November 2002
Issue 17 / English
Editorials
- Issue 17 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- A method for estimating mortality rates using previous birth history (page 12)
- Treating severe malnutrition in nonemergency situations: Experiences from Malawi and Guinea (page 19)
- Self-Targeting in Ambon, Indonesia “To be or not to be community minded” (page 23)
- Scurvy outbreak in Afghanistan: an investigation by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) and WHO (page 27)
Evaluations
Research
- Long term strategies to target vulnerability in Somalia (page 2)
- Combining two livelihood assessment approaches in Burundi (page 3)
- Micronutrient research in progress (page 4)
- Influence of USAID policies on food aid: time for reform? (page 5)
- Analysis of the 1996 Konzo outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (page 6)
- Assessing nutritional status using armspan measurement (page 6)
- Human rights, politics and ethics (page 7)
- Risks of obtaining fuel in displaced populations (page 7)
- The need for nutrition research in emergencies (page 8)
- Keeping schools open: school feeding in conflict and crisis (page 9)
- Dynamics of livelihood diversification in post-famine Ethiopia (page 10)
- Needs of host population versus refugees in Tanzania (page 11)
Postscripts
- Postscript on measuring mortality rates in cross-sectional surveys: a commentary (page 15)
- Postscript on local capacity building for treatment of severe malnutrition (page 21)
Agency Profiles
- GOAL (page 25)
News & Views
- Supporting Learning During the Current Relief Operations in Malawi (page 16)
- World Food Summit dubbed ‘Summit of the Poor’ (page 16)
- Food and Nutrition Specialists Register for Work in Developing Countries (page 17)
- Forced Migration Online: A world of information on human displacement (page 17)
- ReliefSim: Computer-based simulations for training humanitarian workers (page 17)
- Invite to make the most of your experiences at Oxford Brookes University (page 18)
- Managing Interventions in Complex Emergencies A Course for Managers of Refugee and Relief Operations (page 18)
- New Software for Field Research and Analysis of Qualitative Data (page 18)
- Unicef sets up programme to prevent sex abuse by aid workers (page 18)
Letters
- Ethics of use of ready-to-use-therapeutic foods (page 22)
- Reducing the price of Plumpy’nut (page 22)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 17) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 17) (page 29)
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