April 2001

Issue 12 / English

Editorials

Issue 12 Editorial (page 1)

Field Articles

Involving communities in nutritional screening in Ethiopia (page 9)
Outbreak of micronutrient deficiency disease: did we respond appropriately? (page 14)
Rapid impact on malnutrition through a multi-faceted programme in Wolayita, Southern Ethiopia (page 18)
Money for work in East-Timor (page 22)
Feeding the unborn babies (page 25)
Development of Kenya Food Security Coordination System (KFSCS) (page 27)

Evaluations

Joint WFP/UNHCR evaluation of Kenyan refugee programme (page 24)

Research

Addressing the nutritional needs of older people in emergency situations: ideas for action (page 2)
Assessment of community based targeting from a gender perspective (page 4)
Remittances and their economic impact in post-war Somaliland (page 5)
Adults and adolescents: assessment of nutritional status in emergency-affected populations (page 6)
Cash interventions as an alternative to food aid (page 7)
Conflict: a cause and effect of hunger (page 8)
Revised MSF nutrition guidelines III (page 25)

Postscripts

Agency Profiles

International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch in CDC (page 21)

News & Views

Launching the Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service (IDPAS) (page 10)
Readt to learn? AED funded pilot project (page 10)
ALNAP: facilitating lessons learned (page 11)
Training courses and refresher workshops on Nutrition in Emergencies, how to adequately meet our training needs? (page 11)
USAID releases commodity reference guide (page 11)
Fighting hunger on all fronts: AAH speak out in a new publication (page 12)
IBFAN raises awareness on infant feeding in emergencies (page 12)
New distance learning course on ‘Nutrition in a humanitarian context’ (page 12)
Update your bookmarks! (page 12)
US tries to head off UN plan to reform sanctions (page 13)
WFP-the essential ‘Food and Nutrition Handbook’ (page 13)

Letters

Letter on 'invisible emergency' in Bangladesh, by Lovely Amin (page 13)

People in Aid

People in Aid (issue 12) (page 29)

Cartoons

Pandamonium (issue 12) (page 29)