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- FEX 66 - Adolescent Nutrition Special: a discussion with Amanda Murungi
- FEX 66 - Adolescent Nutrition Special: a discussion with Progress Katete on Zimbabwe’s work to promote youth leadership on nutrition
- FEX 67 WaST special section – Scaling up wasting prevention and treatment in the context of stunting in Indonesia, a conversation with Jee Hyun Rah
- FEX Special Series on Complementary Feeding: A Conversation with UNICEF Bangladesh Nutrition team
- Bangladesh: The rationalisation of nutrition services in Rohingya camps
Issue 68 / November 2022
Editorials
- Complementary Feeding in Emergencies Special Section (page 0)
- Editorial (page 3)
Field Articles
- Food distributions in Myanmar: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the coup d’etat (page 0)
- Using flow charts and health systems strengthening to improve antenatal nutrition services in India (page 0)
- Developing the Yemen Action Plan on child wasting: A success story (page 15)
- An innovative digital information platform tackling wasting in Indonesia (page 20)
- Improving the uptake of family mid-upper arm circumference screening in Mali (page 23)
- Establishing an effective multi-sectoral nutrition information system in Ivory Coast (page 26)
- In Yemen, Cash Assistance Contributes to Positive Nutritional Outcomes (page 29)
Research
Special section
- A peer-to-peer model to improve maternal, infant and young child feeding in Rwanda (page 0)
- China case study: Capacity building of primary health workers. From piloting to national Infant and Young Child Feeding programming (page 0)
- Conducting situation analysis as a first step to improve young children’s diets: examples from Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe (page 0)
- How has COVID-19 impacted nutrition services in Sri Lanka? (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: East Asia and Pacific (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: Europe and Central Asia (ECA) (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: South Asia (page 0)
- Regional Perspective: West and Central Africa (page 0)
- State of Palestine: Investing in assessment positively impacted programming for complementary feeding (page 0)
- UNICEF regional perspectives on complementary feeding (page 0)
- A global perspective on improving the diets of infants and young children (page 34)
- An innovative feeding tool to improve young children’s diets (page 38)
- Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar, and Yemen: Lessons from complementary feeding programming in emergencies (page 41)
- Complementary feeding in emergencies programming – Sudan case study (page 42)
- Complementary feeding in emergencies programming – Nigeria case study (page 44)
- Complementary feeding in emergencies programming – Myanmar case study (page 46)
- Complementary feeding in emergencies programming – Yemen case study (page 48)
- Improving complementary feeding practices through a comprehensive health systems strengthening approach: experiences from Egypt (page 50)
- Improving the quality of complementary feeding in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh (page 53)
- Improving complementary feeding through home fortification in Malawi (page 56)
- Supporting positive young child feeding practices among Venezuelan migrants and refugees living in Brazil (page 59)
- Cash transfers and health education to address young child diets in Kenya (page 62)
- Community peer support groups: Improving infant and young child feeding in Pakistan (page 65)
- Ukraine crisis: Organisational guidance for the feeding of children aged six months to two years (page 65)
News & Views
- Training in the time of COVID (page 4)
- Infant and young child feeding: Remote counselling eLearning (page 5)
- Wasting and Stunting Technical Interest Group: two new publications from the research-influencing sub-working group (page 5)
- en-net summary: Spring 2022 (page 6)
- A decision-making tool for the use of simplified approaches in exceptional circumstances (page 7)
- en-net summary: Summer 2022 (page 7)
- Testing double-fortified salt with iodine and folic acid in Ethiopia (page 8)
- Update on the GNC Technical Alliance Global Thematic Working Groups (page 8)
- COVID-19 within the nutrition analytical framework (page 9)
- The ‘GNC Learn’ platform (page 9)
- Sensory stimulation and play therapy: Benefits in the treatment of severe wasting in India? (page 10)
- National Information Platform for Nutrition: An overview (page 12)
Research snapshots
- Child stunting starts in utero: Growth trajectories and determinants in Ugandan infants (page 66)
- Poor usability of predictive models for estimating the burden of wasting in crisis-affected countries (page 66)
- Bioenergy and Nutrition nexus: An exploration of the links for win-win opportunities (page 67)
- Carers’ and health workers’ perspectives on malnutrition in infants aged under six months in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study (page 67)
- A summary of the CHAIN Network (page 68)
- Malnutrition in infants under six months attending community health centres in Ethiopia (page 68)
Report summaries
- Updating national community-based management of acute malnutrition guidelines: Lessons from previous experiences (page 0)
- 2022 Global Report on Food Crises (page 72)
- Food Security and Gender Equality (page 73)
- Severe Wasting: An overlooked child survival emergency (page 73)
- A positive postnatal experience: World Health Organization recommendations (page 74)
- Dying to adapt: A comparison of African healthcare spending and climate adaptation costs (page 74)
- Multiple micronutrient supplementation to improve the quality of nutrition care and prevent low birthweight (page 74)
Issue 67 / April 2022
Editorials
- Editorial (page 3)
Field Articles
- Bangladesh: The rationalisation of nutrition services in Rohingya camps (page 22)
- Using routine data for nutrition accountability: Experience from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Nutrition Scorecard (page 26)
- Generalised Oedema in COVID-19 Positive Children - A Case Series (page 30)
- The nutrition hotspot analysis: Prioritising intervention areas in the Sahel countries (page 33)
- Addressing child wellbeing among ‘skip-generation’ households in Cambodia (page 36)
- The early detection of child wasting in Indonesia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic (page 40)
- GNC Technical Alliance experience of providing technical support to ARDI, a national NGO in Somalia (page 43)
- Sally Mugabe Children’s Hospital: A Snapshot (page 45)
Research
- Casual factors of wasting in Africa: What can be gleaned from available data? (page 79)
- Food systems for safe, nutritious and affordable diets in central Sahel (page 83)
Special section
- WaSt Special Section Editorial (page 49)
- The Wasting-Stunting Technical Interest Group: A summary of the work to date (page 51)
- Wasting and stunting risk factors in Somalian internally displaced person settlements (page 53)
- Finding the best criteria to identify children at high risk of mortality (page 56)
- The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review (page 57)
- Understanding sex differences in childhood malnutrition (page 58)
- A reflection on the 2021 Lancet Maternal & Child Nutrition Series through a WaSt lens (page 60)
- Exploring the relationships between wasting and stunting among a cohort of children under two years of age in Niger (page 62)
- Scaling up child wasting prevention and treatment in the context of stunting prevention in Indonesia (page 63)
- USAID’s investment in the WaSt TIG (page 66)
- Nutrition Impact and Positive Practices (NIPP) in Sudan (page 67)
- Promoting linear growth when treating child wasting (page 70)
- Survey data exploring the prevalence of concurrent wasting and stunting in Southern Angola, Huila and Cunene (page 72)
- Patterns of wasting and stunting in Venezuela (page 73)
News & Views
- ENN’s Research Partner Brief (page 5)
- Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (page 5)
- Global Nutrition Cluster e-learning platform (page 6)
- National consultation on addressing acute malnutrition in India (page 6)
- Food Systems Summit (page 7)
- Infant and young child feeding in emergencies infographic series (page 7)
- Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies 2021 Annual Report (page 8)
- Simplified approaches website (page 8)
- Leveraging the ‘Banking on Nutrition’ partnership initiative in Africa (page 9)
- Book Review: ‘Within Our Grasp’ by Sharman Apt Russell (page 13)
- Prioritising Emergency Response Preparedness: Global Nutrition Cluster supports countries to plan for potential humanitarian crises (page 14)
- Link Nutrition Causal Analysis (NCA) for undernutrition: an analysis of recommendations (page 17)
- Ending the marketing of breastmilk substitutes: An amazing push to increase breastfeeding rates. (page 20)
Research snapshots
- Growth monitoring and mortality risk in low-birthweight infants (page 74)
- Treating high-risk moderate acute malnutrition using therapeutic food compared with nutrition counselling (page 74)
- Facilitators of ‘good’ and ‘poor’ practice in the distribution of infant formula: Evidence from the 2014-2016 refugee crisis in Europe (page 75)
- Nutrition and COVID-19 susceptibility? A systematic review (page 75)
- Food system transformation (page 76)
- Integration of severe acute malnutrition treatment in primary health care provided by community health workers in rural Niger (page 76)
- False banana: the potential of Ethiopia's enset to address food insecurity in the face of climate change? (page 77)
- Study protocol: Using locally produced foods to combat severe wasting in India (page 77)
- Mid-upper arm circumference tapes and measurement discrepancies: time to standardise (page 78)
- Saving children from man-made acute malnutrition in Tigray, Ethiopia: a call to action (page 78)
Report summaries
- A self-monitoring tool to improve nutrition counselling in Cambodia (page 86)
- Food systems and how they relate to malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries (page 86)
- Multi-sectoral nutrition programming; exploring impact (page 87)
- The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 (page 87)
- An evidence gap map: food systems interventions for nutrition and food security outcomes (page 88)
- Risk factors associated with wasting and severe wasting among under-5 children in India (page 88)
- COVID-19 Learning Series (page 89)
- State of the evidence: Simplified approaches (page 89)
- Nutrition and climate change: a scoping review of current state of play Report Summary (page 90)
- Women’s nutrition (page 90)
- Global Nutrition Cluster annual report (page 91)
- Scaling up care for children with severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan. (page 91)
- Landscape analysis of simplified approaches to community-based management of acute malnutrition in the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) (page 92)
- Decentralising treatment in Mozambique: Findings from a pilot intervention on wasting (page 93)
- Evaluation of community-based management of acute malnutrition in Yemen (page 93)
- Considering the use of ‘stunting’ as an indicator in nutrition projects (page 94)
Other
- Dr Ferew Lemma (page 4)
Issue 66 / November 2021
Editorials
- Editorial (page 3)
Field Articles
- Experiences from implementation of a school-based nutrition programme in Wakiso District, Central Uganda. (page 16)
- Promoting youth leadership on nutrition through junior parliamentarians and junior council engagement in Zimbabwe (page 20)
- Improving adolescents’ food choices: Learnings from the Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo (“Eat Well, Live Well”) campaign in Bangladesh (page 23)
- Adolescent Girl Power Groups in Bangladesh: Placing gender equality at the centre of nutrition interventions (page 26)
- An integrated multi-sector approach to improve the nutritional status among school-age children and adolescents in Malawi (page 30)
- Preventing teen pregnancies and supporting pregnant teenagers in Ecuador (page 33)
- “I’m courageous”: a social entrepreneurship programme promoting a healthy diet in young Indonesian people (page 36)
- Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation and nutrition education for adolescent girls in Africa and Asia (page 40)
- ‘Vida Saludable’: Healthy living is on the school curriculum in Mexico (page 44)
- Improving the nutritional well-being of school-age children through the Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI) in the State of Palestine (page 47)
- Use of media to engage school-age children and adolescents to improve their nutrition and health (page 51)
- Vida Saludable: integración de los hábitos saludables en el plan de estudios en México (page 100)
Research
- Determinants of adolescent nutritional status and practices in Burkina Faso: A pooled secondary analysis (page 68)
- Diet and nutrition status among school-age children and adolescents in Tanzania (page 72)
- Risk of nutritional deficiencies increases during female adolescence – a comparison of the cost of a nutritious diet across sex and age (page 76)
Special section
- Case Study 1: Assessing effectiveness of an interactive magazine aimed at influencing nutrition behaviours among school-attending adolescents in Timor-Leste (page 53)
- Case Study 2: Pacific Kids Food Revolution (PKFR): The innovative way teenagers are leading the way in the Pacific Islands to improve nutrition (page 54)
- Case Study 3: Improving eating habits in India: The Eat Right School programme (page 55)
- Case Study 4: Digital solutions developed by youth to drive social behaviour change for nutrition in Zimbabwe (page 56)
News & Views
- Conducting formative research on adolescent nutrition: key considerations (page 4)
- What’s new for adolescent nutrition in the DHS Program (page 4)
- Global launch: ‘Making Every School a Health Promoting School’ initiative (page 5)
- Research consortium for school health and nutrition: Launch (page 5)
- Adolescent Nutrition and Anaemia Course (page 6)
- The “Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank”: Practical resources for improving adolescent nutrition programmes (page 6)
- Expanding youth engagement in health research: The Lancet Youth Advisory Panel (page 7)
- MMS on Essential Medicine List (page 7)
- Systems approach to prevent all forms of malnutrition among children 5-19 years (page 8)
- Non-nutrition interventions to prevent anaemia in school-age children and adolescents (page 10)
- The importance of school feeding programmes to support the nutrition of school-age children, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic (page 12)
- 25 years of Field Exchange: has it made a difference? (page 15)
Research snapshots
- COVID-19 pandemic impacts on adolescents’ lives in sub-Saharan Africa (page 57)
- Dietary intake and practices of adolescent girls in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review (page 57)
- Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding programme (page 58)
- The triple burden of malnutrition among adolescents in Indonesia (page 58)
- Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Adolescent Nutrition (page 59)
- Food systems for children and adolescents (page 59)
- Determinates of dietary intake among adolescents in Bangladesh (page 60)
- Family influences on practices of pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh (page 60)
Research summaries
- TALENT Collaboration: Exploring adolescent diet and physical activity in India and sub-Saharan Africa. (page 61)
- Capturing nutrition data for school-age children and adolescents (page 63)
- Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status in school-aged children and adolescents (page 64)
- Current evidence on anaemia and micronutrient supplementation strategies in school-age children and adolescents (page 66)
Report summaries
- Early is best but it is not always too late. Young Lives evidence on nutrition and growth in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam (page 81)
- Growth through Nutrition: The Adolescent Nutrition SBCC Program in Ethiopia (page 82)
- Fix my food: children’s views on transforming food systems (page 83)
- Investing in the now and the future: Why governments should commit to adolescent health and nutrition (page 84)
- Scoping review on school food and nutrition policies (page 84)
- When Are We Going to Teach Health? (page 85)
- Nutrition and health challenges for Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (page 86)
- New UNICEF resource: Programming Guidance for Parenting of Adolescents (page 87)
- UNICEF programming guidance: Nutrition in middle childhood and adolescence (page 87)
- People-driven SBC in Practice Combating Stunting in Indonesia (page 88)
Issue 65 / May 2021
Editorials
- FEX 65 editorial themes (page 3)
Field Articles
- Multi-sector nutrition programming: ‘Nutrition Smart Villages’ in Bangladesh and India (page 18)
- In Chad, the Mother-MUAC approach improves treatment access for malnourished children (page 22)
- Calculating wasting caseloads and geographic prioritisation of nutrition services in the context of limited data in Afghanistan (page 26)
- Large-scale food fortification efforts in Haiti (page 30)
- Nutrition-sensitive WASH programming to improve the nutritional status of women and children in Nepal (page 33)
- Streamlining SMART survey processes in support of a high quality, nationally owned nutrition information system in Kenya (page 38)
Evaluations
Research
- Link NCA offers a new opportunity to study drivers of concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt) (page 86)
- Estimating the burden of wasting during COVID-19 based on empirical experiences in the Sahel (page 89)
- Use of educational videos to improve maternal breastfeeding knowledge and practices in Ethiopia (page 92)
- A systematic review of nutrition interventions for mobile pastoralists (page 96)
Special section
- Remote Integrated Phase Classification during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences from Madagascar (page 42)
- A risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) response to support maternal, infant and young child nutrition in the context of COVID-19 in Rwanda (page 46)
- Localising food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: An example from the Philippines, Move Food Initiative (page 50)
- Adapting infant and young child feeding interventions in the context of COVID-19 in Somalia (page 54)
- Infant and young child feeding in emergencies: Programming adaptation in the context of COVID-19 in Lebanon (page 57)
- Adaptations to SMART surveys in the context of COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (page 60)
News & Views
- Statement of Commitment on Climate by Humanitarian Organisations (page 5)
- UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020-2030 (page 5)
- CMAM programmes: A handbook to analyse cost-effectiveness (page 6)
- Food Systems Summit 2021 (page 6)
- Frequently asked questions on COVID-19 vaccines and breastfeeding (page 6)
- Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) Conference 2021 (page 7)
- Launch of the Nutrition Year of Action (page 8)
- The launch of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium (page 8)
- Within our grasp: Childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolution taking place to end it (page 8)
- Infant and young child feeding in emergencies programming in the context of COVID-19: learnings from a webinar series (page 9)
- Launch of the MAMI Care Pathway (page 10)
- Kwashiorkor – reflections on the ‘revisiting the evidence’ series (page 11)
- Improving the way we address acute malnutrition in Africa’s drylands (page 14)
Research snapshots
- Improving complementary feeding practices through smartphone-based maternal education in Iran (page 64)
- The burden of malnutrition and fatal COVID-19: A global burden of disease analysis (page 64)
- Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations (page 65)
- The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress (page 65)
- Nutrition data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders (page 66)
- Sustainability evaluation of a national infant and young child feeding programme in Bangladesh and Vietnam (page 66)
- An exploration of district-based health decision-making in West Bengal, India (page 67)
- Greater precision of interactions between community health workers and household members to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in India (page 67)
- Biannual azithromycin distribution and child mortality among malnourished children in Niger (page 68)
- Effect of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions on maternal and child nutritional outcomes in rural Odisha, India (UPAVAN trial) (page 68)
- Analysis of gestational weight gain using nationally representative data (page 69)
- Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight (page 69)
- Relapse and post-discharge body composition of children treated for acute malnutrition using a simplified, combined protocol (page 69)
- Monitoring systems for the management of severe acute malnutrition programmes in northern Nigeria (page 70)
- The importance of food systems and the environment for nutrition (page 70)
- Triple trouble: The triple burden of child undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight in East Asia and the Pacific (page 70)
- Assessing nutrient gaps and affordability of complementary foods (page 71)
- COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: implications for maternal and child health and nutrition (page 71)
- Conceptual framework of food systems for children and adolescents (page 72)
- Post-discharge interventions for children hospitalised with severe acute malnutrition (page 72)
- Effectiveness of breastfeeding support packages in low- and middle-income countries for infants under six months (page 73)
- Fortified blended flour supplements displace plain cereals in feeding of young children (page 73)
Research summaries
- Impact of maternal mental health on recovery from severe acute malnutrition in Malawi (page 74)
- Response to malnutrition treatment in low weight-for-age children: secondary analyses of ComPAS trial data (page 76)
- Transforming food systems to improve diet affordability: Fill the Nutrient Gap analysis in Burkina Faso (page 78)
- The No Wasted Lives Research Agenda - Revisited (page 80)
- Seasonality of acute malnutrition and its drivers: a case study from eastern Chad (page 81)
- Scale-up of severe wasting management within the health system: A stakeholder perspective on current progress (page 84)
Report summaries
- Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition (page 100)
- The effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (page 100)
- Simplified approaches for the treatment of child wasting: A rapid evidence review (page 101)
- Children eating well in cities: A roadmap for action to support nutritious diets and healthy environments for all children in urban settings (page 102)
Issue 64 / May 2021
Issue 64 / January 2021
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
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)
Issue 63 / October 2020
Editorials
- Briefing note on child wasting in South Asia (FEX 63) (page 0)
- Editorial (page 3)
Field Articles
- Integration of essential nutrition interventions into primary healthcare in Pakistan to prevent and treat wasting: A story of change (page 13)
- Wasting prevention and treatment - central to stunting reduction in Pakistan (page 17)
- Experiences of the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) programme in Nepal: from pilot to scale up (page 22)
- One UN for nutrition in Afghanistan - Translating global policy into action: A policy shift to tackle wasting (page 26)
- Integration of management of children with severe acute malnutrition in paediatric inpatient facilities in India (page 34)
- Managing at risk mothers and infants under six months in India – no time to waste (page 38)
- Supporting healthy growth in infants in low-resource settings in Mumbai, India (page 43)
- Community management of acute malnutrition in Rajasthan, India (page 49)
- Development and use of alternative nutrient-dense foods for management of acute malnutrition in India (page 53)
- Adaptations to CMAM programming in Cox’s Bazar in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (page 57)
- Integrating screening for acute malnutrition into the vitamin A supplementation campaign in the Rohingya camps during the COVID-19 pandemic (page 61)
- Delivery of maternal nutrition interventions at scale and mainstreaming into the health system in Bangladesh (page 64)
- Previous FEX articles of relevance for wasting in South Asia (page 98)
- Thiamine Deficiency Remains an Urgent Public Health Problem (page 100)
Research
- Prevention of child wasting in Asia: Possible role for multiple micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy (page 76)
- Concordance between weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for the detection of wasting among children in Bangladesh host communities (page 81)
News & Views
- South Asia and child wasting – unravelling the conundrum (page 7)
- Nutrition Exchange South Asia issues on maternal nutrition and complementary feeding (page 30)
- South Asia Technical Advisory Group on Wasting (page 31)
- WFP win Nobel Peace Prize (page 31)
- Tackling child wasting: A review of costing tools and an agenda for the future (page 33)
- Improving maternal nutrition in South Asia: Implications for child wasting prevention efforts (page 92)
- UN Global Action Plan (GAP) Framework for Child Wasting and the Asia and Pacific Region (page 96)
Research snapshots
- Factors influencing maternal nutrition practices in a large scale maternal, neonatal and child health programme in Bangladesh (page 68)
- Integrating nutrition interventions into an existing maternal, neonatal and child health programme in Bangladesh (page 68)
- Severe wasting among Indian infants under six months of age (page 69)
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social, economic and health status of low-income populations in India (page 69)
- Burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in states of India 1990-2017 (page 70)
- Effect of supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on the nutritional status of infants in Pakistan (page 70)
- Impact on birth weight and child growth of women’s groups with and without transfers of food or cash during pregnancy in Nepal (page 71)
- Maternal profiles and social determinants of severe acute malnutrition among children under five years of age: A case-control study in Nepal (page 71)
- Aiming higher for maternal and child nutrition in South Asia (page 72)
- Birthweight and feeding practices are associated with child growth outcomes in South Asia (page 72)
- Factors associated with wasting among children under five years old in South Asia: Implications for action (page 73)
- Improving women’s nutrition is imperative for the rapid reduction of childhood stunting in South Asia (page 73)
- Wasting in the wider context of undernutrition: An ENN position paper (page 73)
- Causes and consequences of child growth failure in low- and middle-income countries (page 74)
- Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality (page 74)
- Development of complementary foods for moderately wasted children to improve gut microbiota status (page 75)
- Duodenal microbiota in stunted undernourished children with enteropathy (page 75)
- Early childhood linear growth failure in low- and middle-income countries (page 75)
Research summaries
- Effectiveness of programme approaches to improve the coverage of maternal nutrition interventions in South Asia (page 85)
- The link between foetal and childhood nutrition and adult non-communicable disease: lessons from birth cohort studies in India (page 86)
- Child wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries (page 88)
Report summaries
- Growth faltering in early infancy: highlights from a two-day scientific consultation (page 89)
- Lives upended - how COVID-19 threatens the futures of 600 million South Asian children (page 89)
- Report of the South Asia ‘Stop stunting: No time to Waste’ conference (page 90)
- Report of the South Asia ‘Stop stunting: Power of Maternal Nutrition’ conference (page 90)
- Low birth weight estimates: Levels and trends 2000–2015 (page 91)
- Report of the South Asia ‘Stop stunting: Improving Young Children’s Diets’ conference (page 91)
- Wasting in South Asia: Building the evidence on policy and programme response (page 91)
Issue 62 / April 2020
Editorials
- Editorial (page 3)
Field Articles
- Regional overview of emergency nutrition preparedness in Latin America and the Caribbean (page 5)
- Building national capacities for emergency nutrition preparedness and response in East Asia and the Pacific (page 10)
- Coordination of the Nutrition Sector response for forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (page 24)
- GOAL’s experiences of management of at-risk mothers and infants (MAMI) programming in Ethiopia (page 30)
- Improving nutritional outcomes of rural households through a community-based approach in Ethiopia (page 56)
Evaluations
- Impact evaluation of a nutrition-sensitive social protection programme in northern Nigeria (page 60)
Research
- Appraisal of the CMAM information system in Northern Nigeria using a ‘toolbox’ approach (page 34)
- Food aid for nutrition: A landscape review of current research and implications for future studies (page 38)
- A review of research methods used to study specialised nutritious foods (page 41)
- Municipal budget allocation and utilisation for nutrition in Nepal (page 44)
- Review of experiences and direction on complementary feeding in emergencies (page 48)
News & Views
- Demographic and Health Survey update core questionnaires (page 14)
- Global Technical Assistance Mechanism for Nutrition (GTAM) progress report (page 14)
- Guiding principles for sustainable healthy diets (page 14)
- Call for papers on prevention of non-communicable disease in humanitarian settings (page 15)
- Guidelines for the management of pregnant and breastfeeding women in the context of Ebola virus disease (page 15)
- ENN update (page 16)
- Guidance for nutrition in emergencies practitioners on COVID-19 (page 17)
- Management of At-risk Mothers and Infants under six months (MAMI): Update and direction (page 18)
- Concerns that The Lancet double-burden series may undermine moderate wasting treatment (page 19)
- Reflections on the United Nations draft Global Action Plan on wasting (page 21)
Research snapshots
- COVID-19 highlights the need for greater support for global health systems (page 49)
- Looming threat of COVID-19 infection in Africa: act collectively, and fast (page 49)
- Ebola virus disease and breastfeeding – comment (page 50)
- Nutritional care for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (page 50)
- Review of the use of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries (page 51)
- Setting research priorities on multiple micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy (page 51)
- Systematic review of breastfeeding protection, promotion and support in humanitarian emergencies (page 52)
- Violent conflict and breastfeeding: The case of Iraq (page 52)
- The Lancet series on the double burden of malnutrition (page 53)
- New approach to simplifying and optimising acute malnutrition treatment in children aged 6 to 59 months: The OptiMA single-arm proof-of-concept trial in Burkina Faso (page 54)
- The effect of acute malnutrition on enteric pathogens, moderate-to-severe diarrhoea, and associated mortality (page 54)
- Prevention of child wasting: Results of a Child Health & Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) prioritisation exercise (page 55)
- Taller but thinner: trends in child anthropometry in Senegal 1990–2015 (page 55)
Issue 61 / November 2019
Field Articles
- Improving practical skills for breastfeeding vulnerable infants in low-resource settings: training material development and a case study from Rwanda (page 0)
- Improving minimum dietary diversity for children aged 6-23 months when household affordability is a major constraint in northeast Bangladesh. (page 3)
- Improving practical skills for breastfeeding vulnerable infants in low resource settings: A case study from Rwanda (page 7)
- Estimating ‘people in need’ from combined GAM in Afghanistan (page 11)
- Challenges in protecting non-breastfed infants in the Rohingya response in Bangladesh (page 40)
- International Medical Corps strengthens nutrition alert and surveillance systems in South Sudan (page 44)
- Scale-up of malnutrition screening by the World Health Organization in Syria (page 57)
- Integrating nutrition services into mobile health teams: Bringing comprehensive services to an underserved population in Afghanistan (page 62)
Research
- Ensuring pregnancy weight gain: An integrated community-based approach to tackle maternal nutrition in India (page 14)
- Dynamics of the nutritional status of children under five years old in northwest Syria (page 18)
- Cost of the Diet analysis in Bria, Central African Republic (page 20)
- Barriers to infant feeding in emergencies programming in middle and high-income countries (page 24)
Special section
- Global Technical Mechanism for Nutrition (GTAM) - introduction to special section (page 47)
- Global Technical Assistance Mechanism for Nutrition (GTAM): The story so far (page 48)
- Baseline technical needs assessment for the Global Technical Assistance Mechanism for Nutrition (GTAM) (page 52)
- A review of technical discussion on en-net: Recurring questions and gaps experienced by programmers (page 53)
Postscripts
- Further perspectives on scurvy outbreak (page 29)
News & Views
- An innovative, low-cost tool for a more efficient weight-for-height/length (WHZ/WLZ) assessment (page 8)
- Nutrition Exchange (NEX) South Asia: Maternal nutrition (page 9)
- Continuity of care in acute malnutrition treatment in East Africa and West and Central Africa: a mapping exercise (page 10)
- Health systems strengthening course (page 10)
- SPRING through the seasons (page 10)
Research snapshots
- Adolescent girls’ nutrition and prevention of anaemia: a school-based multisectoral collaboration in Indonesia (page 30)
- Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating a preventative nutrition package into facility-based screening for acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso (page 30)
- Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements into community-level screening for acute malnutrition in Mali (page 31)
- Supportive supervision to improve the quality and outcome of outpatient care among malnourished children in Uganda (page 31)
- Efficacy of F-100, diluted F-100, and infant formula for treatment of infants under six months with severe acute malnutrition (page 32)
- Inpatient and outpatient treatment for acute malnutrition in infants under six months; a qualitative study from Senegal (page 32)
- Prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies: a multi-organisation collaboration to increase access to synthesised evidence (page 32)
- Alternative ready-to-use therapeutic food yields less recovery than the standard for treating acute malnutrition in children from Ghana (page 33)
- Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania (page 33)
- Analysis of trends in SMART nutrition survey data from South Sudan between 2004 and 2016 (page 34)
- Defining, measuring and interpreting the appropriateness of humanitarian assistance (page 34)
- Ebola virus disease and breastfeeding: time for attention (page 35)
- How Ebola virus disease affected nutrition in Sierra Leone – a food value-chain framework to improve future response strategies (page 35)
- Conflict of interest in nutrition research (page 36)
- Impact of reduced dose of ready-to-use therapeutic foods in children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso (page 36)
- Individualised breastfeeding support for acutely ill, malnourished infants under six months of age (page 36)
- Association of early interventions with birth outcome and child linear growth in low-income and middle-income countries (page 37)
- Practical pathways to integrate nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (page 37)
- Soya, maize and sorghum-based ready-to-use therapeutic food with amino acid for treatment of severe acute malnutrition (page 38)
- The WASH benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea (page 38)
- Understanding how Rwanda created an enabling environment for improvements in nutrition (page 39)
Research summaries
- The relationship between wasting and stunting: a retrospective cohort analysis of longitudinal data in Gambian children from 1976 to 2016 (page 26)
- Scurvy outbreak among South Sudanese adolescents and young men – Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, 2017-2018 (page 27)
Issue 60 / July 2019
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
- Editorial perspective on the continuum of care for children with acute malnutrition (page 2)
Field Articles
- World Vision’s Positive Deviance/Hearth programme: multi-country experiences (page 11)
- Implementation of the Expanded Admission Criteria (EAC) for acute malnutrition in Somalia: interim lessons learned (page 15)
- Scaling-up of care for children with acute malnutrition during emergency nutrition response in South Sudan between 2014 and 2018 (page 73)
- Enhancing the effectiveness of a community-based management of acute malnutrition programme in Zambia (page 78)
- Continuum of care for children with wasting in India: Opportunities for an integrated approach (page 82)
- Simplified approaches to treat acute malnutrition: Insights and reflections from MSF and lessons from experiences in NE Nigeria (page 91)
- Addressing acute malnutrition in Cameroon during an emergency: Results and benefits of an integrated prevention programme (page 96)
- UNHCR experiences of enabling continuity of acute malnutrition care in the East, Horn of Africa and Great Lakes region (page 101)
Evaluations
Research
- ComPAS trial in South Sudan and Kenya: Headline findings and experiences (page 19)
- Using MUAC to predict and avoid negative outcomes in CMAM programmes: Work inspired by en-net (page 23)
- Continuity of information in nutrition interventions in India: Experiences from Jharkhand (page 26)
- Substandard discharge rules in current severe acute malnutrition management protocols: An overlooked source of ineffectiveness for programmes? (page 29)
- Regional perspectives on simplified approaches for the management of children with acute malnutrition: West and Central Africa (page 33)
- Testing an adapted severe acute malnutrition treatment protocol in Somalia (page 36)
- Factors affecting decision-making on use of combined/simplified acute malnutrition protocols in Niger, north-east Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan (page 38)
- OptiMA study in Burkina Faso: Emerging findings and additional insights (page 40)
- Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition using food products or counselling: A systematic review (page 43)
- MAM and SAM cases reduced through a stunting prevention programme in Malawi and the associated costs averted (page 46)
- Comparison of treatment of severe acute malnutrition with ready-to-use therapeutic food and ready-to-use-supplementary food: Research plans in Pakistan (page 50)
- Implementation of a field study of body composition among infants and young children in sub-Saharan Africa (page 52)
- Bottleneck analysis for the integrated management of acute malnutrition services in Somalia (page 56)
- Management of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers: Early results of Action Against Hunger research (page 61)
- Defining and treating “high-risk” moderate acute malnutrition using expanded admission criteria (Hi-MAM Study): A cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol (page 64)
- Longitudinal patterns of wasting and stunting – new analysis by the Knowledge Integration (KI) initiative (page 66)
- SAM and MAM programming in East and West Africa: An insight into continuum of service provision for acute malnutrition treatment (page 67)
- Modelling an alternative nutrition protocol generalisable to outpatient (MANGO) study (page 72)
- Programmatic approaches for nutritional care in India: Perspectives on continuum of care (page 72)
Postscripts
- Protocol adaptations to deal with programme realities: UNICEF Nigeria perspective (page 95)
- The USAID experience of advocating to employ the expanded admission criteria in Nigeria (page 95)
News & Views
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in the management of acute malnutrition (page 86)
- SCOPE CODA: World Food Programme innovation to improve data management in malnutrition treatment (page 86)
- Consultation on wasting in Asia to build the evidence base (page 87)
- Previous Field Exchange content on continuum of acute malnutrition care (page 87)
- No Wasted Lives Coalition launch Community of Practice on simplified approaches to acute malnutrition treatment (page 88)
- “There are MAMs, then there are MAMs” (page 89)
Issue 59 / January 2019
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Scale up of high-impact nutrition interventions in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya (page 2)
- Institutionalising quality of care in inpatient facilities for the management of severe acute malnutrition in India (page 9)
- Nutritional response in north-eastern Nigeria: Approaches to increase service availability in Borno and Yobe States (page 43)
- A multi-sector approach to improve nutrition: Experiences of the Nutrition at the Center project, Bangladesh (page 54)
Evaluations
- Impact evaluation of WASH in nutrition intervention on morbidity and acute malnutrition in Niger (page 47)
- Nutrition-sensitive outcomes of a permaculture project in Nepal (page 51)
Research
- Outcomes and risk factors for infants under six months old with severe acute malnutrition in Bangladesh (page 0)
- Linear growth following complicated severe malnutrition (page 13)
- Use of MUAC by novel community platforms to detect, diagnose and treat severe acute malnutrition (page 13)
- Post discharge morbidities and mortalities among children with severe acute malnutrition who did not undergo nutrition rehabilitation (page 14)
- Post-discharge follow-up of children treated for severe acute malnutrition (page 14)
- Short malnourished children and fat accumulation with food supplementation (page 14)
- Concurrent wasting and stunting among under-five children in Senegal (page 15)
- Improving screening for malnourished children at high risk of death (page 15)
- Cash-based intervention and risk of acute malnutrition among children in internally displaced persons camps in Somalia (page 16)
- Risk factors for acutely malnourished infants aged under six months (page 16)
- A review of wet nursing experiences, motivations, facilitators and barriers (page 17)
- Gender dynamics of phone ownership and use in a Fresh Food Voucher scheme in Ethiopia (page 17)
- Barrier analysis of infant and young child feeding and maternal nutrition behaviours among IDPs in northern and southern Syria (page 18)
- Micronutrient powder distribution strategies to increase coverage and adherence among children aged six to 23 months as part of an IYCF strategy in Cambodia (page 21)
- Development of a maternal service package for mothers of children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to nutrition rehabilitation centres in India (page 24)
- The current state of evidence and thinking on wasting prevention (page 29)
- Can low-literate community health workers treat severe acute malnutrition? A study of simplified algorithm and tools in South Sudan (page 30)
- Is there a systematic bias in estimates of programme coverage returned by SQUEAC coverage assessments? (page 32)
- Infant and young child feeding in emergencies: An analysis of key factors of a strong response (page 36)
- Higher heights: a greater ambition for maternal and child nutrition in South Asia (page 37)
- Independent and combined effects of improved WASH and improved complementary feeding on child stunting and anaemia in rural Zimbabwe (page 40)
- Undersized Indian children: nutrients-starved or hungry for development? (page 41)
Postscripts
News & Views
- Report of the Global Nutrition Cluster side event on Yemen and Sudan (page 6)
- UNICEF programme guidance on adolescents (page 6)
- The State of the Humanitarian System 2018 report (page 7)
- Wasting in South Asia: Consultation on building the evidence base on the policy and programme response (page 8)
Issue 58 / September 2018
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Results and lessons learned from WFP’s efforts to support adolescent girls in Niger (page 2)
- Participatory, decentralised monitoring to improve quality of CMAM services in Sudan (page 6)
- Treatment of severe acute malnutrition through the Integrated Child Development Scheme in Jharkand State, India (page 34)
- Nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Zambia: A continued work in progress (page 37)
- Experiences of implementing CMAM in Yemen and number of deaths averted (page 64)
- Implementation of nutrition surveys using SMART methodology in sub-Saharan Africa (page 68)
- Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) in Protracted Crisis: The South Sudan Civil Society Alliance (CSA) experience (page 75)
- Screening for maternal and child malnutrition using sentinel-based national nutrition surveillance in Afghanistan (page 79)
- Nutrition programming in Northern Bar el Ghazal, South Sudan: A time to reflect (page 84)
Evaluations
Research
- Risk factors for vitamin A and D deficiencies among children under five years old in Palestine (page 10)
- The “ComPAS” trial combined treatment model for acute malnutrition: study protocol for the economic evaluation (page 10)
- Effect of an emergency cash transfer programme on weight gain and acute malnutrition risk in Niger (page 11)
- Use and misuse of stunting as a measure of child health (page 11)
- Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death (page 12)
- Packaged foods: What role can they play in improving consumption of nutritious food? (page 12)
- The consumption of animal-sourced foods by infants in low-income settings (page 12)
- A series of three related published papers share findings regarding quality of care, treatment outcomes and cost-effectiveness of uncomplicated SAM treatment delivered by community health workers (CHWs) in rural Mali. (page 13)
- Research Study of the cost, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of three cash-based interventions in Pakistan (page 13)
- Review of scale and drivers of persistent global acute malnutrition (page 15)
- Policy brief on engagement between public and private sectors for nutrition (page 16)
- A growth reference for MUAC-for-age among school age children and adolescents and validation for mortality (page 18)
- Urban diets and nutrition: Trends, challenges and opportunities for policy action (page 19)
- Technical brief on the cost of malnutrition (page 21)
- Feasibility of a milk matters initiative to enhance milk intake in children over six months of age in Somalia (page 23)
- Putting budget data to work for nutrition (page 25)
- Weekly menu for midday meal in Bangladeshi schools: Caregivers’ choices (page 27)
- Infant formula advertising in medical journals: a cross-sectional study (and struggle to publish) (page 29)
- Training Care Groups on sexual and gender-based violence in rural Niger (page 31)
- Report on innovations in CMAM (page 41)
Special section
- Special Section: management of at risk mothers and infants under 6 months (MAMI) whole section download (page 1)
- Special Section on MAMI: Editorial (page 50)
- Piloting the C-MAMI approach in the Rohingya response in Bangladesh (page 51)
- Updated C-MAMI Tool now available (page 54)
- The cost of implementing the C-MAMI tool to treat nutritionally vulnerable infants in Bangladesh (page 55)
- Severe malnutrition in infants under six months old: outcomes and risk factors in Bangladesh (page 58)
- The Paediatric Development Clinic: A model to improve medical, nutritional and developmental outcomes for high-risk children aged under-five in rural Rwanda (page 59)
- C-MAMI tool evaluation: Learnings from Bangladesh and Ethiopia (page 62)
News & Views
- Adolescent Nutrition Interest Group meeting (page 42)
- Child wasting and stunting: Time to overcome the separation (page 43)
- Global humanitarian assistance report 2018 (page 43)
- Revised CMAM Training Guide (page 43)
- Guide to anthropometry: A practical tool for program planners, managers and implementers (page 44)
- Making connections: Joint meeting of WaSt Technical Interest Group and MAMI Special Interest Group (page 45)
- Paving the way from research to action: cash and nutrition (page 46)
- Food assistance for nutrition: Evidence Summit (page 47)
- Access to Nutrition Index (page 48)
- HIV and infant feeding in emergencies operational guidance (page 48)
Issue 57 / March 2018
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Extending support through CMAM to older people in Ethiopia (page 3)
- Resilient farming in Satkhira, Bangladesh (page 7)
- Operational factors in the integration of nutrition into agriculture and livelihoods programmes in Zimbabwe (page 31)
- Enhancing infant and young child feeding in emergency preparedness and response in East Africa: capacity mapping in Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan (page 35)
- Scale-up of IMAM services in Afghanistan (page 48)
- Monitoring and evaluation of programmes in unstable populations: Experiences with the UNHCR Global SENS Database (page 53)
- How do low-cost, home-grown school-feeding programmes work? Lessons learned from Malawi (page 85)
- Health systems strengthening in fragile contexts: A partnership model in South West State, Somalia (page 89)
Evaluations
- Impact evaluation of the Lebanon multipurpose cash assistance programme (page 82)
- Impact evaluation of a DFID programme to accelerate improved nutrition for the extreme poor in Bangladesh (page 83)
Research
- WASH-nutrition barriers and potential solutions in Cambodia (page 11)
- Effectiveness of food supplements in increasing fat-free tissue accretion in children with moderate acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso (page 12)
- Effects of nutrition interventions during pregnancy on low birth weight (page 14)
- Thiamine content of F-75 for complicated severe acute malnutrition: time for a change? (page 15)
- Consumption of iron-rich foods among adolescent girls in Nepal: Identifying behavioural determinants (page 17)
- Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: What have we learned and where do we go from here? (page 19)
- Exploring multi-sector programming at district level in Senegal, Nepal and Kenya (page 21)
- Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta- analysis of prevalence data of children 6-59 months from 84 countries (page 23)
- Humanitarian-development nexus: nutrition policy and programming in Kenya (page 25)
- Community management of uncomplicated malnourished infants under six months old: barriers to national policy change (page 27)
- Shock-responsive social protection systems research (page 29)
Special section
- Action Against Hunger Research for Nutrition conference, 2017 (page 58)
- Key findings from the Click-MUAC Project (page 59)
- Evaluation of mobile application to support the treatment of acutely malnourished children in Wajir county, Kenya (page 61)
- Relapse after treatment for moderate acute malnutrition: Risk factors and interventions to prevent it (page 64)
- Development of a SAM photo diagnosis app (page 66)
- Improving child nutrition and development through community-based child care centres (CBCCs) in Malawi (page 68)
- Short and long-term droughts, food security and child mortality in Ethiopia: Can sub-national surveys tell us more about the success of mitigation efforts? (page 70)
- TreatFOOD study in Burkina Faso (page 73)
- How to improve the engagement of communities in research? (page 74)
- How to overcome data management challenges in research in crisis contexts (page 75)
- Death of children with SAM diagnosed by WHZ or MUAC: Who are we missing? (page 77)
Agency Profiles
- The Eleanor Crook Foundation (page 92)
News & Views
- Joint IAEA-WHO-UNICEF workshop on biological pathways to better understand the double burden of malnutrition (page 39)
- Improving nutrition surveys: New developments and changes at UNHCR (page 40)
- New online training: Accelerating behaviour change in nutrition-sensitive agriculture from the SPRING project (page 41)
- Management of At risk Mothers and Infants (MAMI) meeting (page 42)
- Wasting and Stunting Technical Interest Group (WaSt TIG) meeting (page 43)
- en-net update (page 44)
- Famine in Somalia: Competing Imperatives, Collective Failures, 2011-12 (page 45)
- Getting on the same page: Reaching across disciplinary boundaries to improve nutrition (page 46)
Issue 56 / December 2017
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Accountability to affected populations: Somalia Nutrition Cluster experiences (page 5)
- Development and added value of the Nutrition Cluster in Turkey (page 11)
- Development of multi-cluster rapid and in-depth assessment methodologies in Afghanistan (page 16)
- Cluster coordination in a government-led emergency response in Ethiopia (page 20)
- Experiences of Nutrition Sector coordination in Syria (page 25)
- Partnership and accountability in the South Sudan Nutrition Cluster (2015-2017) (page 29)
- Post-Rome integrated action: Experiences from North-eastern Nigeria (page 50)
- Somalia Nutrition Cluster: integrated famine prevention package (page 53)
- Yemen Nutrition Cluster: Integrated famine-prevention package (page 56)
- South Sudan Nutrition cluster 2017: famine lessons learnt (page 59)
- Nutrition Technical Rapid Response Team: Experiences and lessons learned (page 62)
- Tech RRT CMAM Adviser: Experiences from Nigeria and Yemen (page 66)
- Tech RRT IYCF-E/CMAM adviser: experiences from Niger, Haiti and Nigeria (page 68)
- Tech RRT Assessment Adviser: Experiences from South Sudan, Mozambique, Iraq and Yemen (page 71)
- IYCF-E Tech RRT support: Experiences from Iraq (page 73)
- Tech RRT IYCF-E support for Aleppo response, Northern Syria (page 74)
- Global Nutrition Cluster Rapid Response Team (page 76)
- Experiences of the ‘Whole of Syria’ coordination for nutrition (page 79)
- From cluster to Nutrition Sector coordination: Government leadership in coordination for effective nutrition emergency response in Borno State, Nigeria (page 84)
- Nutrition in health response in emergencies: WHO perspectives and developments (page 89)
News & Views
- Update of the Nutrition in Emergencies Coordination Handbook: A product of the Nutrition Cluster (page 35)
- Global Nutrition Cluster Strategy 2017-2020 (page 36)
- Guidance on accountability to affected populations (page 37)
- Nutrition Cluster advocacy strategy/framework and toolkit (page 37)
- Strengthening nutrition humanitarian action: Supporting humanitarian cluster/sector coordination transition (page 42)
- Promoting an integrated famine prevention package: Breaking bottlenecks (page 47)
Issue 55 / July 2017
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Mainstreaming nutrition in a school-based feeding programme in northeast Nigeria (page 3)
- Realising rights and livelihoods opportunities among tribal populations in rural India (page 7)
- Building health service capacity to manage severe acute malnutrition in Mali (page 11)
- Impact of nutrition education alongside treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Madagascar (page 14)
- A multisector approach to monitoring planned and actual nutrition spending (page 49)
- Learning from the Porridge Mums project in northeast Nigeria (page 53)
- Community video in the Sahel: from pilot to scale (page 56)
- Advocating for nutrition in West Africa: The role of SUN Civil Society Alliances (page 60)
- Management of acute malnutrition in infants less than six months in a South Sudanese refugee population in Ethiopia (page 70)
- Scaling up CMAM in protracted emergencies and low resource settings: experiences from Sudan (page 74)
- Improving nutrition information systems: lessons from Kenya (page 80)
- Interventions to build resilience of the health system to the El Niño drought in Ethiopia (page 94)
- Multi-sector, nutrition-sensitive response to drought emergency in Pakistan (page 98)
Evaluations
- Retrospective qualitative analysis of an infant and young child feeding intervention among refugees in Europe (page 85)
- Building capacity in inpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition in Yemen (page 87)
- Evaluation of the response to Hurricane Matthew, Haiti (page 89)
Research
- Child height gain is associated with consumption of animal-source foods in livestock-owning households in Western Kenya (page 17)
- Global trends and patterns of commercial milk-based formula sales (page 17)
- Factors associated with stunting among pre-school children in Tanzania (page 18)
- Violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Indonesia context (page 18)
- A qualitative study of the root causes of undernutrition in Nairobi slums (page 19)
- Role of intestinal dysfunction in the nutritional compromise seen in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in rural India (page 19)
- Famine fears in northeast Nigeria as Boko Haram fight rages (page 20)
- Pros and cons of cost-effectiveness thresholds (page 20)
- Refugee crisis presents a human paradox (page 20)
- The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on the nutritional status of children (page 21)
- The link between tuberculosis and undernutrition (page 21)
- A small-quantity, lipid-based nutrient supplement to reduce anaemia and stunting among refugees in the Horn of Africa (page 22)
- Preventing and treating growth faltering in Maya children (page 22)
- AJFAND special issue on biofortification (page 23)
- An overview of biofortification in Africa (page 23)
- Development and delivery of orange sweet potato in Sub-Saharan Africa (page 24)
- Optimal investments in biofortification (page 24)
- Does economic growth reduce childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia? (page 25)
- Preparation and presentation of corn-soy blend for moderately malnourished children in Malawi (page 26)
- The impact of in-kind food assistance on pastoralist livelihoods in humanitarian crises (page 28)
- The effects of DFID CTPs on poverty and vulnerability (page 29)
- Is exposure to animal faeces harmful to child nutrition and health outcomes? (page 31)
- Impact of maternal undernutrition and childbearing in adolescence on offspring stunting (page 32)
- Impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on determinants of child health in Colombia (page 34)
- Drought, conflict and undernutrition in Ethiopia (page 35)
- Does nutritional supplementation for two weeks prevent malnutrition in ill children? (page 36)
- Diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition among infants under six months of age (page 38)
- Child outcomes of cash transfer programmes in humanitarian and development contexts (page 40)
- Methods to detect cases of severely malnourished infants under six months (page 41)
- A review of barriers to and enablers of nutrition policy change (page 43)
- MUAC vs WHZ in predicting mortality in hospitalised children under five years of age (page 44)
- Financing the sustainable scale-up of CMAM in high-burden countries (page 45)
- Aid effectiveness of the Zimbabwe multi-donor trust fund (page 47)
- Review of WHO guidelines for the inpatient management of severe acute malnutrition (page 48)
Agency Profiles
- Valid International (page 91)
News & Views
- What does nutrition-sensitive programming mean for WFP? (page 63)
- WHO’s new emergencies programme bridges two worlds (page 64)
- #SenegalNutrition (page 65)
- Public health in humanitarian crises online course (page 65)
- UNHCR multi-sector market assessment toolkit (page 65)
- No Wasted Lives: Accelerating action for children with acute malnutrition (page 66)
- Driving evidence to action: The Council of Research & Technical Advice on SAM (CORTASAM) (page 67)
- Prioritising acute malnutrition research: preliminary results of a CHNRI survey (page 68)
- Launch of The State of Severe Malnutrition website (page 69)
Issue 54 / February 2017
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Alert and rapid response to nutritional crisis in DRC (page 3)
- Developing a mobile health app to manage acute malnutrition: a five-country experience (page 7)
- CMAM scale-up: experience from Ethiopia’s El Niño response 2016 (page 11)
- Tackling non-communicable disease among Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities in Jordan (page 69)
- Treatment of malnutrition in Lebanon: Institutionalisation with the Ministry of Public Health – steps and lessons learned (page 73)
- A journey to multi-sector nutrition programming in Nepal: evolution, processes and way forward (page 77)
- Recommendations for multi-sector nutrition planning: Cross-context lessons from Nepal and Uganda (page 90)
- Using care groups in emergencies in South Sudan (page 95)
- Assessing the differences in the scale of nutrition response efforts to El Niño in Ethiopia (page 98)
- Mercy Corps cash programming in the Greece migrant crisis response (page 105)
- Mastercard experiences during the humanitarian response in southern Europe (page 108)
Research
- Research Snapshots (page 16)
- Accessing quality research to enable evidence-informed national policy: experiences from Zimbabwe (page 19)
- Beyond the drinking glass: expanding our understanding of water-nutrition linkages (page 21)
- Deterioration of children with MAM who have no access to supplementary feeding programmes (page 22)
- Growth faltering in rural Gambian children after four decades of interventions: a retrospective cohort study (page 24)
- Women’s empowerment through food security interventions: a secondary data analysis (page 25)
- Improving estimates of numbers of children with severe acute malnutrition using cohort and survey data (page 27)
- Invited commentary: improving estimates of severe acute malnutrition requires more data (page 28)
- UNICEF call for data sharing for incidence analysis (page 29)
- Improving community management of uncomplicated acute malnutrition in infants under six months (C-MAMI): Developing a checklist version of the C-MAMI tool (page 30)
- Cost-benefit analysis of a kitchen-garden intervention in Pakistan (page 32)
- Using trials of improved practices to shift nutrition and hygiene behaviours in Sierra Leone (page 33)
- Cost analysis of the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in West Africa (page 35)
- Local versus offshore costs of RUTF and LNS (page 36)
- Efficacy of three feeding regimens for home-based management of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (page 38)
- Predicting coexistence of wasting and stunting in Guinea-Bissau: A secondary data analysis (page 40)
- Mortality and causes of mortality in children 6-59 months of age admitted to inpatient therapeutic feeding centres in Niger (page 42)
- Anthropometric cut-off points for older children and adolescents in Syria (page 44)
- Optimising the multi-sectoral nutrition policy cycle: A systems perspective (page 50)
- Prioritising and funding the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (page 51)
- Implementing multi-sector nutrition programmes in Ethiopia and Nepal: Stakeholder perspectives (page 53)
- Assessing progress in implementing Uganda’s Nutrition Action Plan: District-level insights (page 55)
Special section
- Special Section: Research for Nutrition Conference - Editorial (page 56)
- Special section: Research for nutrition conference - whole section download (page 56)
- Methodological challenges for operational research in the humanitarian context (page 57)
- How to ensure quality research uptake (page 59)
- A cluster RCT to measure the effectiveness of cash-based interventions on nutrition status, Sindh Province, Pakistan (page 61)
- Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition in infants <6 months old in semi-urban Bangladesh: A prospective cohort study to inform future assessment/treatment tools (page 62)
- Water, livestock, and malnutrition findings from an impact assessment of Community Resilience to Acute Malnutrition programme in Chad (page 64)
- Inflammation and moderate acute malnutrition in children: A cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso (page 66)
- Upcoming research shared at ACF research conference (page 67)
Agency Profiles
- ADRA (Adventist Development Relief Agency) (page 104)
News & Views
- New resources from SPRING on evidence-based programming for anaemia (page 80)
- Compendium of Actions for Nutrition (CAN) (page 81)
- Severe acute malnutrition bottleneck analysis tool (page 81)
- Launch of new SUN Movement strategy and roadmap (page 82)
- The Lancet/AUB Joint Commission on Syria: Health in Conflictmailt (page 82)
- Global Humanitarian Response 2017 (page 83)
- Operationalising multi-sectoral coordination and collaboration for improved nutrition (page 84)
- en-net update (page 85)
- Welcome to the ENN’s new Media Hub (page 86)
- Ready-to-use therapeutic food and the WHO list of essential medicines (page 87)
- ACF application to add RUTF to EML sparks lively discussion on en-net (page 89)
Issue 53 / November 2016
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Nutrition programming in conflict settings: Lessons from South Sudan (page 2)
- Pilot micronutrient powder distribution in Burundi: acting on lessons learned (page 5)
- Combined protocol for SAM/MAM treatment: The ComPAS study (page 44)
- Adapting a resilience improvement programme in conflict: Experiences from Yemen (page 47)
- Open Data Kit Software to conduct nutrition surveys: Field experiences from Northern Kenya (page 67)
- WHO emergency nutrition response in South Sudan (page 69)
- Sampling in insecure environments: Field experiences from coverage assessments in Afghanistan (page 75)
- Intergenerational cycle of acute malnutrition among IDPs in Somalia (page 79)
Research
- Research snapshots (page 8)
- Tackling the double burden of malnutrition in low and middle-income countries: response of the international community (page 12)
- Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme: Power, Politics and Practice (page 14)
- Admission profile and discharge outcomes for infants aged less than six months admitted to inpatient therapeutic care in ten countries (page 15)
- Chronic disease outcomes after SAM in Malawian children (ChroSAM): A cohort study (page 17)
- Adolescent nutrition in Mozambique: putting policy into practice (page 19)
- Robust evidence for an evidence-based approach to humanitarian action (page 21)
- Evidence in humanitarian emergencies: What does it look like? (page 22)
- Recovery rate of children with moderate acute malnutrition treated with ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) or improved corn-soya blend (CSB+) (page 23)
- Impact of child support grant in South Africa on child nutrition (page 25)
- Public health nutrition capacity: The quality of workforce for scaling up nutrition programmes (page 26)
- Research priorities on the relationship between wasting and stunting (page 28)
- The impact of intensive counselling and a mass media campaign on complementary feeding practices and child growth in Bangladesh (page 30)
- Direct procurement from family farms for national school feeding programme in Brazil (page 32)
- Relationships between wasting and stunting and their concurrent occurrence in Ghanaian pre-school children (page 33)
- Local spatial clustering of stunting and wasting among children under the age of five years (page 34)
- Carbohydrate malabsorption in acutely malnourished children and infants: A systematic review (page 36)
- Nutrition among men and household food security in an internally displaced persons camp in Kenya (page 37)
- How to engage across sectors: Lessons from agriculture and nutrition in the Brazilian School Feeding Programme (page 38)
- An investment framework for nutrition: Reaching the global targets for stunting, anaemia, breastfeeding and wasting (page 40)
- Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale (page 41)
- Role of nutrition in integrated early child development (page 43)
- Regional humanitarian challenges in the Sahel (page 61)
Agency Profiles
- WaterAid (page 72)
News & Views
- Grand Bargain: Reform or business as usual? (page 51)
- Call for experiences on mothers measuring MUAC (page 52)
- AuthorAID: A global network for early career researchers from low and middle-income countries (page 53)
- Accelerating the scale-up of treatment for severe acute malnutrition (page 54)
- Global School Feeding Sourcebook: Lessons from 14 countries (page 55)
- The missing ingredients: Are policy-makers doing enough on water, sanitation and hygiene to end malnutrition? (page 56)
- Nutrition funding: The missing piece of the puzzle (page 57)
- Biofortification: Helping meet nutrition needs worldwide (page 58)
- NOMA: a neglected disease! (page 62)
- eLearning module on improving nutrition through agriculture and food systems (page 64)
- Improving care of people with NCDs in humanitarian settings (page 64)
- FANTA's Body Mass Index (BMI) Wheel (page 65)
- Launch of BabyWASH Coalition (page 65)
- En-net update July to October 2016 inclusive (page 66)
- South Sudan nutrition: Overcoming the challenges of nutrition information systems (page 73)
Issue 52 / June 2016
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
- Global Nutrition Cluster knowledge management: process, learning & added value (page 55)
Field Articles
- Enabling low-literacy community health workers to treat uncomplicated SAM as part of community case management: innovation and field tests (page 3)
- Stunting and wasting in children under two years old in a semi-nomadic pastoralist population in Kenya (page 11)
- Scaling up nutrition services and maintaining service during conflict in Yemen: Lessons from the Hodeidah sub-national Nutrition Cluster (page 57)
- Philippines Nutrition Cluster: lessons learnt from the response to Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) (page 61)
- Changes to Nutrition Cluster governance and partnership to reflect learning and operational realities in Somalia (page 68)
- Bangladesh Nutrition Cluster: A case in preparedness (page 72)
- Nutrition coordination in Ukraine: Experiences as a sub-cluster of health (page 76)
- Transforming media coverage of nutrition in Kenya (page 86)
- Management of SAM in the Philippines: from emergency-focused modelling to national policy and government scale-up (page 89)
- Severe acute malnutrition: an unfinished agenda in East Asia and the Pacific (page 93)
- Experiences of multi-sector programming in Malawi (page 97)
- Save the Children’s IYCF-E Rapid Response in Croatia (page 106)
- Adolescent inclusion in the Care Group approach: the Nigeria experience (page 110)
- Assessment of adolescent girl nutrition, dietary practices and roles in Zimbabwe (page 113)
- Designing a food plate for dietary counselling of pregnant women in Bangladesh (page 116)
Research
- The 2001-03 famine and the dynamics of HIV in Malawi: a natural experiment (page 14)
- Routine amoxicillin use in treatment of uncomplicated SAM in children (page 15)
- Short children with a low MUAC respond to food supplementation: an observational study from Burkina Faso (page 16)
- Effect of a community-led sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea and child growth in rural Mali (page 18)
- Are studies underestimating the effects of sanitation on child nutrition? (page 19)
- Review of the role of food and the food system in the transmission and spread of ebola virus (page 20)
- Effect of short-term supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food or micronutrients for children after illness for prevention of malnutrition: a randomised controlled trial in Uganda (page 22)
- Data sharing in public health emergencies: a call to researchers (page 23)
- Acceptability and feasibility of a child-feeding toolkit in Malawi (page 24)
- Ten steps to successful breastfeeding programme in DRC: a cluster-randomised controlled trial (page 25)
- Community-based management of severe malnutrition: SAM and SUW in children under five in the Melghat tribal area, central India (page 27)
- Weight-for-height and mid-upper-arm circumference should be used independently to diagnose acute malnutrition: policy implications (page 28)
- Nutrition needs and best practices for formerly trafficked female children and adolescents (page 30)
- Is MUAC alone a sufficient criterion for admission of children at high risk of mortality in South Sudan? (page 31)
- Auditing the identification and inpatient management of acute malnutrition in infants under six months in Malawi (page 32)
- Relationship between mid-upper arm circumference and weight changes in children aged six to 59 months (page 34)
- Integrated protocol for severe and moderate acute malnutrition in Sierra Leone (page 35)
- New Lancet Series on breastfeeding (page 37)
- Why invest and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices? (page 37)
- Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect (page 39)
- Social Return on Investment (SROI) assessment of a Baby-Friendly Community Initiative in urban poor settings, Nairobi, Kenya (page 41)
- Community weighting of barriers and boosters in Democratic Republic of Congo (page 44)
- Improving the quality of nutritional survey data worldwide: Putting Child Kwashiorkor on the Map Initiative (page 49)
Postscripts
News & Views
- Putting Child Kwashiorkor on the Map (page 48)
- Care Groups in Emergencies: Research Report and Recommendations Guide (page 80)
- Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Strategic Framework and Toolkit (page 80)
- Regional Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (page 80)
- ENN hosted Wasting-Stunting Technical Interest Group meeting (page 81)
- Nutrition for Developing Countries 3rd edition now available (page 81)
- MAMI Interest Group meeting (page 82)
- en-net forum now available in French (page 83)
- En-net update (page 83)
- Maximising the nutritional impact of humanitarian food assistance – ECHO Desk review (page 84)
- Update on guidance on infant and young child feeding in emergencies underway (page 84)
- ENNs knowledge management project in support of the SUN Movement (page 85)
- Issue 6 of Nutrition Exchange now available (page 85)
- Linking agriculture and nutrition education for improved young child feeding (page 85)
- Food for thought: Supplementary feeding programme or ‘antenatal feeding programme’ for pregnant women (page 101)
- Severe acute malnutrition management in India’s children: the riddle (page 104)
Letters
- Letter (page 105)
Cartoons
- Cartoon Corner (page 121)
Issue 51 / January 2016
Editorials
- Dedication: Dr Jeroen Ensink (page 1)
- Introduction to the special issue (page 1)
Field Articles
- Impact of agronomy and livestock interventions on women’s and children’s dietary diversity in Mali (page 0)
- Role of communication and advocacy in scaling up nutrition: lessons and plans from the Zambian experience (page 9)
- SUN experiences: lessons from Pakistan (page 13)
- Nutrition-sensitive research in Ghana (page 17)
- SUN Movement experiences in Indonesia (page 20)
- The potential of nutrition-sensitive Conservation Agriculture: lessons from Zambia (page 56)
- Use of a two-stage approach to identify intervention priorities for reduction of acute undernutrition in Abaya district of Ethiopia (page 59)
- Increasing nutrition-sensitivity of value chains: a review of two Feed the Future Projects in Guatemala (page 62)
- Integrating MIYCN initiatives across sectors in Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya (page 65)
- Impact of food aid on two communities in Niger (page 68)
- Impact of community-based advocacy in Kenya (page 72)
- Implementation challenges and successes of an AG4Nut project in the eastern region of Burkina Faso (page 75)
- Nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Zambia: work in progress (page 78)
- The nutrition-sensitive potential of agricultural programmes in the context of school feeding: lessons from Haiti (page 97)
- The REFANI Project in Pakistan: adapting research to a multi-sectoral programme for impact measurement (page 100)
- Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) in northern Nigeria: influencing nutrition-sensitive social policy programming in Jigawa State (page 104)
- Integrated food security programming and acute malnutrition prevention in the Central African Republic (page 108)
- Improving food and nutrition security for households with underweight children in Taita Taveta County, Kenya (page 111)
- Evaluation of an integrated health-nutrition-WASH project to reduce malnutrition prevalence in children under two in Bangladesh (page 114)
- IYCF-Friendly Framework pilot in Jordan, Bangladesh and Kenya (page 118)
- Building the ‘enabling environment’ via a multi-sector nutrition platform to scale up micronutrient supplementation (page 122)
- WASHplus in Mali: integrating WASH and nutrition for healthy communities (page 134)
- Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice: nutrition-specific intervention with nutrition-sensitive activities (page 138)
- Integrating nutrition products into health system supply chains: making the case (page 142)
- Child Survival Week as a platform for promoting vitamin A supplementation in Niger (page 145)
- Nutrition sensitive multi-sectoral planning: experiences on Link Nutrition Causal Analysis Kenya (page 149)
Research
- Briefing on the Bihar Child Support Programme, India (page 23)
- Nutrition incentives in dairy contract faming in northern Senegal (page 26)
- The cost of a knowledge silo: A systematic re-review of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (page 29)
- Water for food security and nutrition (page 31)
- Cash, food or vouchers? Evidence from a randomised experiment in northern Ecuador (page 33)
- Review of programmes integrating family planning with food security and nutrition (page 35)
- Review of the micronutrient impact of multi-sectoral programmes focusing on nutrition (page 37)
- Inter-sectoral coordination for nutrition in Zambia (page 39)
- Complementary food hygiene: An overlooked opportunity in the WASH, nutrition and health sectors (page 40)
- Impact of an integrated agriculture and nutrition and health behaviour change communication programme for women in Burkina Faso (page 42)
- Doing cash differently: how cash transfers can transform humanitarian aid (page 44)
- Cash transfers and child nutrition (page 46)
- Links between household agricultural production and nutrition (page 48)
- WASH interventions and their effects on the nutritional status of children (page 50)
- Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? (page 51)
- Impact of a homestead food production programme on household and child nutrition in Cambodi (page 53)
- Large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet potato in Mozambique increases vitamin A intake (page 54)
News & Views
- Mainstreaming human nutrition in livestock interventions: lessons learnt from a capacity-building workshop for the Sahel region (page 82)
- Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programmes (page 85)
- Guidelines and free on-line modules to support multi-sectoral programming for nutrition and resilience (page 87)
- Nutrition and social protection (page 90)
- Regional conference on responding to challenges of undernutrition in West Africa (page 91)
- Agri-health research: what have we learned and where to next? (page 92)
- BabyWASH coalition planned to overcome development silos (page 93)
- Making agriculture work for food and nutrition security (page 94)
- Programming implications of stunting in protracted emergency contexts (page 94)
- SUN in practice: Contribution of agriculture and social protection to improving nutrition (page 95)
- SuSanA Thematic Online Discussion: Linking WASH and Nutrition (page 95)
- Process learning: field testing a social and behaviour change guide for nutrition-sensitive agriculture (page 96)
- Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim: Promoting a comprehensive nutrition-security approach and organisational culture to enhance nutrition-sensitive programming (page 125)
- Developing guidance and capacities for nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems: lessons learnt, challenges and opportunities (page 128)
- Reflections on 30 years of nutrition-sensitive agriculture (page 131)
- ENN’s new strategy 2016-2020 (page 153)
- En-net update (page 154)
- Nutrition Exchange 2016 (page 154)
Issue 50 / August 2015
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
- Editorial (page 2)
- Field Exchange: Fifty issues young (page 3)
- What became of………..Killian Forde? (page 4)
- What became of …………Fiona O’Reilly? (page 5)
- Delivering treatment of SAM at scale: lessons learned and forward looking for the Nigeria CMAM programme (page 36)
Field Articles
- Malnutrition peaks during malaria epidemic in Northwest Nigeria (page 6)
- Follow-up status of children with SAM treated with RUTF in peri-urban and rural Northern Bangladesh (page 9)
- How many lives do our CMAM programmes save? A sampling-based approach to estimating the number of deaths averted by the Nigerian CMAM programme (page 38)
- The Coverage Project: a national partnership for evaluating CMAM services in Nigeria (page 48)
- Management of hypertension and diabetes for the Syrian refugees and host community in selected health facilities in Lebanon (page 68)
- Experiences of the Sustainable Nutrition and Agriculture Promotion (SNAP) programme in the Ebola response in Sierra Leone (page 79)
- Contributing to the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) response in the Philippines: a local NGO perspective (page 96)
- Timely expansion of nutrition development activities in repose to an acute flooding emergency in Malawi (page 102)
- Nutrition programme coverage: implementation strategy and lessons learnt from the Sahel trip in Chad (page 105)
- Simplifying the response to childhood malnutrition: MSF’s experience with MUAC-based (and oedema) programming (page 108)
Research
- Follow-up of post-discharge growth and mortality after treatment for SAM in Malawi (page 9)
- Determinants of household vulnerability to food insecurity in Malawi (page 11)
- Effect of Asian population-specific BMI cut-off values on malnutrition double burden estimates (page 12)
- Rapid Assessment Method for Older People (RAM-OP): Progress Report (page 13)
- Health-seeking behaviour and community perceptions of childhood undernutrition and a community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme in rural Bihar, India (page 14)
- Interactions between nutrition and immune function: using inflammation biomarkers to interpret micronutrient status (page 16)
- Development and pilot testing of the Maternal Opportunities for Making Change (MOM-C) screening tool (page 17)
- Mothers understand and can do it (MUAC) (page 18)
- New implications for controversial kwashiorkor treatment discussed in Paediatrics and International Child Health (page 18)
- Who’s Listening? Accountability to affected people in the Haiyan Response (page 20)
- Risk sharing and social hierarchy in disaster aid (page 22)
- The relationship between wasting and stunting: policy, programming and research implications (page 23)
- MUAC outperforms weight-based measures of nutritional status in children with diarrhoea (page 24)
- Developing food supplements for moderately malnourished children: lessons learned from RUTF (page 25)
- Improving the assessment and attribution of effects of development assistance for health (page 27)
- Developing regional weight-for-age growth references to optimise age-based dosing of anti-malarials (page 29)
- Costs, cost-effectiveness, and financial sustainability of CMAM in Northern Nigeria (page 51)
Postscripts
- Promoting community based management of severe acute malnutrition as a child survival intervention (page 46)
- How many lives do our CMAM programmes save? Statistical commentary (page 47)
Agency Profiles
- Start Network (page 111)
News & Views
- Linking agriculture with nutrition within SDG2: making a case for a dietary diversity indicator (page 51)
- Launch of Situation and Response Analysis Framework (page 54)
- World Humanitarian Summit 2016 (page 54)
- Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (page 55)
- En-net update (page 56)
- New global centre for chronic disease in India (page 56)
- CMAM Report: development of a global online reporting system for CMAM programming (page 57)
- Adolescent Nutrition: Policy and programming in SUN+ countries (page 60)
- Practical pointers for prevention of konzo in tropical Africa (page 62)
- National and local actor’s share of global humanitarian funding (page 63)
- Nutrition, resilience and the genesis of AGIR (page 72)
- Strength in Numbers (page 76)
- From Kigali to Istanbul the long way round – personal reflections on 20-years of humanitarian accountability (page 77)
- Challenges in addressing undernutrition in India (page 84)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 0)
Cartoons
- Cartoon Corner (page 119)
Other
- Summary of Field Exchange user survey findings (page 95)
- Summary of en-net user survey findings (page 97)
- ENN knowledge management support to the SUN Movement (page 98)
- Summary of Nutrition Exchange user survey findings (page 98)
Issue 49 / March 2015
Editorials
- Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Community case management approach to SAM treatment in Angola (page 3)
- Participatory risk analysis and integrated interventions to increase resilience of pastoral communities in Northern Kenya (page 6)
- Experience of intersectoral integration in an NGO nutrition programme and a typology for programme design (page 43)
- Improving food security and addressing nutrition of vulnerable farming communities affected by conflict and natural disaster in mid-western Nepal (page 47)
- Efficacy of a community-embedded RUTF programme to treat childhood malnutrition in Kapanga, DRC (page 63)
- RAM-OP: A rapid assessment method for assessing the nutritional status, vulnerabilities, and needs of older people in emergency and development settings (page 67)
- Building a case for causality through the NCA approach in Satkhira, Bangladesh (page 74)
- Undernutrition risk factors and their interplay with nutrition outcomes: nutrition causal analysis pilot in Kenya (page 77)
- A single coverage estimator for use in SQUEAC, SLEAC, and other CMAM coverage assessments (page 81)
- Measuring coverage at the national level in Mali (page 85)
Research
- Experiences with mobile data collection in UNHCR standardised expanded nutrition surveys (page 10)
- What affects the cost of delivering cash transfers in humanitarian settings? (page 13)
- Effect of nutrition survey ‘cleaning criteria’ on estimates of malnutrition prevalence and disease burden: secondary data analysis (page 15)
- Vitamin A policies need rethinking (page 18)
- Capacity support to states in fragile and conflict affected situations: an analytical framework (page 20)
- Bioavailability of iron, zinc and provitamin A carotenoids in biofortified staple crops (page 21)
- Protecting policy space for public health nutrition (page 22)
- Multiple crises overwhelm emergency food relief agencies (page 23)
- Importance of government policies and other influences in transforming global diets (page 24)
- Nutrition and brain development in early life (page 25)
- Contribution of six risk factors to achieving the 25x25 non-communicable disease mortality reduction target (page 26)
- Nutritional influences over the life course on lean body mass of individuals in developing countries (page 27)
- Prevalence, clinical predictors, and outcome of hypocalcaemia in severely malnourished children in urban Bangladesh (page 28)
- International foetal growth standards: one size fits all (page 29)
- Barriers to access for SAM treatment services in Pakistan and Ethiopia: a comparative qualitative analysis (page 30)
- Effects of nutritional supplementation for HIV patients starting antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia (page 32)
- Implications of inconsistent anaemia policies for children and adolescents in Africa (page 33)
- Risk factors associated with severe acute malnutrition in infants under six months in India: a cross sectional analysis (page 34)
- Scalable integrated early child development programme using a conditional cash transfer programme in Colombia (page 37)
- Nutrition in emergencies: Do we know what works? (page 38)
- Literature review on impact of cash transfers on nutritional outcomes (page 40)
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) –Toolkit for implementation (page 50)
- Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) (page 51)
- Global Nutrition Report (page 52)
- Global Hunger Index Report (page 53)
- Aid Transparency Index: ‘publish what you fund’ (page 54)
- Lack of progress in reducing anaemia among women (page 54)
- How MSF is mapping the world’s medical emergency zones (page 55)
- New DG ECHO guidance on IYCF-E programming (page 55)
- ACF manual on health system strengthening (page 56)
- Call to Action on improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Maternal and Newborn Health (page 56)
- En-net update (page 57)
- Contribute to Nutrition Exchange (page 59)
- Management of Humanitarian Emergencies course (page 59)
- ODI working paper on reframing undernutrition: faecally-transmitted infections (page 59)
- Technical briefs on MAM (page 59)
- Report on ENN Technical Meeting on Nutrition (page 60)
- Linking integrated community case management of sick children and nutrition: experiences and meeting report (page 61)
- ICN2 - from promises to action: ACF’s perspective (page 62)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 88)
Cartoons
- Cartoon Corner (page 88)
Issue 48 / November 2014
Editorials
- From the Editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- Designing an inter-agency multipurpose cash transfer programme in Lebanon (page 10)
- IRC cash and livelihoods support programme in Lebanon (page 14)
- Institutionalising acute malnutrition treatment in Lebanon (page 17)
- Infant and young child feeding support in Lebanon: strengthening the national system (page 20)
- Challenges of IYCF and psychosocial support in Lebanon (page 24)
- Relief International nutrition and health programme in Lebanon (page 27)
- Integrating community-based nutrition awareness into the Syrian refugee response in Lebanon (page 29)
- UNICEF experiences of the nutrition response in Lebanon (page 32)
- WFP e-voucher programme in Lebanon (page 36)
- WFP experiences of vulnerability assessment of Syrian refugees in Lebanon (page 39)
- Characteristics and challenges of the health sector response in Lebanon (page 43)
- NRC shelter programme in Lebanon (page 46)
- Save the Children’s child centred shelter programming in Lebanon (page 50)
- Competing for scarce resources: the new concern for Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon (page 53)
- Evolution of WFP’s food assistance programme for Syrian refugees in Jordan (page 71)
- Meeting Syrian refugee children and women nutritional needs in Jordan (page 74)
- UNHCR cash programming in emergencies – implementation and coordination experience during the Syrian refugee response in Jordan (page 76)
- Aid effectiveness and Vulnerability Assessment Framework: determining vulnerability among Syrian refugees in Jordan (page 78)
- Responding to nutrition gaps in Jordan in the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Infant and Young Child Feeding education and malnutrition treatment (page 82)
- Managing infant and young child feeding in refugee camps in Jordan (page 85)
- The situation of older refugees and refugees with disabilities, injuries, and chronic diseases in the Syria crisis (page 90)
- Experiences of emergency nutrition programming in Jordan (page 93)
- Women’s protection and empowerment programming for Syrian refugees in urban Jordan: challenges and lesson learned (page 97)
- WFP’s emergency programme in Syria (page 113)
- WHO response to malnutrition in Syria: a focus on surveillance, case detection and clinical management (page 118)
- Experiences and challenges of programming in Northern Syria (page 122)
- Non-food cash voucher programme for IDPs in Northern Syria (page 127)
- GOAL’s food and voucher assistance programme in Northern Syria (page 128)
- Emerging cases of malnutrition amongst IDPs in Tal Abyad district, Syria (page 133)
- DRC experiences of cash assistance to non-camp refugees in Lebanon and Turkey (page 141)
- Experiences of the e-Food card programme in the Turkish refugee camps (page 145)
- The Syria Needs Assessment Project (page 157)
Evaluations
Research
- Insight into experiences of older Syrian refugees in Lebanon (page 63)
- Meeting cross-sectoral needs of Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon (page 65)
- The social life of nutrition among Syrian refugees in Jordan (page 101)
- International Legal Consequences of the Conflict in Syria (page 153)
Postscripts
- Postscript: Commentary on experiences of IYCF support in the Jordan response (page 89)
- Postscript: Stop-gapping nutrition coordination for the Syria response (page 126)
Agency Profiles
- Jordan Health Aid Society (JHAS) (page 108)
- Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (page 110)
- Syria INGO Regional Forum (SIRF) (page 159)
News & Views
- ENN’s perspective on the nutrition response in the Syria crisis (page 2)
- Towards a 21st century humanitarian response model to the refugee crisis in the Lebanon (page 59)
- The potential role of local academia in protracted crises – the example of the American University of Beirut (page 61)
- The impact of the NiE regional training initiative: the Lebanon experience 2010-2014 (page 67)
- UN and INGO experiences of coordination in Jordan (page 105)
- Experiences on Nutrition in Emergencies Training for Syrian refugees response in Jordan (page 107)
- Coordinating the response to the Syria Crisis: the southern Turkey cross border experience (page 138)
- A day in the life of a WFP field monitor working in the Syrian refugee camps in south-eastern Turkey (page 148)
- Syrians in Iraq: Refugee response within a major humanitarian and political crisis (page 150)
- Nutrition response in Syria: UNICEF’s perspective (page 160)
- Artificial feeding in emergencies: experiences from the ongoing Syrian crisis (page 164)
Issue 47 / April 2014
Editorials
- From the Editor (page 2)
Field Articles
- Meeting demand peaks for CMAM in government health services in Kenya (page 3)
- Impact of milling vouchers on household food security in South Sudan (page 7)
- Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice (NIPP) Circles (page 43)
- Sectoral integration ‘on the cheap’ with cash based programming (page 47)
- IYCF assessment with small-sample surveys - A proposal for a simplified and structured approach (page 60)
- Barrier analysis to inform breastfeeding support in Mali (page 65)
- Health system strengthening through material support to health posts in Ethiopia (page 70)
- Impact of goat feeding and animal healthcare on child milk access in Ethiopia (page 72)
Evaluations
Research
- Making agricultural policies deliver better nutrition (page 11)
- Implications of 65 cm height cut-off as age proxy in Bangladesh (page 13)
- Perceptions of SAM treatment in infants under 6 months in Malawi (page 14)
- Anthropometric predictors of mortality in undernourished adults in southern Sudan (page 15)
- Comparison of milk free v milk containing RUTF in SAM treatment in Zambia (page 17)
- Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies: technical review and round table discussion (page 19)
- Achieving resilience in different livelihood contexts (page 21)
- Innovation and success in prevention of konzo (page 23)
- Acceptability of peanut-based RUTF to malnourished pregnant and lactating women in Bangladesh (page 25)
- Development of a competency framework for the nutrition in emergencies sector (page 26)
- The 2011 famine in Somalia: lessons learnt from a failed response (page 27)
- Update of UNICEF/WHO/World Bank database on child malnutrition (page 32)
- Anthropometric indicators to identify a pregnant woman as acutely malnourished and predict adverse birth outcomes (page 33)
- Measuring infants aged below 6 months: experience from the field (page 34)
- Derivation of nutrient requirements for disaster-affected populations - Sphere Project 2011 (page 36)
- MSF initiative of proactive data sharing (page 37)
- Planned ENN review of wasting and stunting linkages (page 38)
- Treatment of SAM and MAM in low- and middle-income settings: a systematic review (page 39)
- Nutritional rehabilitation of infants < 6 months with severe acute malnutrition (page 40)
- MUAC alone admission to SAM treatment in Bangladesh (page 41)
- Infant feeding support at scale in the Haiti 2010 response (page 42)
Postscripts
- Post script: Building resilience: nutrition and beyond (page 7)
- UNICEF/WHO Invited Commentary on ‘Infant and young child feeding assessment with small sample surveys: a proposal for a simplified and structured approach’ (page 63)
- Response to reviewers (page 64)
Agency Profiles
- Agency Profile (page 75)
News & Views
- Aid for Nutrition: maximising the impact of nutrition-sensitive interventions (page 49)
- Aid for Nutrition: maximising the impact of nutrition-sensitive interventions (page 49)
- En-net update and MAMI thematic area launch (page 50)
- Spreading around the globe: ActivityInfo (page 51)
- UNICEF global SAM management update (2012) (page 52)
- WHO guideline updates on the management of SAM in infants and children (page 53)
- People affected by conflict: humanitarian needs and numbers (page 54)
- Report on accessing SAM treatment globally (page 54)
- The state of global SAM management coverage 2012 (page 55)
- Cassava Cyanide Diseases & Neurolathyrism Newsletter (page 57)
- Distance learning courses on reducing maternal anaemia, child anaemia and stunting (page 57)
- What we know now: a decade of community-based SAM treatment (page 57)
- Story telling needs words and pictures (page 58)
- Technical Meeting on Nutrition (page 58)
- Upcoming IFPRI conference on building resilience for food and nutrition security (page 58)
- CALP guidance on e-transfers in emergencies (page 59)
- WHO Guideline: Nutritional care and support for patients with TB (page 59)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 77)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 47) (page 77)
Other
- Dedication to Basra Hassan Farah (page 1)
Issue 46 / September 2013
Editorials
- From the editor (page 2)
Field Articles
- Impact of urban livelihood intervention post Haiti earthquake (page 4)
- Addressing urban food security through electronic cash transfer in Kenya (page 7)
- Cash voucher programme and rabbit raising intervention in Gaza (page 10)
- The Gaza context (page 10)
- Aquaponics in Gaza (page 15)
- Debunking urban myths: access & coverage of SAM-treatment programmes in urban contexts (page 38)
- Use of cash vouchers in tropical storm emergency response in the Philippines (page 40)
- Spotting the invisible crisis: early warning indicators in urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya (page 55)
- Nutrition security emergency programming in diverse urban contexts (page 59)
- Early results from urban SAM treatment programme in Chad (page 68)
- The roll out of IMAM in Kenya’s urban slums (page 69)
Evaluations
- Impact evaluation of cash, food vouchers, and food transfers among Colombian refugees and poor Ecuadorians in urban Ecuador (page 62)
- Evaluation of post 2007 election violence recovery programme in Kenya (page 65)
- Donor lessons on linking emergency and development funding in urban programming (page 67)
Research
- Causal modelling to explore malnutrition in children in Bangladeshi urban slums (page 17)
- Considerations regarding coverage standards for selective feeding programmes (page 19)
- Understanding access to nutritious food by poor urban pregnant women and lactating mothers and their children in Kisumu, Kenya (page 21)
- Severe malnutrition in children presenting to health facilities in an urban slum in Bangladesh (page 24)
- Gatekeepers in Mogadishu (page 25)
- Review of urban gardens programme for HIV-affected women and children (page 27)
- Review of food security and nutrition amongst urban poor (page 28)
- Review of urban food security targeting methodology and emergency triggers (page 30)
- British Red Cross urban learning scoping study (page 33)
- Global survey of the implementation of UNHCR’s Policy on Refugee Protection and Solutions in Urban Areas (page 35)
- Malnutrition research in urban Africa: issues and opportunities (page 37)
Postscripts
- Postscript: Dealing with urban emergency: lessons from Oxfam’s EFSL activities in three cities (page 13)
Agency Profiles
- Norwegian Refugee Council (page 72)
News & Views
- Coverage Monitoring Network Profile (page 43)
- Nutrition Exchange flyer – pass it on (page 44)
- Profiling methodology for displaced people in urban areas (page 44)
- Tools to support cash transfer programmes (page 44)
- Food for Cities discussion forum (page 45)
- IASC strategy on meeting humanitarian challenges in urban areas (page 45)
- The Food Security and Livelihoods in Urban Settings Working Group (page 45)
- World Disasters Report: Urban risk (page 45)
- Children in an urban world (page 46)
- ACF guide to identification of vulnerable people in urban environments (page 47)
- ALNAP review of lesson learned from responding to urban disasters (page 47)
- ALNAP urban resources (page 47)
- Ensuring Access to Health Care: Operational Guidance on Refugee Protection and Solutions in Urban Areas (page 47)
- Syria: an ‘urban’ humanitarian crisis (page 48)
- Urban refugees debate forum (page 48)
- Time to think urban.....Kenya (page 49)
- UNHCR operational guidance for promoting livelihoods and self-reliance for urban refugees (page 49)
- Nutrition and the urban consumer (page 50)
- Why do we still have refugee camps? (page 52)
Issue 45 / May 2013
Editorials
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- Boosters, Barriers, Questions: an approach to organising and analysing SQUEAC data (page 6)
- An analysis of Fresh Food Voucher Programme piloted in Ethiopia (page 27)
- Transforming awareness and training into effective CMAM Performance (page 42)
- Barriers to resilience: chronic poverty, climate change and disasters in the southwest of Bangladesh (page 46)
- High OTP coverage through the Ministry of Health in Chad (page 51)
Evaluations
Research
- Mortality in Somalia during food insecurity and famine (2010-2012) (page 3)
- The use of evidence in humanitarian decision making (page 8)
- Microfinance institutions and a coastal community’s disaster risk reduction, response, and recovery process in Bangladesh (page 10)
- Assessment of the PROBIT approach for estimating the prevalence of acute malnutrition from population surveys (page 11)
- Antibiotics as part of the management of severe acute malnutrition (page 12)
- Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? (page 13)
- Effect of mass supplementation with RUSF during an anticipated nutritional emergency (page 14)
- Impact evaluation of child caring practices project on stunting in Ethiopia (page 16)
- Gender impact analysis of unconditional cash transfers in south central Somalia (page 18)
- High levels of mortality, malnutrition and measles amongst displaced Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya (page 19)
- MUAC as discharge criterion and weight gain in malnourished children (page 21)
- Wasting is associated with stunting in early childhood (page 22)
- Determining predictors for severe acute malnutrition: Causal analysis within a SQUEAC assessment in Chad (page 23)
- Assessment of agreement between a new electronic scale and mechanical suspended scale for measurement of children’s weight in Ethiopia (page 26)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
- Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (page 48)
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank (page 50)
News & Views
- Deworming Debunked (page 31)
- Evidence-based Humanitarian Assistance Certificate (page 31)
- Deworming children at military healthcare facilities in a combat zone: an opportunity not to be missed? (page 32)
- UNICEF international conference against child Undernutrition (page 32)
- Coverage Monitoring Network Profile (page 33)
- A consultation of operational agencies and academic specialists on MUAC and WHZ as indicators of SAM (page 34)
- IUNS 20th international congress of Nutrition, 15-20 Sept 2013, Granada (page 34)
- New metric on hunger and food insecurity piloted by FAO (page 34)
- Global Prices, Local Diets: Reflections on repeated food price spikes and Undernutrition (page 36)
- HTP Module 23: Nutrition of Older People in Emergencies (page 37)
- Summary of Field Exchange Evaluation (page 37)
- Something for everyone: three perspectives from a recent coverage assessment in Pakistan (page 39)
- Why coverage is important: efficacy, effectiveness, coverage, and the impact of CMAM Interventions (page 39)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 53)
Other
- Reaction to the article on the double burden of obesity and malnutrition in Western Sahara refugees (page 41)
Issue 44 / December 2012
Editorials
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- Food security assessment of high altitude villages of Badakhshan, Afghanistan (page 3)
- Integrating anaemia analysis in SMART surveys in Bolivia (page 35)
- Food, goats and cash for assets programmes during emergency drought response inKenya (page 38)
- Impact of cross-sectoral approach to addressing konzo in DRC (page 50)
- 2011 famine in South Somalia: the role of the early warning information System (page 53)
- Integrating Infant and Young Child Feeding and the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia (page 60)
- Helping homestead gardeners mitigate the impact of soil salinity (page 63)
Research
- Effect of adding RUSF to ageneral food distribution on child nutritional status and morbidity: a cluster randomised controlled trial (page 6)
- Impact of livestock support on animal milksupply and child nutrition in Ethiopia (page 8)
- Climate Changeas a driver of humanitarian crisis and response (page 12)
- A systematic review of obstacles to treatment of adult undernutrition (page 14)
- Humanitarian financing for older people and people with disabilities (page 15)
- The impact of displacement on older people (page 17)
- Nutrition and baseline survey of older people in three refugee camps in Dadaab (page 18)
- Disaggregation of health and nutrition indicators by ageand gender in Dadaab refugee camps, Kenya (page 19)
- Qualitative study of supplementary suckling as a treatment for SAM in Infants (page 21)
- Patterns of body composition among HIV-infected, pregnant Malawians and famine effects (page 23)
- Anthropometry in infants under 6 months in rural Kenya (page 25)
- Micronutrient powders v iron-folic acid tablets in controlling anaemia in pregnancy (page 26)
- UNHCR feeding programme performance in Kenya and Tanzania (page 27)
- Scaling up ORS and zinc treatment for diarrhoea reduces mortality (page 29)
- Treatment of undernutrition in urban Brazil (page 29)
- Agricultural interventions to improve nutritional status of children (page 30)
- Feasibility and effectiveness of preventing child malnutrition with local foods in Kenya (page 30)
- Nutritional support services and HIV in sub-Saharan African countries (page 31)
- The state of the humanitarian system (page 31)
- Concerns on Global HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Fund conflicts of interest (page 33)
- Double Burden of obesity and malnutrition in Western Sahara refugees (page 34)
News & Views
- en-net update, August to October 2012 (page 41)
- Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Public Heath in Disasters (page 41)
- New SMART website Launched (page 41)
- Proceedings of UNICEF/GNC/SC UK workshop on IYCF in development and emergencies (page 42)
- Urban edition of Field Exchange: call for submissions (page 42)
- Urban Humanitarian Response Portal (page 42)
- New Global Food Security journal (page 43)
- Personal experiences of working during the Horn Africa crisis in 2011 (page 43)
- Resources to support programming for older people (page 43)
- Quantity through quality: Scaling up CMAM by improving programmes Access (page 45)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 65)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (page 65)
Issue 43 / July 2012
Editorials
- Éditorial (français) (page 1)
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- CMAM rollout in Ethiopia: the ‘way in’ to scale up nutrition (page 15)
- Effectiveness of public health systems to support national rollout strategies in Ghana (page 21)
- Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) scale up: Lessons from Somalia operations (page 27)
- Capacity development of the national health system for CMAM scale up in Sierra Leone (page 39)
- Community management of acute malnutrition in Mozambique (page 45)
- Management of acute malnutrition in Niger: a countrywide programme (page 51)
- Prise en charge de la malnutrition aiguë au Niger : Un programme national (français) (page 51)
- Scaling up CMAM in the wake of 2010 floods in Pakistan (page 66)
- Creating an enabling policy environment for effective CMAM implementation in Malawi (page 73)
- Integrated management of acute malnutrition in Kenya including urban settings (page 77)
- Managing severe acute malnutrition in India: prospects and Challenges (page 84)
- From Pilot to Scale-Up: The CMAM Experience in Nigeria (page 89)
- Frontline experiences of Community Infant and Young Child Feeding in Zimbabwe (page 94)
Evaluations
Research
- Linear programming to design low cost, local RUTF (page 36)
- UNICEF Global reporting update: SAM treatment in UNICEF supported countries (page 37)
Postscripts
- CMAM in India: What happened next? (page 87)
- IYCF in Zimbabwe (page 96)
News & Views
- Framework for integration of management of SAM into national health systems (page 57)
- Integration of the management of severe acute malnutrition in health systems: ACF Guidance (page 61)
- En-net update, March-May 2012 (page 62)
- MAMI-2 research prioritization – call for collaborators (page 62)
- Conference on Government experiences of CMAM scale-up (page 63)
- Nutrition Exchange 2012 (formerly Field Exchange Digest) now available (page 63)
- A standard for standards in humanitarian response (page 64)
- CMAM Forum Update (page 64)
- FANTA-2 reviews of national experiences of CMAM (page 64)
- What do you think of Field Exchange? (page 64)
- Update on Minimum Reporting Package (MRP) trainings in London and Nairobi (page 65)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 99)
Other
- Dr Nadera Hayat Burhani (page 97)
Issue 42 / January 2012
Editorials
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- MUAC versus weight-for-height debate in the Philippines (page 3)
- Examining the integration of Food by Prescription into HIV care and treatment in Zambia (page 30)
- Increasing Access to Ready-to-use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) (page 46)
- Improving blanket supplementary feeding programme (BSFP) efficiency in Sudan (page 59)
- Multi-pronged approach to the management of moderate acute malnutrition in Guinea (page 65)
Evaluations
- Evaluation of Concern’s response to the Haiti Earthquake (page 61)
- Review of Integrated Food Security Programme in Malawi (page 63)
Research
- Qualitative review of an alternative treatment of SAM in Myanmar (page 6)
- Dangerous delay in responding to Horn of Africa early warnings of drought (page 9)
- Community case management of severe acute malnutrition in southern Bangladesh (page 11)
- Mortality risk factors in severelymalnourished children hospitalised with diarrhoea (page 12)
- Voices from the field: Optimising performance for humanitarian workers (page 13)
- Effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on child nutrition in Brazil (page 15)
- Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (page 15)
- MUAC and weight-for-height in identifying high risk children (page 16)
- Civil-military coordination during humanitarian health action (page 17)
- Operational research in low-income countries: what, why, and how? (page 18)
- Effects of agricultural and nutrition education projects on child health in Malawi (page 20)
- Study of causes of persistent acute malnutrition in north Darfur (page 21)
- Effects of performance payments to health workers in Rwanda (page 22)
- ‘Zap’ it to me: short-term impacts of a mobile cash transfer programme (page 23)
- Revisiting the concept of growth monitoring and its possible role in communitybased programmes (page 24)
- Political economy of adaptation through crop diversification in Malawi (page 26)
- Practical challenges of evaluating BSFP in northern Kenya (page 27)
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- Coverage assessment forum launched on en-net (page 45)
- Technical Reference for SQUEAC and SLEAC Methods, 2012 (page 45)
- UNHCR Technical Workshop on the Operational Guidance on the use of Special Nutritional Products (page 48)
- infoasaid: communication in emergencies (page 49)
- Experiences of the Nutrition in Emergencies Regional Training Initiative (page 50)
- Minimum Reporting Package (MRP) on Supplementary Feeding Programmes (page 53)
- E-learning course on Social Safety Ne (page 54)
- Improving patient assessment: The ‘MOYO’ Weight-for-Height Chart (page 54)
- Attractive scholarship for EDAMUS Masters programme (page 55)
- En-net update (page 55)
- Government of Sudan CMAM Training Course on Inpatient Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition: Training Materials (2011) (page 55)
- UNHCR standardised nutrition survey guidelines and training (page 56)
- Putting nutrition products in their place: ACF position paper (page 57)
- Conference on government experiences of CMAM scale up, Ethiopia, 2011 (page 58)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 69)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (page 69)
Other
- Focus on coverage assessment (page 33)
- Remote monitoring of CMAM programmes coverage: SQUEAC lessons in Mali and Mauritania (page 34)
- Causal analysis and the SQUEAC toolbox (page 37)
- Using SLEAC as a wide-area survey method (page 39)
- Register now for coverage assessment workshop in Oxford (page 45)
- Dedication to Kari Noel Egge (page 68)
- Dedication to Mr Abdikarim Hashi Kadiye (page 68)
Issue 41 / August 2011
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)
Issue 40 / February 2011
Editorials
- Foreword (page 3)
- From the editor (page 3)
Field Articles
- Enhanced Outreach Strategy/ Targeted Supplementary Feeding for Child Survival in Ethiopia (EOS/ TSF) (page 7)
- Can the Nutrition Information System be ‘trusted’ to build on available data sources? (page 11)
- Oxfam’s Somaliland-Ethiopia Cross Border Drought Preparedness Project (page 13)
- Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Project in Amhara and Oromia regions (page 17)
- The RAIN programme (page 22)
- Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Project in Amhara and Oromia regions (page 24)
- Beyond the indicators - Assessing project impact on children’s lives (page 31)
- The experience of multi-storey gardens in Ethiopian refugee camps (page 35)
- Decentralisation and scale up of outpatient management of SAM in Ethiopia (2008-2010) (page 38)
- History of nutritional status and Concern’s response in Dessie Zuria woreda, Ethiopia (page 43)
- Rapid response and long-term solutions: Christian Aid and food security in Ethiopia (page 48)
- Completing the Jigsaw Puzzle: Joint Assessment Missions (JAM) (page 49)
- World Vision programme for severe acute malnutrition in SNNPR (page 52)
- Market-led Livelihood Recovery and Enhancement Programme and integrating ENAs (page 56)
- An overview of REST’s implementation of the Productive Safety Net Programme (page 58)
- Maintaining GOAL’s capacity to support surveillance in Ethiopia (page 61)
- Joint Emergency Operation Plan NGO response to emergency food needs in Ethiopia (page 65)
- Integrating OTP into routine health services CONCERN’s experiences (page 68)
- The Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSF) (page 75)
- Value chain approach to increase production of RUTF/CSB (page 78)
Research
- Early stages of a ‘Food by Prescription’ programme for HIV infected adults (page 82)
- Emotional Stimulation for acutely and severely malnourished children in SNNPR (page 84)
- Critical analysis of MICAH programme (page 85)
- Linking PSNP and NNP: experiences and challenges (page 87)
- Post-drought restocking Can its impact be sustainable? (page 89)
- Food insecurity and mental health among community health volunteers in Ethiopia (page 91)
Agency Profiles
- Profile and overview of the church’s role in emergency response (page 21)
- The Emergency Nutrition Coordination Unit of Ethiopia roles, responsibilities and achievements (page 32)
- EHNRI - Profile and role in the National Nutrition Programme (page 45)
- School of Nursing and Midwifery & Pre-Service Training on Nutrition, Hawassa University, Ethiopia (page 55)
- The Evolution of Ethiopian Government’s Early Warning System (page 64)
- The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (page 74)
News & Views
- Standardised training package on SMART methodology released by ACF Canada (page 79)
- Treatment of severe malnutrition now a core competency in health (page 79)
- Building national capacity in HIV and Nutrition (page 80)
- Regional CMAM meeting in Ethiopia 2011 (page 80)
- Scale up Nutrition (SUN): a new global movement (page 80)
- Training and workshop to integrate IYCF in CMAM (page 81)
- Updated HTP resource material for nutrition in emergencies training (page 82)
Issue 39 / September 2010
Editorials
- From the Editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- The Haiti Earthquake - Country and Global level Cluster Coordination Experiences and Lessons Learnt (page 1)
- Trials and tribulations of local RUTF producer in Haiti (page 9)
- Study on hygiene practices and market chain of milk and milk products in Somalia (page 23)
- How to assess and respond to Iraqi refugee needs in Syria (page 25)
- Integration of CMAM into routine health services in Nepal (page 32)
- Interpreting results of field surveys using probability calculators (page 37)
- Suggested New Design Framework for CMAM Programming (page 41)
- CMAM in Cambodia – indicators of acute malnutrition for screening (page 46)
Evaluations
Research
- Patterns of mortality rates in Darfur (page 11)
- Acceptability trial of a novel RUTF based on soy, lentils and rice (page 12)
- ALNAP review of humanitarian system (page 13)
- Child stunting in Brazil (page 15)
- Impact of conditional cash transfers in Mexico (page 15)
- ACF review of humanitarian reform (page 16)
- Simulation model to estimate micronutrient levels in fortified blended foods (page 17)
- Validation of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale in rural Tanzania (page 17)
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis of CTC programme coverage (page 18)
- The MAMI Project – Key findings and recommendations (page 19)
- Analysis of looting in the Somali war (page 21)
- Evaluation of accelerated Child Survival and Development programme in West Africa (page 22)
- Public financing of health in developing countries (page 22)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
- Valid Nutrition (page 45)
News & Views
- Humanitarian Studies Conference (page 28)
- Humanitarian Sudies at Tufts University (page 28)
- Nutrition in Emergencies: New Regional Training Courses in Africa, Asia and the Middle East (page 28)
- Updated Nutriset ‘red scoop’ instructions for mixing F75 and F100 (page 28)
- New WHO guidelines on HIV and infant feeding (page 29)
- Trends in malnutrition prevalence and mortality (page 29)
- All in Diary – a practical resource for those working in emergencies (page 30)
- Analysis of benefits of livestock exports from the Horn of Africa (page 30)
- En-net update (page 30)
- Causes of chronic malnutrition: The cultural dimension (page 31)
People in Aid
- People in aid (page 49)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (page 49)
Issue 38 / April 2010
Editorials
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- Population Explorer: Estimate local populations anywhere (page 3)
- Impact of local RUTF manufacture on farmers’ incomes in Malawi (page 17)
- Assessing the intervention on infant feeding in Gaza 2008 (page 23)
- Experiences in addressing malnutrition and anaemia in Gaza (page 26)
- SQUEAC in routine monitoring of CMAM programme coverage in Ethiopia (page 34)
Evaluations
- Africa Forum 2009 - An experience in adult learning (page 30)
- Vouchers and fairs as emergency response in DRC (page 33)
Research
- Distribution of WFP food aid in West Darfur (page 6)
- Household food security and child malaria in Haiti (page 6)
- Review of NGO engagement with the humanitarian reform process (page 7)
- Review of tools developed by the Global Nutrition Cluster (page 8)
- Milk Matters: Improving Health and Nutritional Status of Children in Pastoralist Communities (page 9)
- Cross-sectional assessment of retrospective mortality in humanitarian emergencies (page 11)
- Review of nutrition and mortality indicators for Integrated Phase Classification (page 13)
- WHO Growth Standards to assess Indonesian children < 2 years (page 14)
- Food insecurity amongst AIDS caregivers in Ethiopia (page 15)
- Incidence and duration of severe wasting in two African populations (page 15)
- Therapeutic challenges and treatment of hypovolaemic shock in severe malnutrition (page 16)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- EMMA toolkit now available (page 19)
- Full MAMI report now available (page 19)
- DFID launches Nutrition Strategy (page 20)
- Update on en-net discussions (page 20)
- Informal workshop on bioavailability of micronutrients in RUTF (page 21)
- Baseline Report: Africa Community Resilience Project (page 22)
- Humanitarian Horizons: Practitioners’ Guide to the Future (page 22)
- Initiatives to improve training on nutrition in emergencies (page 22)
- Real-time learning and evaluation on Haiti (page 22)
- Correction (page 38)
- Invite to submit material to Field Exchange (page 38)
- Rupert Gill (page 38)
Issue 37 / November 2009
Editorials
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- Food Kitchens in Mogadishu (page 2)
- Diluted F100 v infant formula in treatment of severely malnourished infants < 6 months (page 17)
- Delivery of Social Protection Programmes in Kenya (page 25)
Evaluations
Research
- UNICEF framework fosters collaboration in Afghanistan (page 5)
- Forecasting slow onset disasters to improve response (page 6)
- Participatory study of impact of global crises on the poor (page 6)
- Local and centralised therapeutic food production (page 7)
- Addressing poverty and undernutrition in India (page 8)
- Fortified spreads v CSB in supplementary feeding in Malawi (page 9)
- Probiotics and prebiotics for SAM in Malawi (page 9)
- Use of LNS to improve food rations in emergencies (page 10)
- Nutritional monitoring of pre-school children in DRC (page 11)
- Priority indicators in humanitarian emergencies (page 11)
- Low rate of low birthweight in refugee camps in Nepal (page 12)
- Use of commercial RUTF in India (page 12)
- Contextual data collection in nutrition surveys in Ethiopia (page 13)
- Programme implications for WHO Growth Standards rollout (page 13)
Agency Profiles
- World Vision (page 31)
News & Views
- Community Nutrition: A Handbook for Health and Development Workers (page 21)
- Little investment in nutrition by Gates Foundation (page 21)
- Update of WFP/UNHCR Guidelines for Selective Feeding in Emergencies (page 21)
- What is complementary feeding? (page 21)
- en-net highlights : LNS and implementing CMAM (page 22)
- Free online access to Lancet articles on undernutrition (page 22)
- Management of Humanitarian Emergencies Course (page 22)
- Upcoming online tutored course in Food Security (page 22)
- Alternative Sampling Designs for Emergency Settings (page 23)
- Climate change causing deaths worldwide (page 23)
- HTP technical update: we need your views (page 23)
- Global hunger index (page 24)
- Integration of IYCF into CMAM – new training content (page 24)
- Update on Sphere Project Revision (page 24)
- New ENN Technical Director appointed (page 33)
- Correction (page 34)
- Invite to submit material to Field Exchange (page 34)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (page 33)
Cartoons
- Cartoon Corner (page 33)
Issue 36 / July 2009
Editorials
- From the editor (page 1)
Field Articles
- Swaziland Cash and Food Transfer Programme (page 2)
- Decentralisation of out-patient management of severe malnutrition in Ethiopia (page 11)
- Fresh food vouchers for refugees in Kenya (page 19)
- Impact of nutritional supplementation amongst PLHIV in Zambia (page 24)
- Food insecurity and child malnutrition in North Bangladesh (page 27)
- Putting IFE guidance into practice: operational challenges in Myanmar (page 30)
Evaluations
- Evaluation of regional IFE workshop (page 22)
Research
- Global Nutrition Index (page 5)
- Neonatal vitamin A supplementation to prevent mortality and morbidity in infancy (page 5)
- Effect of food prices on household food security and malnutrition (page 6)
- Protein-energy malnutrition and chromosome changes (page 6)
- Do poverty, poor health and nutrition increase the risk of armed conflict onset? (page 7)
- Impact of restocking on animal genetic resources after disaster (page 7)
- Social context of child care practices and nutrition in Niger (page 8)
- Storage, preparation, and usage of fortified food aid (page 8)
- CSB versus fortified spread in wasted HIV infected adults in Malawi (page 9)
- Effect of short-term RUTF distribution on children in Niger (page 9)
- Ethiopia’s Chronic Vulnerability Index (page 10)
Postscripts
- Postscript to 'Fresh food vouchers for refugees in Kenya' (page 22)
- Comment on: Putting IFE guidance into practice: operational challenges in Myanmar (page 33)
Agency Profiles
- DanChurchAid (page 26)
News & Views
- Acceptable medical reasons for using breastmilk substitutes (page 14)
- Fact sheet on implementation of 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards (page 14)
- Nutrition in emergencies training (page 14)
- Action to improve infant and young child feeding in nutrition and child health programmes (page 15)
- Focus on the Code and infant feeding in emergencies (page 16)
- Guidelines for estimating age in young children (page 16)
- New guidelines for livestock emergencies (page 16)
- New Method to Estimate Mortality in Crisis-Affected Populations (page 16)
- Humanitarian Accountability Report (page 17)
- Nutrition in Consolidated Appeals Process – a review (page 17)
- Upgrade to NutVal 2006 now available (page 17)
- New WFP Food Security Analysis guidelines (page 18)
- Nutrition in emergencies training (page 18)
- Prevalence of moderate malnutrition in infants (page 18)
- Invite to submit material to Field Exchange (page 34)
- Picture caption correction (page 34)
Cartoons
- Cartoon Corner (page 33)
Issue 35 / March 2009
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
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)
Issue 34 / October 2008
Editorials
- Issue 34 Editorial (page 2)
Field Articles
- Milling vouchers in Dafur to optomise food aid (page 3)
- Local versus industrially produced therapeutic milks in managing severe malnutrition (page 12)
- Impact of community mobilisation activities in Uganda (page 14)
- Cost of the Diet – novel approach to estimate affordability of a nutritious diet (page 20)
- Has financial speculation in food commodity markets increased food prices? (page 27)
- Increased diarrhoea following infant formula distribution in 2006 earthquake response in Indonesia: evidence and actions (page 29)
- Philippine Nutrition Cluster’s battle for the best: the breast (page 37)
- Challenges of dealing with unsolicited donations during emergencies (page 41)
Evaluations
Research
- Community participation in targeting in South Sudan (page 5)
- Impact of WHO Growth Standards on programme admissions in Niger (page 6)
- Managing severe acute malnutrition in high HIV prevalence areas (page 6)
- Effectiveness of Integrated Outpatient Care of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Ethiopia (page 7)
- Factors associated with defaulting in MSF ambulatory programme (page 8)
- RUTF use in adults in Kenya (page 9)
- Why is undernutrition not a higher priority for donors? (page 9)
- Algorithms for converting NCHS references (page 10)
- Towards better documentation of mortality in crises (page 10)
- Effect of body shape on weight-for-height and MUAC in Ethiopia (page 11)
- Operational study on SAM management in high HIV prevalence area (page 11)
- Maternal depression and infant growth – review of recent evidence (page 35)
Agency Profiles
- IBFAN-GIFA (page 39)
News & Views
- International Workshop on Integration of CMAM (page 15)
- FANTA Guide to monitoring and evaluation of nutrition assessment, education and counselling of people living with HIV (page 16)
- Latest version of NutVal available (page 16)
- New MUAC Community Website (page 16)
- Updated Nutrition Society Information Sheets (page 16)
- Workshop on Improving Training in Nutrition in Emergencies (page 16)
- Meeting on approaches to address moderate malnutrition in emergencies (page 17)
- Valid International’s new Social Research Unit (SRU) (page 17)
- Demystifying Z-scores: feedback needed on a new weight-for-height slide chart (page 18)
- ENN secures funding for ‘NGOnut revisited’ (page 18)
- Food Security Concepts and Frameworks: new e-learning course (page 18)
- Valid Nutrition and Insta Products announce collaboration in East Africa (page 18)
- ENN secures funding for SFP Research Projects (page 19)
- Reprint of ‘Protein-energy malnutrition’ by J.C.Waterlow (page 19)
- Failure to respond to treatment in supplementary feeding programmes (page 23)
- A Time to Rethink the Global Food Regime (page 25)
- Regional IFE workshop in Bali (page 36)
- MAMI Project – Call to share experiences (page 37)
- UNHCR guidance on infant feeding and HIV (page 37)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 34) (page 43)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 34) (page 46)
Other
- Obituary - Tom Marchione (page 1)
Issue 33 / June 2008
Editorials
- Issue 33 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- SQUEAC: Low resource method to evaluate access and coverage of programmes (page 2)
- Methodology for a Nutritional Survey among the nomadic population of northern Mali (page 14)
- Integrated Nutrition and Food Security Surveillance in Malawi (page 21)
- Piloting LQAS in Somaliland (page 26)
- Blanket BP5 distribution to under fives in North Darfur (page 30)
- Animal husbandry and agriculture efforts toward programme sustainability (page 34)
Evaluations
- SC UK’s experiences with Central Emergency Response Funds (CERF) (page 28)
- Peer review of WFP evaluation process (page 29)
Research
- Somali KAP Study on Infant and Young Child Feeding and Health Seeking Practices (page 6)
- Fortified maize meal improves vitamin A and iron status in refugees (page 7)
- Moderating the impact of climate change (page 8)
- Mortality in the DRC (page 8)
- Links between needs assessment and decisions in food crisis responses (page 9)
- Review of CMAM in Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger (page 10)
- Summary of Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition (page 11)
Agency Profiles
- Samaritan's Purse (page 33)
News & Views
- Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Website Launched (page 15)
- Evaluation of TALC’s CD-ROM ‘Community Nutrition’ (page 16)
- FANTA Review of Essential Nutrition Actions in Ethiopia (page 16)
- New MSF website on field research (page 16)
- Regional IFE Workshop held in Indonesia (page 16)
- Trigger Indicators and Early Warning and Response Systems (page 16)
- New publication on Household Economy Approach (page 17)
- Regional Consultation on Nutrition and HIV in South East Asia (page 17)
- Webpage from the World Bank on the Food Price Crisis (page 17)
- Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Certificate Course (page 18)
- CE-DAT website launched (page 18)
- Updated Module on IFE available in English and French (page 18)
- US and Canadian responses to global food crisis (page 18)
- Nutrition in Emergencies short course (page 19)
- Public Health in Complex Emergencies training (page 19)
- Unified United Nations response to the global food price challenge (page 19)
- Update for ‘Caring for Severely Malnourished Children’ book (page 19)
- COMPAS course in project management/ evaluation (page 20)
- The Effects of Global Warming on Food Security (page 20)
Letters
- Letter on inadequate coverage of SAM in Lancet Undernutrition Series, by Susan Shepherd (page 23)
- Letter challenging conclusions and analysis of Lancet Undernutrition Series, by Fiona Watson and Carmel Dolan (page 25)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 33) (page 37)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 33) (page 37)
Issue 32 / January 2008
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)
Issue 31 / September 2007
Editorials
- Issue 31 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Management of moderate acute malnutrition with RUTF in Niger (page 2)
- Implications of a Coverage Survey in Ethiopia (page 10)
- Grassroots seed multiplication in Ethiopia (page 20)
- Household-based food fortification for anaemia control in Sudan (page 24)
- Impact of non-admission on CTC Programme Coverage (page 28)
- Breastfeeding support in the refugee camps of North Western Tanzania (page 31)
Evaluations
- Emergency school feeding programmes (page 22)
- Evaluation of cluster approach in Mozambique (page 23)
Research
- Field testing LQAS to assess acute malnutrition prevalence (page 4)
- Addressing chronic malnutrition in South Sudan (page 5)
- Caring for premature babies in a conflict zone (page 5)
- Remittances during crises (page 6)
- Global factors shaping food aid (page 7)
- Cash-based responses in emergencies (page 8)
- Review of survey methodology in emergencies (page 9)
Agency Profiles
- Muslim Aid (page 27)
News & Views
- Mental Health among Children in Severe Food Shortage Situations (page 14)
- Simple tools for measuring household food access and dietary diversity (page 14)
- Food and Nutrition Security Training Programme in the Netherlands (page 15)
- Joint UN Statement on Community-based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (page 15)
- World Conference of Humanitarian Studies (page 15)
- IASC Nutrition Cluster: Key Things to Know (page 16)
- Translated versions of the Operational Guidance on IFE (page 16)
Letters
- Letter on local v imported therapeutic milk, by Rebecca Norton and Jean-Pierre Papart (with responses by Mike Golden, Ann Ashworth, Mary Lung'aho and David Sanders) (page 17)
- Letter on relevance of IFE guidelines in developed countries, by Sarah Saunby (page 19)
- Letter on using MUAC v weight-for-height in assessment, by Mark Myatt (page 19)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 31) (page 34)
Issue 30 / April 2007
Editorials
- Issue 30 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Constraints to achieving Sphere minimum standards for SFPs in West Darfur: a comparative analysis (page 1)
- Comparing cash and food transfers: findings from a pilot project in Sri Lanka (page 17)
- Can height-adjusted cut-offs improve MUAC’s utility as an assessment tool? (page 22)
Evaluations
Research
- Community based approaches to managing severe malnutrition: case study from Ethiopia (page 6)
- Niacin deficiency and pellagra in Angola (page 7)
- Sexual exploitation and food distribution in Burundi (page 7)
- Population movement as a livelihood strategy in northern Uganda (page 8)
- Understanding HIV/AIDS and livelihoods: new cluster analysis (page 8)
- Nutritional status of children and pregnant and lactating women in relief camps in post-tsunami Sri Lanka (page 9)
- Breastfeeding Support Groups in Tajikistan (page 10)
- Measuring household food insecurity in emergencies: WFP’s approach (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- Save the Children (page 26)
News & Views
- Making Sense of the Code: new training materials (page 12)
- Evaluation of Field Exchange (page 13)
- Investigation of anthropometric training by NGOs (page 13)
- Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) (page 13)
- Report on IFE Meeting now available (page 13)
- SDC online platform on cash transfers (page 13)
- Development of Rapid and Comprehensive Assessment Tools for Emergencies (page 14)
- ODI website on cash in emergencies (page 14)
- Translated Operational Guidance on IFE now available (page 14)
- New WHO Growth Standards: more harm than good? (page 15)
- Nutrition in Emergencies short course (page 15)
- Update on the IPC Online Global Forum (page 15)
- IFE training planned in London (page 16)
- Public Health in Complex Emergencies course - 2007 dates (page 16)
- The Need to Improve Administration in Ethical Organisations (page 16)
- Top 10 underreported crises in 2006 (page 16)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 30) (page 29)
Issue 29 / December 2006
Editorials
- Issue 29 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Experiences from Indonesia and Lebanon (page 2)
- The Code and the Operational Guidance (page 2)
- The Triple Threat: Southern Africa’s emergency behind the emergency (page 14)
- Exit strategies in OVC programming in Namibia (page 15)
- Junior Farmer Field Life Schools in Namibia (page 18)
- Junior Farmer Field Life Schools in Namibia and Swaziland (page 18)
- A boy’s story from Swaziland (page 20)
- Starting up JFFLS - Observations from Caprivi region, Namibia (page 21)
- Multi-storey gardens to support food security (page 38)
Evaluations
- Improving food security in vulnerable households in Swaziland (page 30)
- The dripkit watering system (page 30)
- Evaluation of WFP relief operations in Angola (page 31)
Research
- Ethical research in conflict situations (page 5)
- Improving impact evaluations (page 5)
- Addressing staff turnover in humanitarian organisations (page 6)
- Is food aid effective? (page 7)
- Responding to early warnings (page 7)
- Child survival during the 2002-2003 drought in Ethiopia (page 8)
- Chronic vulnerability in Niger (page 8)
- Infant feeding in tsunami affected villages in India (page 9)
- Minimising the risks of artificial feeding in emergencies (page 9)
- Lessons on Cash for Work in Somalia (page 10)
- Weighing scales for young infants: a survey of relief workers (page 11)
- Supplementary feeding using RUTF in Malawi (page 12)
- Assessing nutritional status in HIV positive adults (page 13)
- Diarrhoea risk associated with not breastfeeding in Botswana (page 22)
- The effects of HIV on Botswana’s development progress (page 23)
- Infant feeding strategies and PMTCT - Mashi trial from Botswana (page 25)
- Counselling on infant feeding choice: Some practical realities from South Africa (page 26)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC): A Field Manual (page 32)
- Food Security, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in Relief and Development (page 32)
- Commentary: Regional Training on Integrated Management of Severe Malnutrition (page 33)
- New UNHCR Policy on handling Milk Products (page 33)
- Nutrition Manual for Humanitarian Action (page 33)
- Strategy Meeting on Infant Feeding in Emergencies (page 34)
- Food Security Distance Learning Course Launched (page 36)
- Support the Operational Guidance on IFE (page 36)
- Updated CD on IFE (page 36)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 29) (page 39)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 29) (page 42)
Issue 28 / July 2006
Editorials
- Issue 28 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Scaling up the treatment of acute childhood malnutrition in Niger (page 2)
- Delivering Supplementary and Therapeutic Feeding in Darfur: coping with Insecurity (page 9)
- Home treatment for severe malnutrition in South Sudan (page 17)
- Locally produced RUTF in a hospital setting in Uganda (page 21)
- The Pakistan Earthquake Survey: Methodological Lessons Learned (page 25)
Evaluations
- Evaluation of Dafur Early Warning and Food Information System (page 19)
- Evaluation of use of IFE training materials (page 20)
Research
- Early initiation of breastfeeding reduces neonatal mortality (page 5)
- Experience-based measure of household food insecurity (page 5)
- Excess dietary iodine in long-term African refugees (page 6)
- Iron and vitamin A deficiency in African refugees (page 6)
- Critical gaps in drought response in Greater Horn of Africa (page 7)
- Market-based contracts protect against price rises in Malawi alliance initiative (page 7)
- USAID in public-private alliance initiative (page 8)
- Revisiting ‘new variant famine’ in southern Africa (page 9)
Agency Profiles
- Lutheran Development Services (page 24)
News & Views
- International Food and Nutrition Security Course 2007 (page 13)
- Revised Operational Guidance on IFE (page 13)
- WHO meeting report on community-based management of severe malnutrition (page 13)
- Improved formula for WHO oral rehydration salts (page 14)
- New Classification Tool Integrating Food Security and Humanitarian Action (page 14)
- Orientation workshop on IFE (page 14)
- New WHO growth standards (page 15)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 28) (page 28)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 28) (page 30)
Issue 27 / March 2006
Editorials
- Issue 27 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Infant feeding in the South Asia earthquake aftermath (page 2)
- Assessing sensitivity of case-finding using capturerecapture techniques (page 12)
- Difficulties of impact assessment in ‘semi-emergencies’ (page 21)
- GIS surveillance of nomads in Mali (page 24)
- The Challenge of Applying CSAS in DRC (page 28)
- Learning about Exit Strategies in Southern Africa (page 31)
Evaluations
Research
- Impact of drought and HIV/AIDS on child malnutrition (page 5)
- Use of cash in the tsunami response (page 5)
- Donor incapacity linked to aid ineffectiveness in Africa (page 6)
- Food security in Eritrea and Ethiopia (page 6)
- Livelihoods under siege in Dafur (page 7)
- Adapting to climate change (page 8)
- Interpreting mortality data in emergencies (page 8)
- Using IMRs to inform policy decisions on infant feeding and HIV (page 9)
- Affordability of the MDG for child survival (page 10)
- Importance of non-DAC donors in humanitarian aid (page 10)
- Refugee perceptions of quality of healthcare (page 10)
- ENN/SC UK investigation of impact and effectiveness of SFPs (page 11)
- Maternal micronutrient status and decreased infant growth (page 11)
Postscripts
- Postscript to 'Infant feeding in the South Asia earthquake aftermath' (page 4)
- Postscript to 'The challenge of applying CSAS in DRC' (page 30)
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- Donor debate over food for cash (page 14)
- Funding too concentrated on ‘big three’ diseases (page 14)
- Highlights from MSF-hosted meeting on outpatient and community based therapeutic care (page 15)
- New quality assurance method for humanitarian projects (page 17)
- ENN report of Washington CTC meeting 2005 (page 18)
- New Community Nutrition CD-ROM from TALC (page 18)
- New IFRC guide on food security assessments (page 18)
- Training on Public Health in Complex Emergencies (page 18)
- Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Certificate Course (15th) (page 19)
- Forum on Food Security, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (page 19)
- Needs of older people in tsunami response (page 19)
- Evaluation of IFE training modules (page 20)
- New WHO Growth Standards for 0-5 years (page 20)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 27) (page 33)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 27) (page 33)
Other
- Obituary - Hadja Ahmed Mohamed Medini (page 33)
Issue 26 / November 2005
Editorials
- Issue 26 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Farming in Bags: Micro Gardening in Northern Uganda (page 2)
- Prevalence of Anaemia Amongst Young Children in Argentina (page 16)
- Care Practices in Emergencies (page 17)
- Community Based Targeting in Myanmar (page 25)
- Applying GIS to Nutrition Surveys (page 29)
Evaluations
- Evaluation of ECHO Actions in DPRK (page 27)
Research
- Study of the Risk Factors for the Development of Nutritional Oedema in North Kivu, DRC (page 4)
- Infant Feeding Patterns and Risk of Death (page 6)
- Intervention Study on Cases Presenting Precursor Signs of Kwashiorkor (page 6)
- Neo-Colonialism and ‘Otherness’: Representational Issues in Field Exchange (page 7)
- SC UK Experiences of Food Security Information Systems (page 9)
- MUAC Versus Weight-for-Height in Assessing Severe Malnutrition (page 11)
- Review of Training Opportunities in Nutrition and Food Security (page 12)
- Antioxidant Role in Preventing Kwashiorkor (page 13)
- Dependency and Humanitarian Relief (page 13)
- Cash and Vouchers in Emergencies (page 14)
- Nutrition Supplement for People With HIV (page 15)
Agency Profiles
- ActionAid International (page 28)
News & Views
- Call for Trustee Nominations for ENN (page 18)
- New Guide on Cash-Transfer Programming in Emergencies (page 18)
- nutrition -New Publication for Nutrition in Development (page 18)
- Review of Operational Guidance on IFE (page 18)
- European Emergency Food Security Group (EEFSG) (page 19)
- New CD of IFE Training Materials (page 19)
- User Friendly Software to Design Low Cost Complementary Feeding (page 19)
- Collecting Evidence for Community Based Treatment of Severe Malnutrition (page 20)
- Forum on the Future of Aid (page 20)
- New CRED Newsletter on Disasters (page 20)
- New FANTA Technical Guide on Measuring Household Food Consumption (page 20)
- Renewed Call to Share Knowledge on Community Driven Initiatives (page 20)
- WHO Guiding Principles on Feeding Non-Breastfed Infants (page 20)
- WTO Negotiations on Improving Food Aid (page 21)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 26) (page 33)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 26) (page 34)
Issue 25 / May 2005
Editorials
- Issue 25 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- ENN in the Field - Editorial by Mary Corbett (page 15)
- Impact of HIV/Aids on Acute Malnutrition in Malawi (page 17)
- Integrated PMTCT Services in a Rural Setting in Malawi (page 18)
- Integrated Approach to Supporting Chronically Ill in Malawi (page 20)
- School Feeding Programme in Zambia (page 21)
- REEP experiences in Western Kenya (page 25)
- REACH OUT food assistance in Uganda (page 26)
- Meeting Point : Local CBO in Uganda (page 27)
- WFP HIV/AIDS Programming in Malawi (page 33)
- Emmanuel International (page 35)
- HIV/AIDS and Food Security in Malawi (page 36)
- Nutritional Support Through HBC in Malawi (page 37)
- Participatory Approach to Food Security in Uganda (page 39)
- Three Ingredients of Success: Targeting Food Assistance in Western Kenya (page 39)
- Evolution of GOAL Activities in Malawi (page 41)
Evaluations
- WFP Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programming in Malawi (page 42)
- Targeting Vulnerable Households Within the Context of HIV/AIDS in Malawi (page 43)
Research
- WFP Recipients’ Weight Gain at Reach Out Clinic (page 4)
- Impact of HIV/AIDS on household food security and quality of life in Malawi (page 5)
- Integrating CTC and HIV/AIDS Support in Malawi (page 6)
- HIV and Child Mortality (page 7)
- BMI: A Strong and Independent Predictor of Survival in HIV (page 8)
- Early Exclusive Breastfeeding Increases HIV Survival (page 8)
- Rethinking Food Aid in the Face of HIV/AIDS (page 8)
- Bangwe Home Based Care Project in Malawi (page 9)
- Pregnant women’s uptake of antiretroviral prophylaxis (page 9)
- Modification of Complementary Foods in Zambia (page 10)
- Better Practice in Targeted Food Assistance (page 11)
- Cotrimoxazole as a Prophylaxis for HIV Positive Malnourished Children (page 12)
- On the ground perceptions of WFP food assistance and PMTCT in Zambia (page 13)
News & Views
- CRS Conference in South Africa (page 29)
- HIV/AIDS: A Guide for Nutritional Care and Support (page 29)
- UN Draft Guidance on Programming (page 29)
- Community Based Technology to Combat HIV/AIDS (page 30)
- Fact Sheets on ARV Treatment for NGO/CBO Staff (page 30)
- Invite to Join WABA HIV and Infant Feeding Group (page 30)
- Local Resources for Supporting PLWHA (page 30)
- New e -Resources on HIV and AIDS (page 30)
- Support for PLWHAs in Malawi (page 31)
- South Africa HIV/AIDS Pandemic (page 32)
Letters
People in Aid
- ENN in the Field - Selection of pictures (page 23)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 25) (page 46)
Issue 24 / March 2005
Editorials
- Issue 24 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Land Reform in Tajikistan (page 2)
- Food, Economic and Social Security in Azerbaijan (page 11)
- Home Based Treatment of Severe Malnutrition in Kabul (page 17)
- Clinical Trial of BP100 vs F100 Milk for Rehabilitation of Severe Malnutrition (page 21)
Evaluations
Research
- Impact of Emergency SFP in Guinea-Bissau (page 5)
- Micronutrients Supplementation Can Redress Stunting Up to Six Years of Age (page 5)
- Lessons Learned From Complex Emergencies (page 6)
- Public Nutrition in Complex Emergencies (page 6)
- Miscalculation of the Prevalence of Acute Malnutrition in Surveys with Oedematous Children (page 7)
- The Changing Role of Aid Policy in Protracted Crises (page 8)
- Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative (page 9)
- Mortality Rates in Conflict Affected Darfur (page 9)
- Review of Published Evidence for Impact of Emergency Feeding Programmes (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- MSF Holland (page 23)
News & Views
- Cuba (page 13)
- Humanitarian Aspects of The Indian Ocean Catastrophe (page 13)
- Inter-Agency Meeting on Community Therapeutic Care (page 13)
- Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course 2005 (page 14)
- Catastrophes & Conflict Forum (page 14)
- Emergency Nutrition Assessment Guidelines for field workers (page 14)
Letters
- Letter on nomenclature used in malnutrition programmes, by Mike Golden (page 14)
- Letter on nomenclature in CTC programmes, by Steve Collins (page 15)
- Letter on commercial production of RUTF, by Michel Lescanne (page 16)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 24) (page 25)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 24) (page 26)
Issue 23 / November 2004
Editorials
- Issue 23 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- A Market Support Programme to Address an Urban Food Crisis in Zimbabwe (page 2)
- A New Household Economy Method for Assessing Impact of Shocks (page 9)
- Estimating the Target Under Five Population for Feeding Programmes in Emergencies (page 17)
- Selective Feeding in War-Ravaged Northern Uganda (page 19)
Evaluations
Research
- Appropriateness of Replacement Milks in South Africa (page 4)
- Global Trends in Malnutrition (page 4)
- Measuring the Impact of Humanitarian Aid (page 5)
- Nutrition Programming in the Southern Africa Emergency (page 5)
- New Sphere Standards for Food Security, Nutrition and Food Aid (page 7)
- Can Sphere be Used in Complex Emergencies? (page 8)
- Inappropriate Interventions in the Great Lakes (page 8)
Agency Profiles
- Valid International Ltd. (page 22)
News & Views
- New Nutrition Policy Papers for WFP (page 12)
- Refugee Numbers Decline (page 12)
- World Health Organisation Admits Targets on AIDS Drugs May be Unrealistic (page 12)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: IFE Core Group Meeting (page 13)
- New Training Material Now Available (page 13)
- International Conference on HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition Security, 14-16 April 2005 (page 14)
- MSF Close Their Afghanistan Programme (page 14)
- New Information Sheet on Nutrition Society Website (page 14)
- New Sections on SCN/NICS Website (page 14)
- Relief Food Factory to Open in Kenya (page 15)
Letters
- Letter on breastmilk substitute marketing, by Gay Palmer. (page 15)
- Letter on ENN conflict of Interest, by Mary Lung'aho, Lida Lhotskha, and Rebecca Norton (page 15)
- Letter on Field Exchange quality control, by André Renzaho (page 15)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 23) (page 24)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 23) (page 26)
Issue 22 / July 2004
Editorials
- Issue 22 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Enset - The ‘False Banana’ as Food Security (page 2)
- Potential of Using QBmix to Prevent Micronutrient Deficiencies in Emergencies (page 11)
- Vulnerability Mapping in Urban Afghanistan (page 19)
- Infant Feeding Alternatives for HIV Positive Mothers in Kenya (page 25)
Evaluations
- Lessons From SC UK Evaluation in DRC (page 21)
Research
- Adequacy of Replacement Milks for Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers (page 4)
- Grass Pea Consumption and Neurolathyrism (page 4)
- Refugee Participation in Camp Health Services (page 5)
- Starvation and Future Cardiovascular Disease (page 5)
- Effect of Displacement on Growth of Children in Nigeria (page 6)
- Investing in Nutrition to Reduce Poverty (page 6)
- Dietary Assessment of Camp Refugees (page 7)
- Impact of Dietary Zinc Supplementation on PEM (page 7)
- Carbon Dioxide Production in Acutely Ill Malnourished Children (page 8)
- HIV/AIDS and Humanitarian Action (page 8)
- Nutritional Status of HIV+ Pre-School Children in South Africa (page 9)
- Taking forward research on adult malnutrition (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- NUTRISET (page 23)
News & Views
- Course on Saving Lives and Livelihoods (page 14)
- WHO/TALC materials on the Management of Severe Malnutrition (page 14)
- ECOWAS Nutrition Forum on Nutrition and HIV (page 15)
- New Measuring Scoops for F75 Therapeutic Milk (page 15)
- Nutrition in emergencies working group, SCN 2004 (page 15)
- Equity in Donor Aid Allocation to Iraq (page 16)
- Training in Public Health in Emergencies (page 16)
- Update from Food Security, Livelihoods & HIV/AIDS Working Group (page 17)
- FAO/WHO Meeting Warn of Contaminated Infant Formula (page 18)
Letters
- Letter on micronutrient deficiency management, by Donald McLaren (page 18)
- Letter on targeting food aid, by Anna Taylor (page 18)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 22) (page 28)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 22) (page 29)
Issue 21 / March 2004
Editorials
- Issue 21 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Malaria Treatment in Severe Malnutrition in Angola (page 2)
- Home-Based Therapy With RUTF In Malawi (page 11)
- Socio-Anthropological Aspects of Home Recovery from Severe Manutrition (page 23)
- Capacity Building in Times of Emergency: Experiences From Malawi (page 27)
Evaluations
- DEC Sothern Africa Crisis Appeal (page 26)
Research
- Breastfeeding and Mortality in Emergencies (page 4)
- Mortality Amongst Displaced UNITA Members in Angola (page 4)
- Food Intake in Pregnancy During Indonesian Crisis (page 5)
- Humanitarian Information Systems and Emergencies (page 5)
- GIS Links Food Security and Demining Programmes (page 6)
- Impact of Remittances on Vulnerability - Experiences from Zimbabwe (page 6)
- Needs Assessment and Decision Making in Emergencies (page 7)
- Nutritional Risk Factors in Older Refugees (page 7)
- Market Analysis and Emergency Needs Assessment (page 8)
- Inter-Agency Appeals and Needs Assessments (page 9)
- New Method for Estimating Programme Coverage (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- Feinstein International Famine Centre (page 25)
News & Views
- Towards the Overdue Elimination of Deficiency Disease Epidemics (page 13)
- WHO Technical Report on Nutrients and HIV/AIDS (page 13)
- Community-based Approaches to Managing Severe Malnutrition (page 15)
- Conference on Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020 (page 19)
- Nutrition research in emergencies (page 19)
- Technical meeting on Emergency Needs Assessment (page 20)
- HIV/AIDS and Food Security (page 21)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 21) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 21) (page 29)
Issue 20 / November 2003
Editorials
- Issue 20 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Lessons From a Microfinance Pilot Project in Rwanda (page 2)
- Border Closures and Nutrition in Gaza (page 17)
- Targeted Food Distribution to Women and Children in Northern Afghanistan (page 21)
- Suspected Thiamine Deficiency in Angola (page 25)
Evaluations
Research
- Comparison of the Efficacy of a Solid Ready-to-Use Food and a Liquid, Milk- Based Diet in Treating Severe Malnutrition (page 4)
- Infant Formula Distribution in Northern Iraq (page 5)
- What Triggers Humanitarian Intervention? (page 6)
- Destitution in Ethiopia’s Northeastern Highlands (page 7)
- Famine Avoided Despite Drought and ‘Zud’ in Mongolia (page 8)
- Government versus NGO efficiency, Bangladesh (page 9)
- Women’s Contributions to Reducing Micronutrient Deficiencies (page 9)
- Hidden Famine in Madagascar (page 10)
- Implementation of WHO Guidelines on the Management of Severe Malnutrition in South Africa and Ghana (page 11)
Postscripts
- Malnutrition on Political Grounds (page 19)
Agency Profiles
- Terre des hommes (page 24)
News & Views
- Antiretroviral Therapy and Nutrition (page 12)
- JustWrite (page 12)
- VitaGoat (page 12)
- Local Production of Plumpy’Nut (page 13)
- Training Course on Ageing in Africa (page 13)
- Facing up to the storm (page 14)
- HIV-Positive Mothers in Uganda Return to Breastfeeding (page 14)
- INASP Health Directory 2003/2004 (page 14)
- New FAO/WHO Manual on Living Well with HIV/AIDS (page 14)
- Caring for Severely Malnourished Children: Book Review (page 15)
- Debate on the Management of Severe Malnutrition (page 15)
- Debate on the Management of Severe Malnutrition : A Response (page 16)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 20) (page 28)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 20) (page 29)
Issue 19 / July 2003
Editorials
- Issue 19 Editorial (page 2)
Field Articles
- HIV/AIDS Home Based Care in Zimbabwe (page 3)
- Ambulatory treatment of severe malnutrition in Afghanistan (page 13)
- Destocking to improve food security in drought - prone Ethiopia (page 21)
- Better understanding vulnerability in Serbia (page 29)
Evaluations
- Viability of an ENN research initiative (page 16)
- Community - based targeting in Kenya (page 17)
Research
- Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) (page 5)
- Thin on the Ground (page 5)
- Donors in humanitarian action: changing roles, trends and issues (page 7)
- Viability of an ENN research initiative (page 7)
- Assessing seed systems in relief operations (page 8)
- HIV/AIDS and emergencies: analysis and recommendations for practice (page 9)
- Livelihood assessment approaches in emergencies (page 9)
- Monitoring the international code in west Africa (page 9)
- NGOs and the private sector (page 11)
- Seed security in southern Sudan (page 11)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
- Oxfam (page 31)
News & Views
- Uganda learns from Zambian GM food controversy (page 17)
- Adapted MSF nutrition guidelines on F75 (page 18)
- Caring for Severely Malnourished Children (page 18)
- EPI INFO Training Manual for Nutrition Surveys (page 18)
- ProNUTRITION and ProNut-HIV (page 18)
- HIV/AIDS and Food Crises: Next Steps for RENEWAL (page 19)
- Increase in the shelflife of Plumpy’nut (page 19)
- Revised Sphere guidelines (page 19)
- RedR and IHE merger (page 20)
- Revised UNHCR operations handbook (page 20)
- Training in public health in emergencies (page 20)
- WFP policy on HIV/AIDS (page 20)
Letters
- Famine Cry: Iraq (page 12)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 19) (page 33)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 19) (page 29)
Other
- Field Exchange salutes John Kevany (page 1)
- Diet and renal function in malnutrition (page 23)
- Nutrition in emergencies: SCN conference 2003 (page 24)
- Operational definition of a famine (page 25)
- Technical consultation on Emergency Needs Assessment (page 26)
- ENN/GIFA project (page 27)
- New variant famine in southern Africa (page 28)
Issue 18 / March 2003
Editorials
- Issue 18 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Disparate responses to need in Southern Africa (page 9)
- Household Economy Approach in Burundi (page 19)
- Nutrition causal analysis: planning and credible advocacy (page 23)
- Evolution of a Crisis: a Save the Children UK perspective (page 27)
- Nutrition assessments in Zimbabwe: a local perspective (page 30)
Evaluations
Research
- Sphere standards in Bangladesh flood response (page 2)
- Policy lessons from Malawi (page 3)
- Nutritional status and handgrip strength in older refugees (page 4)
- Review of indicators to assess Infant Feeding in Emergencies (page 5)
- Factors influencing deviance in growth of children in rural West Bengal (page 6)
- Angular stomatitis and riboflavin status (page 7)
- Mental health in emergencies (page 7)
- Minimum standards in post-emergency phase (page 8)
- Supplementary feeding in Zimbabwe (page 8)
Postscripts
- Disparate responses to need in Southern Africa: a WFP perspective (page 11)
- Understanding the food crisis in Zimbabwe (page 32)
Agency Profiles
- Christian Aid (page 25)
News & Views
- ALNAP Annual Review 2002 (page 12)
- Famine relief and health care (page 12)
- International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (page 12)
- Medicine in conflict (page 12)
- Genetically modified food in emergencies (page 13)
- HIV/Aids, livelihoods and food security (page 13)
- International Summer School in Forced Migration 2003 (page 13)
- Nestlé’s demands on Ethiopia (page 13)
- NutritionNET: independent nutrition information exchange (page 14)
- Psychosocial training for aid workers (page 14)
- Shared experiences of Southern Africa crisis (page 15)
- Ethiopia: another 1984 famine? (page 17)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 18) (page 33)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 18) (page 29)
Other
- Erratum (page 1)
Issue 17 / November 2002
Editorials
- Issue 17 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- A method for estimating mortality rates using previous birth history (page 12)
- Treating severe malnutrition in nonemergency situations: Experiences from Malawi and Guinea (page 19)
- Self-Targeting in Ambon, Indonesia “To be or not to be community minded” (page 23)
- Scurvy outbreak in Afghanistan: an investigation by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) and WHO (page 27)
Evaluations
Research
- Long term strategies to target vulnerability in Somalia (page 2)
- Combining two livelihood assessment approaches in Burundi (page 3)
- Micronutrient research in progress (page 4)
- Influence of USAID policies on food aid: time for reform? (page 5)
- Analysis of the 1996 Konzo outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (page 6)
- Assessing nutritional status using armspan measurement (page 6)
- Human rights, politics and ethics (page 7)
- Risks of obtaining fuel in displaced populations (page 7)
- The need for nutrition research in emergencies (page 8)
- Keeping schools open: school feeding in conflict and crisis (page 9)
- Dynamics of livelihood diversification in post-famine Ethiopia (page 10)
- Needs of host population versus refugees in Tanzania (page 11)
Postscripts
- Postscript on measuring mortality rates in cross-sectional surveys: a commentary (page 15)
- Postscript on local capacity building for treatment of severe malnutrition (page 21)
Agency Profiles
- GOAL (page 25)
News & Views
- Supporting Learning During the Current Relief Operations in Malawi (page 16)
- World Food Summit dubbed ‘Summit of the Poor’ (page 16)
- Food and Nutrition Specialists Register for Work in Developing Countries (page 17)
- Forced Migration Online: A world of information on human displacement (page 17)
- ReliefSim: Computer-based simulations for training humanitarian workers (page 17)
- Invite to make the most of your experiences at Oxford Brookes University (page 18)
- Managing Interventions in Complex Emergencies A Course for Managers of Refugee and Relief Operations (page 18)
- New Software for Field Research and Analysis of Qualitative Data (page 18)
- Unicef sets up programme to prevent sex abuse by aid workers (page 18)
Letters
- Ethics of use of ready-to-use-therapeutic foods (page 22)
- Reducing the price of Plumpy’nut (page 22)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 17) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 17) (page 29)
Issue 16 / August 2002
Editorials
- Issue 16 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Suspected toxic ingestion outbreak in central Afghanistan (page 6)
- MSF experiences from Afghanistan: Maslakh camp (page 17)
- Malawi food shortage: how did it happen and could it have been prevented? (page 20)
- Lessons learned in West Darfur: challenges in assessment methodologies (page 23)
- Nutrition intervention in crisis some worrying practices (page 27)
Evaluations
Research
- Lessons from the humanitarian response (page 2)
- Livestock and livelihoods in emergencies (page 3)
- Giving voice to silent emergencies (page 4)
- Shabunda: the ‘forgotten Kosovo’ (page 4)
- Use of case definitions and awareness of micronutrient deficiencies (page 5)
Agency Profiles
- CAFOD (page 22)
News & Views
- Sphere Project: handbook revision (2002 – 2003) (page 8)
- African wild harvest project (page 9)
- New course (page 9)
- The right to nutrition (page 10)
- A Review of the advances and challenges in nutrition in conflicts and crises over the last 20 years (page 11)
- Launch of DfID’s new strategy paper on eliminating hunger (page 15)
- When is a system not a system? Challenges to improved humanitarian action in food crises (page 15)
- Synthesis of Key points from the SCN Symposium ‘Nutrition in the context of crisis and conflict’ (page 16)
Letters
- Letter on food aid and child protection issues, by Anna Taylor (page 19)
- Letter on standards for severe malnutrition mangement, by Kiross Tefera, with response by Saskia van der Kam (page 19)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 16) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 16) (page 29)
Issue 15 / April 2002
Editorials
- Issue 15 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- From emergency food aid to sustainable food security: 10 years of agricultural recovery in Afghanistan (page 6)
- A pragmatic approach to treating severe malnutrition in emergencies: is F75 always beneficial? (page 10)
- Institutional development in Ethiopia: supporting an improved emergency response (page 15)
- A fragile situation in Sudan: review of the 2001 nutritional situation (page 18)
- Advocacy from Eritrea: working with WFP (page 22)
Evaluations
- CRS seed vouchers & fairs – an innovative approach to help farm communities recover from disaster (page 21)
Research
- The impact of cattle eradication in Northern Botswana (page 2)
- Cornell-Radimer hunger scale measures household food security in Java (page 3)
- Malnutrition and psychotherapy: MSF experience in the Palestinian territories (page 3)
- Seasonal patterns of weight for age: Zimbabwe (page 4)
- The limits of human starvation (page 4)
- Recurrent pellagra in Angola (page 5)
Postscripts
- Postscript to: 'A pragmatic approach to managing severe malnutrition: Is F75 always beneficial?' (page 11)
Agency Profiles
- Children’s Aid Direct (page 20)
News & Views
- Authors wanted (page 12)
- Controlling Humanitarian Aid Cowboys in Afghanistan (page 12)
- Mental health in Afghanistan (page 13)
- SCN Symposium: ‘Nutrition in the context of crisis and conflict’ (page 13)
- To TFC or to CBTF (page 13)
- Ending famine in the 21st century (page 14)
- Food aid for sex scandal in West Africa (page 14)
- New manual on fortified blended foods (page 14)
- Seminar in Oslo: Present and future nutritional relief and rehabilitation in Afghanistan (page 14)
- Sphere Health and Nutrition Training Modules (page 14)
Letters
- Letter on MSF guidelines on using F75, Saskia van der Kam, Aranka Anema, Sophie Baquet and Marc Gastellu (page 8)
- Letter on images in 'People in Aid', by Khemraj Upadhyaya, Luis Morago and Roger Yates (page 9)
- Letter on older people, nutrition and emergencies, by Yvonne Grellety and Michael Golden (with response by Vanessa Tilstone) (page 9)
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 15) (page 25)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 15) (page 29)
Other
- Under the burqua (page 17)
Issue 14 / November 2001
Editorials
- Issue 14 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Taking the politics out of resource allocation: the Kenya experience (page 7)
- Nutrition Surveillance in Somalia (page 11)
- AAH in Tajikistan: a flexible response based on analysing the causes of malnutrition (page 18)
- The danger of interpreting anthropometric data out of context (page 21)
- Older people, nutrition and emergencies in Ethiopia (page 25)
- The dangers of rapid assessment (page 27)
Evaluations
Research
- Safe infant feeding remains a challenge: the Balkans experience (page 2)
- Community care: addressing the management of severe malnutrition (page 3)
- Utilising the livelihoods approach in food security assessments (page 4)
- Assessing the economic value of fortified foods (page 5)
- Improved surveillance prevents excess mortality: the Gode experience (page 5)
- Infant feeding: policies and guidelines (page 6)
- Area sampling for rapid population assessment (page 7)
Postscripts
Agency Profiles
- International Committee of the Red Cross (page 17)
News & Views
- Children’s health in emergencies: a practical approach (CHESS) (page 9)
- La malnutrition en situation de crise - a new publication from ACF (page 9)
- Programme evaluations: where do you start to learn? (page 9)
- Afghanistan: who is to blame? (page 10)
- New IFPRI report (page 10)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 14) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 14) (page 29)
Other
- Food incentive interventions in post-conflict Afghanistan (page 1)
- Whose time is it anyway? (page 13)
- Documenting the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan (2001) (page 15)
Issue 13 / August 2001
Editorials
- Issue 13 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Strengthening analysis of the nutrition situation through linking food security and nutrition information: Pitfalls and potentials (page 7)
- Scurvy outbreak and erosion of livelihoods masked by low wasting levels in drought affected Northern Afghanistan (page 13)
- The dangers of rapid assessment (page 17)
- A food-based strategy to improve nutrition in emergencies (page 23)
Evaluations
- A cash for work programme in Uganda (page 20)
- Universal appreciation for women’s involvement in food aid (page 21)
Research
- Food security early warning systems in the Greater Horn of Africa (page 2)
- Cash transfers in emergencies: a review of recent experiences (page 3)
- HIV and nutrition: recommendations for nutritional care and support (page 4)
- The Coping Strategies Index: monitoring food security status in emergencies (page 4)
- Linkages between HIV/AIDS and food insecurity (page 5)
- Management of shigellosis in undernourished children (page 5)
- Emergency relief workers: what skills do you need to be effective? (page 6)
- Nutritional surveys in Iraq: a call for improved quality (page 6)
Agency Profiles
- HelpAge International (page 16)
News & Views
- Emergencies in developed countries: are aid organisations ready to adapt? (page 8)
- Infant feeding in emergencies: new resources (page 8)
- WFP committed to improving quality of food needs assessments (page 9)
- WFP pilot study on community level fortification mills (page 9)
- Assessment of adult malnutrition (page 10)
- Food security: minimum standards to be included into Sphere (page 10)
- Epicentre: consultancy register being updated (page 11)
- Global crisis – global action: an international effort to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS (page 11)
- Nutritionist 51 Week Appointment (page 11)
- Nutritionists, food specialists, food logisticians (page 11)
- ACC/SCN Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies (page 12)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 13) (page 25)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 13) (page 29)
Other
- Embracing cultures (page 19)
Issue 12 / April 2001
Editorials
- Issue 12 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Involving communities in nutritional screening in Ethiopia (page 9)
- Outbreak of micronutrient deficiency disease: did we respond appropriately? (page 14)
- Rapid impact on malnutrition through a multi-faceted programme in Wolayita, Southern Ethiopia (page 18)
- Money for work in East-Timor (page 22)
- Feeding the unborn babies (page 25)
- Development of Kenya Food Security Coordination System (KFSCS) (page 27)
Evaluations
Research
- Addressing the nutritional needs of older people in emergency situations: ideas for action (page 2)
- Assessment of community based targeting from a gender perspective (page 4)
- Remittances and their economic impact in post-war Somaliland (page 5)
- Adults and adolescents: assessment of nutritional status in emergency-affected populations (page 6)
- Cash interventions as an alternative to food aid (page 7)
- Conflict: a cause and effect of hunger (page 8)
- Revised MSF nutrition guidelines III (page 25)
Postscripts
- Postscript to 'Outbreak of micronutrient deficiency disease'. By David Fletcher, WFP Kenya (page 17)
- Postscript to 'Outbreak of micronutrient deficiency disease'. By Emma Naylor, Oxfam GB (page 17)
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- Launching the Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service (IDPAS) (page 10)
- Readt to learn? AED funded pilot project (page 10)
- ALNAP: facilitating lessons learned (page 11)
- Training courses and refresher workshops on Nutrition in Emergencies, how to adequately meet our training needs? (page 11)
- USAID releases commodity reference guide (page 11)
- Fighting hunger on all fronts: AAH speak out in a new publication (page 12)
- IBFAN raises awareness on infant feeding in emergencies (page 12)
- New distance learning course on ‘Nutrition in a humanitarian context’ (page 12)
- Update your bookmarks! (page 12)
- US tries to head off UN plan to reform sanctions (page 13)
- WFP-the essential ‘Food and Nutrition Handbook’ (page 13)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 12) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 12) (page 29)
Issue 11 / December 2000
Editorials
- Issue 11 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- How many Hok does a poor man have? (page 7)
- Challenges to implementing an integrated emergency public health response (page 10)
- The application of minimum standards during crisis - A practitioner ’s perspective, southern Sudan 1998/9 (page 14)
- Lessons learnt from the 1998 Bangladesh floods (page 18)
- A collaborative approach to a nutritional crisis in an area accessible only by air (page 20)
- Huambo: an impending disaster? (page 25)
Evaluations
- Kosovo Evaluation (page 23)
- Somali Region Ethiopia (page 24)
Research
- Effect of Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding on Transmission of HIV-1 (page 2)
- Deaths among humanitarian workers (page 3)
- The impact of HIV on the management of severe malnutrition in Malawi (page 3)
- Local Production of Processed complementary food: World Food Programme experience (page 4)
- Principles and Practice for Food Distribution in Conflict (page 5)
- A role for capital markets in natural disasters (page 6)
- Physical activity levels in emergency affected populations (page 6)
- Revised MSF Nutrition Guidelines II (page 21)
Agency Profiles
- Oxfam Ireland (page 12)
News & Views
- Capacity building in nutrition in WFP (page 9)
- Distance learning courses in nutrition (page 9)
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee endorses Sphere (page 9)
- New vacancies website (page 9)
- SCN reports on nutritional assessments of adolescents and adults (page 9)
Letters
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 11) (page 29)
Issue 10 / July 2000
Editorials
- Issue 10 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Don’t let them eat cake (page 6)
- Feeding without fear (page 7)
- A pellagra epidemic in Kuito, Angola (page 11)
- Reflections on food and nutrition interventions in Huambo (page 16)
- Industry: unlikely players in emergency food distribution (page 18)
Evaluations
- Evaluation of the Wajir Relief Programme 1996-98 (page 13)
- Evaluation of the Response to the Montserrat Volcano (page 14)
Research
- Effects of breastfeeding: Implications for Policies on HIV and Infant Feeding (page 2)
- Is extrusion cooking of blended foods really advantageous? (page 3)
- Currency devaluation impact on nutritional status in Brazzaville, Congo (page 4)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Recurring Challenges (page 4)
- China’s great famine 40 years later: a need for historical closure (page 5)
- Compliance problems with vitamin pill distributions (page 5)
- Revised MSF Nutrition Guidelines (page 20)
Agency Profiles
- Action Contre la Faim (page 15)
News & Views
- New publication - Children’s Health in Emergencies: practical guidelines for health workers (page 8)
- Nutritionists, food specialists and food logisticians wanted (page 8)
- The management of nutrition in major emergencies (page 8)
- ACC/SCN Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies (page 9)
- Nestlé and the Code (page 10)
- UNICEF builds capacity for emergencies (page 10)
Letters
People in Aid
- People in Aid (issue 10) (page 21)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 10) (page 29)
Issue 9 / March 2000
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
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
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)
Issue 8 / November 1999
Editorials
- Issue 08 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Protecting production in Africa’s forgotten war (page 4)
- Grounding Food Security Monitoring in an Understanding of the Local Economy: Understanding differences – and making a difference (page 9)
- Increasing Protein to Poultry (page 11)
- Challenges for humanitarian response in Kosovo (page 14)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Responding to IDP Food Needs in Uganda (page 23)
- Infant Feeding Practices: Observations from Macedonia and Kosovo (page 26)
Evaluations
- Summary of the Oxfam Review of Bangladesh flood response (page 25)
- Evaluation of the Impact of the ACF Therapeutic Feeding Programme in Burundi (page 26)
Research
- Food aid targeting in Ethiopia (page 5)
- Infant feeding and HIV transmission (page 6)
- Ready to use therapeutic food for treatment of marasmus (page 7)
- Alternative food security indicators (page 8)
- Food aid targeting in East Africa (page 8)
Agency Profiles
- EpiCentre (page 18)
News & Views
- International Public Nutrition and Emergencies: The Potential for Improving Practice (page 12)
- MSF welcomes Nobel support for peoples’ right to humanitarian assistance (page 12)
- Nutrition in Relief and Emergencies short Course (page 12)
- Kerubino Dies (page 13)
- Summary of the Meeting of the Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies (page 13)
- WFP plane crash (page 13)
People in Aid
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 08) (page 30)
Other
- Erratum (page 1)
- Special Focus on Targeting (page 2)
- One hundred years of famine – a pause for reflection (page 19)
- Resources on food aid targeting in emergencies (page 29)
Issue 7 / July 1999
Editorials
- Issue 07 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Food Preparation an Obstacle to Education (page 2)
- Concern’s Initial Response to the Kosovo Crisis (page 13)
- The Collection of Early Warning Information Through Community Resource People – A Case Study from the Red Sea State (page 15)
- Community Managed Targeting of Emergency Food Aid: Does it Ever Work? (page 17)
- Water, water everywhere but... The ‘98 Bangladeshi Floods (page 21)
Evaluations
Research
- Shopping for Answers in Southern Sudan (page 4)
- Supplementation Programmes for Pregnant and Lactating Women. (page 5)
- Aid and Erosion of Humanitarian Principles in Sierra Leone (page 7)
- Thiamin Deficiency and Malaria in Adults from Southeast Asia (page 8)
- Wild Foods – More Evidence for their Importance in the Diet (page 8)
- The Potential Use of Maternal Size in Priority Setting When Combating Childhood Malnutrition (page 9)
- More Evidence in Favour of Iron Pots (page 10)
Postscripts
- Community Managed Targeting – Tanzania (page 19)
Agency Profiles
- Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service (page 23)
News & Views
- Workshop to explore the potential of indigenous wild food plants (IWFPs) in Southern Sudan (page 10)
- Chronic Malnutrition: a Problem not Addressed by SFPs (page 11)
- Guiding Principles for Caring for the Nutritionally Vulnerable During Emergencies (page 11)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: what is your Experience? (page 12)
- Jobs (page 12)
- Nutrition in Relief and Emergencies Course (page 12)
Letters
- Making a Difference for Afghan Women (page 20)
People in Aid
- Food Aid – On a Wing and a Prayer (page 24)
- People in Aid (issue 07) (page 25)
Other
- Erratum (page 8)
Issue 6 / February 1999
Editorials
- Issue 06 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Partnership and Disaster Response (and Post Script) (page 11)
- An Ongoing Omission: Adolescent and Adult Malnutrition in Famine Situations (page 18)
- Is Targeting of Food Aid Directly to Women Based on Gender Roles an Appropriate Response? (page 21)
- Supplementary Feeding in Mandera: The Right Intervention? (page 25)
Evaluations
- Task Force Review (page 27)
- WFP Assessment Mission (page 28)
Research
- Improving the Efficiency of Food Aid (page 7)
- Measuring Hunger in the Russian Federation (page 7)
- Full Recovery means more than Nutritional Recovery (page 8)
- Humanitarian Assistance in Sudan in 1998 (page 8)
- Southern Sudan Vulnerability Study (page 8)
- Targeting Emergency Food Aid – Experiences in Ethiopia (page 9)
- The Changing Nature of Livestock Raiding and its Role in Famine (page 9)
- Dietary Treatment of Severe Malnutrition in Adults (page 10)
Agency Profiles
News & Views
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies - news of meeting (page 13)
- Nutrition Survey in the DPRK (page 13)
- Solar Cookers Come to Loki (page 13)
- WFP/UNHCR Guidelines on Selective Feeding in Emergency (page 13)
- HIV and Infant Feeding: A Programme Challenge (page 14)
- New Humanitarian Assistance Course at Tufts University (page 14)
- Great New Web Site from Lille University (page 17)
- WFP Southern Sector OLS Monthly Report January 1999 (page 17)
- Workshop Announcement: Enhancing Nutritional Quality of Relief Foods (page 17)
Letters
- Letter on sale of food aid as sign of distress, not excess, by Barbara Reed and Jean-Pierre Habicht (page 20)
- Sales of food aid as sign of distress, not excess (page 20)
People in Aid
- Pilots – the Unsung Heroes (page 28)
- People in Aid (issue 06) (page 29)
Cartoons
- Pandamonium (issue 06) (page 30)
Other
- Co-ordinating a Humanitarian Response in Sudan (page 3)
- Making Famine in Sudan (page 5)
- Wild Foods — Blessing or Burden? (page 15)
Issue 5 / October 1998
Editorials
- Issue 05 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Persistent Micronutrient Problems among Refugees in Nepal (page 3)
- Food distribution in Mandera district (Kenya) (page 9)
- Rhino Camp, Uganda: A Refugee Perspective (page 15)
- Selective Feeding Programmes in Wadjir: Some Reasons for Low Coverage and High Defaulter Rate (page 16)
- Nutrition in the DPRK - a field view (page 20)
- Micronutrients - The Basics (page 25)
Evaluations
- An information system in exile - Is it working? (page 21)
- Angola Agricultural Programmes (page 22)
- WFP intervention in Bosnia Herzegovina '92 - '97 (page 23)
Research
- Appropriate Vitamin C Fortification Levels for CSB? (page 5)
- Konzo Associated with War in Mozambique (page 6)
- Pots and Pans Combat Anaemia! (page 6)
- Refugee Influx Can Improve Services for Locals (page 7)
- In-country Capacity for Food Fortification (page 8)
- Reduce Scurvy Risk through Germination! (page 8)
Agency Profiles
- Food for the Hungry (page 19)
News & Views
- Funding to Test Out Camp Level Milling and Fortification Equipment (page 12)
- NEWS of FEWS: Famine Early Warning Systems, the World Wide Web, and the International Famine Centre at University College Cork. (page 12)
- The Measurement of Micronutrient Deficiencies - A Long Way to Go (page 12)
- Division Over Sanctions on Iraq (page 13)
- The Future of Food Aid (page 13)
- WHO Study Suggests: Field Workers Unprepared (page 13)
- Bahr-el-Ghazal Nutritionists Meet (page 14)
- DFID Announces a Rise in Spending. (page 14)
- Disasters (page 14)
Letters
Other
- Small Scale Fortification Network! (page 24)
- Sudan in Crisis (page 24)
Issue 4 / June 1998
Editorials
- Issue 04 Editorial (page 2)
Field Articles
- Caring for Unaccompanied Children under Difficult Circumstances (page 3)
- Logistics: more than pizza delivery (page 12)
- Novel Methods of 'Work for Food' (page 20)
- Finding the right MUAC cut-off to improve screening efficiency (page 23)
Evaluations
- Evaluation of the Supplementary Feeding Programme carried out in Marsabit District, Kenya, April-November 1997 (page 26)
- Saving Lives through Tried and Trusted methods: Evaluation the Intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross (page 27)
- Selective Feeding Programme Evaluation in Nyapara, Bangladesh. (page 27)
- Did the Rwandan Evaluation Change anything? (page 28)
Research
- Sale of Food Aid as Sign of Distress not Excess (page 5)
- Crop failure in Dalocha, Ethiopia: a Participatory Emergency Response: (page 6)
- A proposed new method of estimating weight deficits in children (page 7)
- Acceptability and use of cereal-based foods in refugee camps: case studies from Nepal, Ethiopoa and Tanzania (page 8)
- The Management of Persistent Diarrhoea and Malnutrition: (page 9)
- Vitamin A Supplementation in Treatment for Acute Shigellosis (page 9)
- Iraq - Sanctions Take Their Toll (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- MERLIN (page 25)
News & Views
- Inter-Agency Workshop on Food Security Assessments in Emergencies: Amsterdam, 2-3 December 1997 (page 15)
- International Meeting on the Issue of Infant Feeding in Emergency and Relief Situations (page 15)
- Joint Consultation on Caring for Nutritionally Vulnerable In Emergencies (page 16)
- Rapid Response Register Ireland (page 16)
- SCF Statement to the WHA on Infant Feeding (page 17)
- SWP-CPN Pilot Study on Humanitarian Assistance (page 17)
- Health Intelligence Network for Advanced Contingency Planning (HINAP) (page 18)
- SCN Meeting on How Emergency Food Aid Works (page 18)
- Sudan: The Perils of Aid (page 19)
Letters
- India, 'the Silent Emergency' (page 22)
- Therapeutic feeding centres - Routine Antibiotics ? (page 22)
Other
- Malaria: The Iron and Folate Debate. (page 29)
- The Backpage (page 29)
- Therapeutic Feeding: Imported Versus Local Foods (page 29)
Issue 3 / January 1998
Editorials
- Issue 03 Editorial (page 2)
Field Articles
- The Risks of Wet Feeding Programmes (page 3)
- DPRK in Crisis, What Do We Know? (page 9)
- Responding to the crisis in Congo-Zaire: emergency Feeding of Rwandan Refugees May-July 1997 (page 11)
- The Role of Women in Food Management (page 17)
- Reconstruction in Bosnia: Implications for Food Security and the Future of Food Aid (page 22)
Research
- Counting and Identification of Beneficiary Populations in Emergencies: Registration and its Alternatives (page 5)
- HIV Transmission and Breast-feeding (page 6)
- Should Iron Supplementation be Daily or Weekly? (page 6)
- Methods for Assessing Malnutrition in Older People (page 7)
- Thiamine Deficiency and its Prevention and Control in Major Emergencies (page 7)
- Inadequate Refugee Rations: Is this a Result of Planning? (page 8)
- New Reference Data for MUAC for Height Measurements (page 8)
Postscripts
- Postscript to 'The risks of wet feeding programmes' (page 4)
- Postscript to 'Responding to the food crisis in Zaire' (page 13)
- Postscript to 'Reconstruction in Bosnia' (page 24)
Agency Profiles
- Save the Children Fund (UK) (page 14)
News & Views
- Low Cost Extrusion Plant (page 15)
- Redistribution of Commercial Farms in Zimbabwe (page 15)
- Series of emergency meetings (page 15)
- Guiding Principles for Infant Feeding in Emergencies (page 16)
- Refugee Health, An Approach to Emergency Situations (page 16)
- Summary of the revised joint WFP/UNHCR Guidelines for Estimating Food and Nutritional Needs in Emergencies (page 16)
Letters
- Infant Feeding in Bosnia (page 19)
- Kakuma Revisited (page 19)
- Sphere Project (page 19)
- Tinned surplus beef for DPRK? (page 20)
- We asked Pieter Dijkhuizen to respond to the 'tinned beef letter' and our editorial comment (page 20)
- Responding to the crisis in Congo-Zaire: emergency feeding of Rwandan refugees, May-July 1997 (page 21)
- When is a Famine a Humanitarian Crisis? (page 21)
Other
- Backpage (page 25)
- NGOnut discussion summaries - ORS v Resomal, Lactose intolerance, and split peas (page 25)
Issue 2 / August 1997
Editorials
- Issue 02 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Selective Feeding Programme for Detainees in Rwanda (page 3)
- Production of Pre-cooked Fortified Blended Foods in Kenya: A Success Story (page 5)
- Impact of Food Delays on Refugees (page 9)
- Therapeutic Feeding in an Insecure Area (page 16)
- The Use of BP-5 Biscuits in Supplementary Feeding Programmes (page 19)
Research
- Emergency Supplementary Feeding (page 2)
- A Role for the Knemometer in Emergencies (page 11)
- Cost-effective Treatment for Severely Malnourished Children: What is the Best Approach? (page 11)
- Nutrition Issues During Emergencies in Europe and the Middle East (page 11)
- The Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Persons (page 12)
- Foods for the Treatment of Malnutrition (page 13)
- Comparison of Weight-for-Height Based Indices for Assessing the Risk of Death (page 14)
- Micro-nutrient Fortification of Food for Displaced Populations in Africa (page 14)
- Treatment of Severe Malnutrition with a Therapeutic Spread (page 14)
- Estimating Warehouse Storage Capacities (page 15)
- Targeting the Vulnerable in Emergency Situations: Who is Vulnerable? (page 15)
- Supplementary Feeding Programme - Current Guidelines (page 23)
Postscripts
- Postscript to 'Selective feeding programmes for detainees in Rwanda' (page 4)
- Postscript to 'Production of fortifed blended foods in Kenya' (page 6)
- Postscript to 'Impact of food aid delays on refugees' (page 10)
- Postscript to 'Therapeutic Feeding in an insecure area' (page 17)
Agency Profiles
- Medecins Sans Frontieres - France (page 18)
News & Views
- DFID Workshop on Health in Unstable Situations (page 20)
- The Relief and Rehabilitation Network (page 20)
- UNHCR issues a guide for commodity distribution (page 20)
- WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition (page 20)
- Assessing the Nutritional Vulnerability of Older People in Developing Countries: a Symposium (page 21)
- Community Supplementary Feeding Programme (CSFP) Evaluation in Zimbabwe (page 21)
- FAO's Work on Household Food Security and Nutrition in Emergencies (page 21)
- Wageningen Course (page 21)
Letters
- Letter on infant feeding in Former Yugoslavia, by Fiona Watson, Aileen Robertson and Aida Filipovic (page 7)
- Letter on practically using z scores in Angola, by Saskia van der Kam (page 7)
- Letter asking for guidance on BMS for orphans in Rwanda, by Ros O'Loughlin (and response by ENN) (page 8)
Other
- NGOnut discussion summaries - cassava poisoning, and HIV and breastfeeding (page 8)
- What became of ... (page 22)
- The Backpage (page 25)
Issue 1 / May 1997
Editorials
- Issue 01 Editorial (page 1)
Field Articles
- Feeding in emergencies for infants under six months: Practical Guidelines (page 4)
- The practical implications of using z-scores: Concern's experience in Angola (page 5)
- Evidence Informed Decision-Making Process on Nutrition in Ethiopia (page 7)
- Household Food Economy Assessment in Kakuma Refugee Camp (page 8)
- Promoting Good Nutrition and Food Security in the Gaza Strip (page 11)
- Nutrition in Commercial Farms Finding the right plaster for the wound (page 14)
- Postscript to 'Nutrition in commercial farms' (page 15)
- Diagnosing Beriberi in Emergency Situations (page 17)
Evaluations
- WFP Evaluation of Liberia programme (page 18)
- Management and co-ordination problems of refugee programmes in Kigoma - A familiar tale? (page 19)
- OLS Review (page 19)
Research
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies - the challenges (page 2)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Experiences from Former Yugoslavia (page 2)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Experiences from Rwanda (page 3)
- Assessing malnutrition in older people (page 9)
- Cellophane bags and clean water: A novel way of producing safe therapeutic milk and ORS? (page 9)
- MUAC measurements for assessing adult malnutrition in emergencies (page 9)
- There is probably no single universal solution to the problem of scurvy (page 9)
- Why have mortality rates for severe malnutrition remained so high? (page 9)
- Household Food Economy Analysis (page 10)
- Improving the quality of WFP Emergency Operations (page 10)
- The use and acceptability of micronutrient enriched foods (page 10)
Agency Profiles
- Concern Worldwide (page 4)
News & Views
- Ad Hoc Group on infant feeding in emergencies (page 12)
- NGO Nutrition Association: A new initiative (page 12)
- Interagency meeting looks at Emergency Selective Feeding Programmes (page 13)
- Revised Memorandum of Understanding - WFP and UNHCR (page 13)
Letters
- Letter on cup feeding infants, by Mike Golden (page 15)
- Letter on cooking in iron pots, by Rita Bhatia (page 16)
- Letter on nappy (diaper) use in emergencies, by Maggs Mac Guinness (page 16)
Other
- Invite to contribute to Field Exchange (page 1)
- What became of...... (page 18)
- The Backpage (page 21)