La malnutrition en situation de crise - a new publication from ACF
This latest release from Action Contre la Faim draws from ACFs well-recognised experience in addressing the management of undernutrition in emergency situations. The manual outlines operational guidelines for nutritional assessments, nutritional rehabilitation programmes, practical guides for programme planning and implementation. The author, Claudine Prudhon, has worked with ACF between 1994-2000.
This publication is currently available in French and can be ordered from Khartala publisher ISBN: 2-84586-170-2 Editions, Khartala 22-24 boulevard Arago 75013 Paris and copies costs ?24.50.
Contact Laurence Verdenal for more information at Action Contre la Faim, 4 rue Niepce, 75014 Paris. Tel +33 (0)1 43 35 88 11 or +33 (0)1 43 35 88 88 or email: lv@acf.imaginet.fr
An English version, 'Malnutrition in crisis situations' will be made available in April 2002.
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La malnutrition en situation de crise - a new publication from ACF. Field Exchange 14, November 2001. p9. www.ennonline.net/fex/14/acf
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