Issue 31 / English
Editorials
- Issue 31 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Management of moderate acute malnutrition with RUTF in Niger (page 2)
- Implications of a Coverage Survey in Ethiopia (page 10)
- Grassroots seed multiplication in Ethiopia (page 20)
- Household-based food fortification for anaemia control in Sudan (page 24)
- Impact of non-admission on CTC Programme Coverage (page 28)
- Breastfeeding support in the refugee camps of North Western Tanzania (page 31)
Evaluations
- Emergency school feeding programmes (page 22)
- Evaluation of cluster approach in Mozambique (page 23)
Research
- Field testing LQAS to assess acute malnutrition prevalence (page 4)
- Addressing chronic malnutrition in South Sudan (page 5)
- Caring for premature babies in a conflict zone (page 5)
- Remittances during crises (page 6)
- Global factors shaping food aid (page 7)
- Cash-based responses in emergencies (page 8)
- Review of survey methodology in emergencies (page 9)
Agency Profiles
- Muslim Aid (page 27)
News & Views
- Mental Health among Children in Severe Food Shortage Situations (page 14)
- Simple tools for measuring household food access and dietary diversity (page 14)
- Food and Nutrition Security Training Programme in the Netherlands (page 15)
- Joint UN Statement on Community-based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (page 15)
- World Conference of Humanitarian Studies (page 15)
- IASC Nutrition Cluster: Key Things to Know (page 16)
- Translated versions of the Operational Guidance on IFE (page 16)
Letters
- Letter on local v imported therapeutic milk, by Rebecca Norton and Jean-Pierre Papart (with responses by Mike Golden, Ann Ashworth, Mary Lung'aho and David Sanders) (page 17)
- Letter on relevance of IFE guidelines in developed countries, by Sarah Saunby (page 19)
- Letter on using MUAC v weight-for-height in assessment, by Mark Myatt (page 19)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 31) (page 34)
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One of the longest raging debates in nutrition continues in the letters section of this issue of Field Exchange. Put simply, does the nutrition community invest too much in magic bullets and not enough in home grown and more sustainable solutions? In the 1970s/80s, micronutrients supplementation became the 'magic bullet' to address malnutrition.
Massive investments in Vitamin A, iron and iodine programmes were made while, according to critics, problems of chronic malnutrition and stunting were largely ignored. More recently, the roll out of community therapeutic care using ready to use therapeutic foods (RUTF) has drawn 'flak' from those who feel the approach is too dependent upon commercially produced, ready-made products and therefore not sustainable - see letters section in Field Exchange issue 19 (p23).
The discourse on this subject is particularly apposite given the nature of so many field articles currently being submitted to the ENN, and in particular two of the articles published in this issue.