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Issue 4 (June 1998)

Evaluation

Evaluation of the Supplementary Feeding Programme carried out in Marsabit District, Kenya, April-November 1997 (page 27)
Saving Lives through Tried and Trusted methods: Evaluation the Intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross (page 28)
Selective Feeding Programme Evaluation in Nyapara, Bangladesh. (page 28)
Did the Rwandan Evaluation Change anything? (page 29)

Field Article

Caring for Unaccompanied Children under Difficult Circumstances (page 4)
Logistics: more than pizza delivery (page 13)
Novel Methods of 'Work for Food' (page 21)
Finding the right MUAC cut-off to improve screening efficiency (page 24)

Research

Sale of Food Aid as Sign of Distress not Excess (page 6)
Crop failure in Dalocha, Ethiopia: a Participatory Emergency Response: (page 7)
A proposed new method of estimating weight deficits in children (page 8)
Acceptability and use of cereal-based foods in refugee camps: case studies from Nepal, Ethiopoa and Tanzania (page 9)
The Management of Persistent Diarrhoea and Malnutrition: (page 10)
Vitamin A Supplementation in Treatment for Acute Shigellosis (page 10)
Iraq - Sanctions Take Their Toll (page 11)

Agency Profile

MERLIN (page 26)

Letter

India, 'the Silent Emergency' (page 23)
Therapeutic feeding centres - Routine Antibiotics ? (page 23)

News & Views

Inter-Agency Workshop on Food Security Assessments in Emergencies: Amsterdam, 2-3 December 1997 (page 16)
International Meeting on the Issue of Infant Feeding in Emergency and Relief Situations (page 16)
Joint Consultation on Caring for Nutritionally Vulnerable In Emergencies (page 17)
Rapid Response Register Ireland (page 17)
SCF Statement to the WHA on Infant Feeding (page 18)
SWP-CPN Pilot Study on Humanitarian Assistance (page 18)
Health Intelligence Network for Advanced Contingency Planning (HINAP) (page 19)
SCN Meeting on How Emergency Food Aid Works (page 19)
Sudan: The Perils of Aid (page 20)

Other

Malaria: The Iron and Folate Debate. (page 30)
The Backpage (page 30)
Therapeutic Feeding: Imported Versus Local Foods (page 30)