January 2008
Issue 32 / English
Editorials
- Issue 32 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Nutrition coordination in Zimbabwe: Achievements and Challenges (page 2)
- Treatment of severe malnutrition in Tanzania - a problem with ‘scoops’ (page 12)
- Socio-Cultural Determinants of Food Sharing in Southern Sudan (page 21)
- Wet nursing for refugee orphans in Bangladesh (page 25)
- Evaluation of Relactation by the Supplemental Suckling Technique (page 29)
Evaluations
- WFP Targeted Supplementary Feeding in Ethiopia (page 23)
- Real time evaluation of Pakistan Flood Response (page 25)
Research
- Review of targeting methods in HIV programmes (page 4)
- An investigation of anthropometric training by NGOs (page 5)
- Mortality and nutrition surveys by NGOs (page 6)
- Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid and Reform (page 7)
- Market analysis and humanitarian action in Niger (page 7)
- Livestock Feeding Support as Drought Response (page 8)
- Assessing micronutrient deficiencies in emergencies (page 9)
- Triggers, Early Warning and Response in FFP Assistance (page 10)
- WHO growth reference for children and adolescents (page 11)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
- World Health Organisation (page 27)
News & Views
- Regional workshop on IFE in Bali 2008 (page 14)
- The Humanitarian Response Index (page 14)
- FAO Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis e-learning course (page 15)
- Health and Nutrition evaluation guidelines (page 15)
- IASC Guidance on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in emergencies (page 15)
- New Red Cross Guidelines for Cash Transfer Programming (page 15)
- Launch of The Lancet’s Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition (page 16)
- Sphere Project celebrates 10th anniversary (page 16)
- WHO Technical Consultation and Update on HIV and Infant Feeding (page 16)
- Nutriset and Valid Nutrition sign licence agreement (page 17)
- Revival of ‘New & Noteworthy in Nutrition’ (page 17)
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement on Optimal Iodine Nutrition (page 17)
- Joint Statement on micronutrient deficiencies in emergencies (page 18)
- Reporting Skills and Professional Writing Handbook (page 18)
- Changes in eligibility for specialised food for HIV positive adults (page 19)
- Report on WFP Training Workshop in Sudan (page 19)
- ENN led Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants (MAMI) Project (page 20)
- Workshop on the Integration of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) (page 20)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 32) (page 33)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 32) (page 33)
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In this edition of Field Exchange we have a number of field articles that address very detailed programming issues.
A field article by ACF deals with the experience of implementing the supplementary sucking technique (SST) for the many infants under six months presenting at therapeutic feeding units in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Although the technique appears to lead to good outcomes when correctly applied, there were many instances where the SST was not well implemented. For example, many infants were considered cured when still mixed feeding and even where infants were discharged on breastmilk alone, mothers often reverted to mixed feeding at home.