March 2000

Issue 9 / English

Editorials

Issue 09 Editorial (page 1)

Field Articles

Mental health needed for caring capacity (page 7)
The reality of research in emergencies (page 11)
Including infants in nutrition surveys (page 14)
Linking early warning system information to response (page 18)

Evaluations

Emergency Food Assistance Following Hurricane Mitch: an Evaluation of the WFP response (page 17)

Research

Iron Pots: Not all Good News! (page 2)
Multi–micronutrient supplements for pregnant women from developing countries (page 2)
Aid Continues to Ignore Host Communities (page 3)
Project on humanitarian principles and practice for food distribution in conflict (page 3)
The effect of trade sanctions on health and nutrition (page 4)
Infant feeding patterns and HIV–1 transmission (page 5)
Infant feeding in a TFP (page 6)

Postscripts

Comment on: Including infants in nutrition surveys (page 15)

Agency Profiles

Trocaire (page 13)

News & Views

ACC/SCN Annual Meeting (page 8)
Disasters – Discount for ENN members (page 8)
Local and global dimensions of food security (page 8)
Two International Meetings on Infant Feeding in Emergencies (page 8)
Responding to Emergencies and Fostering Development (page 9)
Workshop on Food Security Assessments (page 9)
Enhancing the Nutritional Quality of Relief Diets (page 10)
Management of severe malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers (page 10)

Letters

Letter on targeting food aid, by Jean Gladwin (page 10)
Letter with article suggestions, by Inge Verdonk (page 10)

People in Aid

Interview with Rita Bhatia (page 20)
People in Aid (issue 09) (page 21)