March 2009

Issue 35 / English

Editorials

Issue 35 Editorial (page 1)

Field Articles

Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) tool (page 2)
The CTC Advisory Service: Supporting the Countrywide Scale-up of CTC in Malawi (page 17)
Social marketing of a nutritional supplement in Niger (page 27)
New method for assessing acute malnutrition in nomadic pastoralist populations (page 30)
GPS assisted coverage survey in DRC (page 35)

Evaluations

Oxfam evaluation of Cyclone Sidr response (page 29)

Research

Challenging the accuracy of ‘hungry’ figures (page 6)
Call for strategic US approach to the global food crisis (page 7)
Global food price crisis: lessons and ideas for relief planners and managers (page 8)
Retrospective determination of whether famine existed in Niger (page 9)
Can anthropometry measure gender discrimination? (page 10)
Micro-credit in refugee situations (page 11)
Targeting in complex emergencies: the cases of Somalia and Columbia (page 12)
Emergency food-based programming in urban settings (page 13)
Impact of WHO Growth Standards on SAM response to treatment (page 16)
Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) (page 17)

Agency Profiles

Clinton Foundation (page 33)

News & Views

Improving Training in Nutrition in Emergencies (page 19)
ENN launches en-net (page 21)
National training on IFE in Sri Lanka (page 21)
FANTA training guide for CMAM (page 22)
Food Security E-learning Courses and Training Materials from FAO (page 22)
New online Field Exchange search facility (page 22)
Toolkit for Addressing Nutrition in Emergency Situations (page 22)
WHO/UNICEF/WFP/UNHCR informal consultation on moderate malnutrition management in U5’s (page 23)
Call for abstracts for MSF Scientific Day (page 26)
Improving the Safety of Civilians: A Protection Training Pack (page 26)
Management of Humanitarian Emergencies: Focus on Children and Families (page 26)
Sphere revision underway (page 26)

People in Aid

People in Aid (issue 35) (page 37)

Cartoons

Pandamonium (issue 35) (page 37)