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January 2021

Issue 64 / English

Editorials

• Editorial (page 3)

Field Articles

• Transitioning nutrition programming from humanitarian aid to health system strengthening in Kenya (page 5)
• Integration of family planning in nutrition programming: experiences from the Suaahara II programme in Nepal (page 10)
• Adaptations to community-based acute malnutrition treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic (page 55)
• Zambia efforts in prevention, early detection and treatment of wasting during COVID-19 (page 60)
• Implementing the family-MUAC approach for infants under 6 months in the context of COVID-19 in Ethiopia (page 64)
• Use of RapidPro for remote collection of nutrition data during the drought emergency and COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe (page 67)

Evaluations

• A review of the humanitarian nutrition response in North-East Nigeria (page 49)

Research

• Community health worker-led treatment for uncomplicated wasting: insights from the RISE study (page 84)
• Using satellite imagery in conflict-affected areas in Mali to support WFP’s emergency response (page 88)

Special section

• The ‘CMAM Surge’ approach: setting the scene (page 19)
• Implementing the IMAM Surge approach - experiences from Kenya (page 22)
• The role of coordination in CMAM Surge scale-up in West and Central Francophone Africa (page 27)
• CMAM Surge: understanding costs and potential contribution to CMAM’s cost-effectiveness (page 31)
• Expanding CMAM Surge beyond nutrition – towards a broader Health Surge approach (page 35)
• CMAM Surge: lessons learned on the journey so far (page 41)
• CMAM Surge: the way forward (page 47)

News & Views

• Launch of the Scaling Up Community of Practice website (page 13)
• WHO guideline on mass drug administration of azithromycin to children under five years of age (page 13)
• Evidence and guidance notes on the use of cash and voucher assistance for nutrition outcomes in emergencies (page 14)
• Global Nutrition Cluster Technical Alliance Launch (page 14)
• Investing in the data value chain for nutrition in West Africa (page 15)
• UNICEF and WFP partnership framework to address wasting in children globally (page 16)
• Conference for community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) (page 17)
• The ‘(Silent) Voices: Bukavu Expo’ online exhibition – exploring power dynamics between researchers from the Global North and Global South (page 17)
• Summary of the development process for the guideline on the prevention and treatment of wasting (page 18)

Letters

• Letter to the editor (page 54)

Research snapshots

• Antimicrobial and micronutrient interventions for the management of infants under six months of age identified with severe malnutrition (page 71)
• Long-term outcomes for children with disability and severe acute malnutrition in Malawi (page 71)
• Can children catch up from the consequences of undernourishment? (page 72)
• Making the health system work for the delivery of nutrition interventions (page 72)
• Carers’ knowledge of treatment of severe acute malnutrition at Dadaab refugee complex, Kenya: A prospective cohort study (page 73)
• Promoting ethnic parity in health, leaving behind “race”: a challenge for the global community in 2020 (page 73)
• Fertility is a key predictor of the double burden of malnutrition among women of child-bearing age in sub-Saharan Africa (page 74)
• The missing focus on women’s health in the ‘First 1,000 days’ approach to nutrition (page 74)
• ‘Severe malnutrition’: thinking deeply, communicating simply (page 74)
• High burden of undernutrition among at-risk children in neonatal follow-up clinic in Rwanda (page 75)
• Impacts of WASH on acute malnutrition: from available scientific evidence to informed action (page 75)
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in undernutrition (page 76)
• Adolescent nutrition mapping study: A global stakeholder survey of policies, research, interventions and data gaps (page 76)
• Food systems for children and adolescents (page 77)
• Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying adolescents with thinness (page 77)
• Barriers to the uptake of nutritional services among adolescent girls from rural communities in Tigray region, Ethiopia (page 78)
• Effective coverage measurement in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (page 78)
• Burden and determinants of wasting in Southeast Asia and the overlap with stunting (page 79)
• INCAP Longitudinal Study: 50 Years of History and Legacy (page 79)
• Incidence of severe acute malnutrition after treatment: A prospective matched cohort study in Nigeria (page 79)
• Identifying and treating maternal mental health difficulties in Afghanistan: A feasibility study (page 80)
• Relapse and regression to severe wasting in children under 5 years: A theoretical framework (page 80)
• Co-implementing vitamin A supplementation with seasonal malaria chemoprevention (page 81)
• Engaging caregivers in at-home surveillance of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (page 81)
• Incidence correction factors for moderate and severe acute child malnutrition from two longitudinal cohorts in Mali and Burkina Faso (page 82)
• Men's Nutrition Knowledge is Important for Women's and Children's Nutrition in Ethiopia (page 82)
• New approach to assess the nutrition and food security impacts of Ethiopia’s safety net programme (page 82)
• A review of cost and cost-effectiveness of treatment for child undernutrition (page 83)
• Review of the cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the management of severe wasting in children (page 83)

Research summaries

• Livestock and nutrition: Summary of a discussion paper for the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (page 92)
• How countries can reduce child stunting at scale: lessons from exemplar countries (page 95)
• A review of nutrition-related service delivery packages: What they train providers to deliver (page 97)
• Family MUAC: A review of evidence and practice (page 99)

Report summaries

• Proposal of a Quality of Care Index (page 101)
• Conclusion of the R4ACT workshop and ‘Nanterre Declaration’ (page 102)