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Issue 1 (May 1997)

Evaluation

WFP Evaluation of Liberia programme (page 19)
Management and co-ordination problems of refugee programmes in Kigoma - A familiar tale? (page 20)
OLS Review (page 20)

Field Article

Feeding in emergencies for infants under six months: Practical Guidelines (page 5)
The practical implications of using z-scores: Concern's experience in Angola (page 6)
Household Food Economy Assessment in Kakuma Refugee Camp (page 9)
Promoting Good Nutrition and Food Security in the Gaza Strip (page 12)
Nutrition in Commercial Farms Finding the right plaster for the wound (page 15)
Postscript to 'Nutrition in commercial farms' (page 16)
Diagnosing Beriberi in Emergency Situations (page 18)

Research

Infant Feeding in Emergencies - the challenges (page 3)
Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Experiences from Former Yugoslavia (page 3)
Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Experiences from Rwanda (page 4)
Assessing malnutrition in older people (page 10)
Cellophane bags and clean water: A novel way of producing safe therapeutic milk and ORS? (page 10)
MUAC measurements for assessing adult malnutrition in emergencies (page 10)
There is probably no single universal solution to the problem of scurvy (page 10)
Why have mortality rates for severe malnutrition remained so high? (page 10)
Household Food Economy Analysis (page 11)
Improving the quality of WFP Emergency Operations (page 11)
The use and acceptability of micronutrient enriched foods (page 11)

Agency Profile

Concern Worldwide (page 5)

Letter

Letter on cup feeding infants, by Mike Golden (page 16)
Letter on cooking in iron pots, by Rita Bhatia (page 17)
Letter on nappy (diaper) use in emergencies, by Maggs Mac Guinness (page 17)

News & Views

Ad Hoc Group on infant feeding in emergencies (page 13)
NGO Nutrition Association: A new initiative (page 13)
Interagency meeting looks at Emergency Selective Feeding Programmes (page 14)
Revised Memorandum of Understanding - WFP and UNHCR (page 14)

Other

Invite to contribute to Field Exchange (page 2)
What became of...... (page 19)
The Backpage (page 22)