Issue 22 / English
Editorials
- Issue 22 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Enset - The ‘False Banana’ as Food Security (page 2)
- Potential of Using QBmix to Prevent Micronutrient Deficiencies in Emergencies (page 11)
- Vulnerability Mapping in Urban Afghanistan (page 19)
- Infant Feeding Alternatives for HIV Positive Mothers in Kenya (page 25)
Evaluations
- Lessons From SC UK Evaluation in DRC (page 21)
Research
- Adequacy of Replacement Milks for Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers (page 4)
- Grass Pea Consumption and Neurolathyrism (page 4)
- Refugee Participation in Camp Health Services (page 5)
- Starvation and Future Cardiovascular Disease (page 5)
- Effect of Displacement on Growth of Children in Nigeria (page 6)
- Investing in Nutrition to Reduce Poverty (page 6)
- Dietary Assessment of Camp Refugees (page 7)
- Impact of Dietary Zinc Supplementation on PEM (page 7)
- Carbon Dioxide Production in Acutely Ill Malnourished Children (page 8)
- HIV/AIDS and Humanitarian Action (page 8)
- Nutritional Status of HIV+ Pre-School Children in South Africa (page 9)
- Taking forward research on adult malnutrition (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- NUTRISET (page 23)
News & Views
- Course on Saving Lives and Livelihoods (page 14)
- WHO/TALC materials on the Management of Severe Malnutrition (page 14)
- ECOWAS Nutrition Forum on Nutrition and HIV (page 15)
- New Measuring Scoops for F75 Therapeutic Milk (page 15)
- Nutrition in emergencies working group, SCN 2004 (page 15)
- Equity in Donor Aid Allocation to Iraq (page 16)
- Training in Public Health in Emergencies (page 16)
- Update from Food Security, Livelihoods & HIV/AIDS Working Group (page 17)
- FAO/WHO Meeting Warn of Contaminated Infant Formula (page 18)
Letters
- Letter on micronutrient deficiency management, by Donald McLaren (page 18)
- Letter on targeting food aid, by Anna Taylor (page 18)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 22) (page 28)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 22) (page 29)
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The more cynical amongst us in the emergency nutrition sector may sometimes be heard complaining that there is nothing new in this profession and that we just keep re-inventing the wheel - 'the problems are the same, as are the solutions.' However, a cursory glance over this issue of Field Exchange gives lie to any such claim. There are plenty of new developments. For example, the piloting of a newly developed product called QBmix (a micronutrient rich condiment) by MSF amongst IDPs in Angola to help combat the endemic pellagra problem that has plagued this population for a number of years (see field article by Evelyn Depoortere). The study shows that QBmix may offer a cheaper, and logistically simpler, alternative to fortified CSB, as a means of preventing further outbreaks. There is also a field article in this issue about an indigenous crop grown in south and southwest Ethiopia - 'Enset' (or false banana) and being promoted by the development agency Self Help International The crop appears to have many potential uses which have a positive impact on food security. According to the author, there may be potential for promoting this local drought resistant crop in other food insecure areas of Ethiopia and for disseminating knowledge widely about its potential for reducing food insecurity.