Issue 41 / English
Editorials
- From the editor (page 2)
Field Articles
- A cross-sectoral approach to addressing Konzo in DRC (page 3)
- Cash-for-work in urban setting in Guinea (page 26)
- Cash supported income generation activities in Southern Sudan (page 52)
- The new role of Nigerien medical NGOs in treating SAM (page 58)
- Seasonal Trends in Pastoral Malnutrition in Somalia (page 62)
- Save the Children’s IYCF programme and linkages to Protection, Food Security and Livelihoods in Haiti (page 64)
Evaluations
Research
- Childhood Malnutrition and the Dinka of Southern Sudan (page 6)
- Fluctuations in wasting in vulnerable child populations in the Greater Horn of Africa (page 8)
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Study on Offal Consumption among the Somali Population (page 9)
- Global CMAM mapping in UNICEF supported countries (page 10)
- Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement Research Network Meeting (page 13)
- Feasibility of private micro flood insurance provision in Bangladesh (page 15)
- The Psychology of Food Riots: Why do price hikes lead to unrest? (page 16)
- Household threat of escalating food prices and recovery policies (page 17)
- Revisiting Sphere: new standards of service delivery for new trends in protracted displacement (page 17)
- Cash transfers protecting dietary diversity during food crisis (page 18)
- Differences in food insecurity between adults and children in Zimbabwe (page 19)
- Review of evidence of role of nutrition in HIV infection (page 20)
- Cost effectiveness of community-based and inpatient therapeutic feeding programmes to treat SAM in Ethiopia (page 21)
- Cost effectiveness of CMAM in Malawi (page 23)
- Emergency intervention priorities from child wasting and mortality in the Horn of Africa (page 25)
- Food security indicators after humanitarian interventions in Zimbabwe (page 25)
Agency Profiles
- Nairobi Nuts Group (page 61)
News & Views
- Announcing Field Exchange ‘Digest’ (page 28)
- En-net update (page 28)
- UNICEF e-learning on nutrition in emergencies now available (page 28)
- New initiative to create a CMAM Forum (page 29)
- Nutrition books available from TALC (page 29)
- Update on SQUEAC/SLEAC method (page 29)
- Planned study on feasibility and efficacy of IYCF in CMAM integration in Ethiopia (page 30)
- WHO consultation on management of moderate malnutrition in U5s (page 31)
- 2011 Edition of the Sphere Handbook Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response (page 36)
- Summary of Global Nutrition Cluster meeting (page 41)
- FANTA2 produces CMAM Costing Tool (2011) (page 42)
- Harmonised Training Package: Version 2 nears completion (page 42)
- UNHCR Operational Guidance for use of special nutritional products (page 43)
- Peoples-uni: public health capacity building through online education (page 44)
- Update on Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) and the ‘1000 Day’ movements (page 45)
- Draft Guidelines for the Marketing of Ready to Use Supplemental Foods for Children (page 47)
- New sachet/carton sizes for F75 and F100 therapeutic milks (page 47)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 69)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 41) (page 69)
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The role of data and analytical tools in guiding and evaluating emergency programming figures strongly in this issue of Field Exchange. There are two field articles which shine light on the causes of malnutrition in very different contexts. ACF-USA carried out a baseline survey in an area of the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC) where high levels of Konzo are reported.
The survey identified key causes of Konzo which included not using enough water during cassava preparation underpinned by lack of access to water. Programme recommendations were framed accordingly. The second article, written by FSANU, examined trends in rates of malnutrition amongst pastoralists in Somalia and showed how these are strongly correlated with milk availability and seasonal factors. This finding is in line with other work reported in Field Exchange.