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Community-based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This 8-page document was published in 2007 by WHO, World Food
Programme, UNICEF and UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. It
gives an overview of the problem of severe acute malnutrition
and practical information on how to implement a
community-based project with ready-to-use-therapeutic foods.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/Statement_community_based_man_sev_acute_mal_eng.pdf
Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
ENN aims to accelerate learning and strengthen institutional
memory in the emergency food and nutrition sector. The
organization publishes
Field Exchange, a
tri-annual magazine containing field articles, research and
news items for those working in emergency nutrition and food
security. ENN houses the
International Infant and Young
Child Feeding in Emergencies Core Group (IFE) that
produces policy and operational guidelines.
http://www.ennonline.net/
Guidelines for the Inpatient Treatment of Severely Malnourished Children (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Published by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine in June 2005, the site gives step-by-step treatment
guidelines for severely malnourished children.
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/eph/nphir/research/nutrition/
IFE Resource Library (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This 'Resource Library' contains numerous full-text documents
regarding emergency nutrition. It is organized by regions,
document type, specific emergencies and topics. Maintained by
the Emergency Nutrition Network, the resource was developed
by the UNICEF-led Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Nutrition Cluster.
http://www.ennonline.net/resources/tag.aspx?tagid=121
Nutrition Cluster
The 'Nutrition Cluster' has identified four focus areas for insuring that relevant information gets to users in a timely and accessible manner. These are a) Coordination, b) Capacity Building, c) Emergency Preparedness, Assessment monitoring, Surveillance and d) Supply, The site has links to a number of existing emergency-related nutrition publications and has developed a Training Package for Nutrition Emergencies and Toolkit for Nutrition Emergencies. This site is one of 11 global clusters developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a coordinating group for humanitarian assistance. http://www.humanitarianreform.org/humanitarianreform/Default.aspx?tabid=74
http://www.humanitarianreform.org/humanitarianreform/Default.aspx?tabid=74
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Malnutrition (12500+)
Resources for Diarrheal Disease Control
This website provides tools for health workers and advocates disseminating information about diarrheal disease and solutions. It contains key documents and links to information on simple, lifesaving interventions. The site also contains news items and information about projects in numerous countries. The site is a joint project of PATH and UNICEF. http://www.eddcontrol.org/
http://defeatdd.org/
The International Malnutrition Task Force (IMTF)
IMTF is an inter-agency advisory and advocacy group on malnutrition. It aims to raise the profile of malnutrition and to help to build capacity to prevent and treat malnutrition. The website provides a forum to share ideas, experiences and resources on the management of acute malnutrition, including community-based management. It contains links to reliable international resources and research, and to organizations and individuals involved with acute malnutrition worldwide. http://imtf.org
http://imtf.org
UN SCN Food & Nutrition Resource Portal
This
site at lists nearly 500 recent
nutrition resources under the headings: themes, locations, types and lifestyle
focus. Under this is the new 'Nutrition
in Emergencies Repository' -
http://www.unscn.org/en/resource_portal/nutrition_in_emergencies_repository.php. This searchable repository is a state of the art resource base for
nutrition in emergencies. The Repository is sponsored by the Global Nutrition Cluster
http://www.unscn.org/en/resource_portal/index.php
Valid International (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Valid International is a UK based non-governmental
organization that organizes (evidence-based) community
based-therapeutic care programs in many developing countries.
The site contains information about the organization and its
programs. It includes links to field manuals and reports
about these programs.
http://www.validinternational.org/demo/index.php
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