be... Published in 1990, by |
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SCN News No 17 - Nutrition and HIV/AIDS “Nutrition and HIV/AIDS” is featured in this newsletter. HIV continues its rapid and devastating spread in many areas of the world most notably sub-Saharan Africa. This feature addresses issues of HIV and Infant Feeding and the possible role of micronutrient deficiency on HIV progression. Adequate nutrition and food security must be recognised as... Published in 1998, by |
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SCN News No 25 - School-age Children: Their Health and Nutrition This issue of SCN News features a comprehensive review of the nutrition and health status of school-age children, an initiative of the SCN Working Group on Nutrition of the School-Age Child chaired very ably during 2000-2002 by Don Bundy of the World Bank. For many decades a neglected age group, the nutritional well being of children six to 18 years reflects... Published in 2002, by |
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SCN News No 28 - Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals On 22 March 2004, international development practitioners and nutrition technocrats and scientists met at the United Nations in New York for the SCN Symposium on Nutrition as the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Symposium focused on nutrition’s role in accelerating improvements in poverty reduction, sustainable development and... Published in 2004, by |
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SCN News No 38: Climate Change: food and nutrition security implications 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 |
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Shared experiences in infant and young child feeding in emergencies The following compilation of case studies was compiled in the course of an ENN/GIFA project on behalf of the Core group who are currently developing training materials for field staff working in infant feeding in emergencies. Published in 2003, by |
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The Management of Nutrition in Major Emergencies This manual is intended to help nutrition, health and other professionals involved in the management of major emergencies with a nutritional component, whether at local, national or international level. Chapter 1: Meeting nutritional requirements Chapter 2: Major nutritional deficiencies in emergencies Chapter 3: Assessment and surveillance of... Published in 2000, by |
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The Millenium Development Goals Report 2010 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 |
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The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 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 |
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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 Right to Food in the context of HIV/AIDS Right to Food Studies is a series of articles and reports on right to food related issues of contemporary interest in the areas of policy, legislation, agriculture, rural development, biodiversity, environment and natural resource management. This paper aims to clarify the relevance of the right to food in combating HIV/AIDS. Published in 2009, by |
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The Right to Health - OHCHR Fact Sheet No. 31 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 |
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The SPHERE Project Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response The SPHERE Project aims to improve the quality of assistance provided to people affected by disasters, and to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system in disaster response. The new edition of the handbook (2004) has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in humanitarian practice in wat/san, food, shelter... Published in 2004, by |
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The state of the world population 2009 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 |
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The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World’s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades,... Published in 2009, 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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Transmisión del VIH a través de la lactancia: Revisión de los conocimientos actuales La meta final de la investigación es prevenir la transmisión de la madre al hijo con una combinación de regímenes cortos de profilaxis antirretroviral con vacunación. Por lo tanto, la investigación planea incluir el desarrollo de protocolos de ensayos aleatorios para poner a prueba vacunas para prevenir la infección durante la lactancia. En estos... Published in 2004, by |
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UNHCR Toolkit As a part of the Division of Operational Support (DOS), the Technical Support Section (TSS) has compiled this Toolkit to assist field practitioners, partners and Headquarters staff in effectively planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating refugee aid. In order to provide cross-sectional accuracy of information, the tools are reference materials from... Published in 2005, by |
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VIH y Alimentación Infantil: Actualización 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 |
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VIH/SIDA, sécurité alimentaire et nutrition: Impacts et actions L’ampleur et la gravité des répercussions de l’épidémie de VIH/SIDA en Afrique subsaharienne sont effrayantes: la maladie a décimé les pays de la région et à sérieusement compromis la nutrition et la sécurité alimentaire de millions de ménages. Cette étude est une tentative d’analyse de la façon dont le VIH/SIDA affecte la nutrition et la... Published in 2001, by |
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We the Children - Meeting the promises of the World Summit for Children UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's We the Children is a landmark review of the progress made in meeting the commitments of the 1990 World Summit for Children. An essential reference and guide for anyone interested in development, the report assesses the decade's achievements and its setbacks, highlights best practices and lessons learned, describes the... Published in 2001, by |
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What are the successful strategies for reducing malnutrition among young children in East Africa? Human Development Reports. Research Paper. July 2010 Published in 2010, by |
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WHO HIV Consensus Statement on Infant Feeding Researchers, programme implementers, infant feeding experts and representatives of the IATT, UN agencies, the WHO Regional Office for Africa and six WHO headquarters departments gathered in Geneva in order to review the substantial body of new evidence and experience regarding HIV and infant feeding that has been accumulating since a previous technical... Published in 2006, by |