Category: Health

A cross-sectoral approach to addressing Konzo in DRC

In November 2009, Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA) launched a 22-month long intervention in the Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to address several factors underlying the Konzo epidemic affecting the population of Kwango district.

Issue 41, August 2011 (page 4)

Analysis of the 1996 Konzo outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

Summary of published paper.

Issue 17, November 2002 (page 7)

Breastfeeding and Mortality in Emergencies

Summary of published paper.

Issue 21, March 2004 (page 5)

Carbon Dioxide Production in Acutely Ill Malnourished Children

Summary of published paper.

Issue 22, July 2004 (page 9)

Cellophane bags and clean water: A novel way of producing safe therapeutic milk and ORS?

Most people will have come across cellophane, its the packaging for many sweets, pies and other goodies.

Issue 1, May 1997 (page 10)

Challenges to implementing an integrated emergency public health response

Analysis of the underlying causes of malnutrition have shown it to be a complex process, thus interventions in non-emergency situations have attempted integrated responses by focusing on health, food, agriculture, water, economics, religion, traditional beliefs, social practice and welfare systems.

Issue 11, December 2000 (page 11)

Diarrhoea risk associated with not breastfeeding in Botswana

Summary of report and presentation.

Issue 29, December 2006 (page 23)

Early initiation of breastfeeding reduces neonatal mortality

Summary of published research.

Issue 28, July 2006 (page 6)

Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Project in Amhara and Oromia regions

This article is based on a longer publication entitled ‘Designing and Implementing a Rural Safety Net in a Low Income Setting: Lessons Learned from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program 2005-2009’ by Will Wiseman, Julie Van Domelen and Sarah Coll-Black.

Issue 40, February 2011 (page 25)

Enhanced Outreach Strategy/ Targeted Supplementary Feeding for Child Survival in Ethiopia (EOS/ TSF)

Ethiopia has one of the highest under five mortality rates of all developing countries, due largely to the combined effect of a high incidence of infectious diseases and inadequate infant and young child nutrition.

Issue 40, February 2011 (page 8)

Feeding without fear

This is a story to illustrate that however experienced you are, there is always the chance that you will find yourself in a situation that you are not prepared for, and that you do not feel qualified to deal with.

Issue 10, July 2000 (page 8)

Food insecurity and mental health among community health volunteers in Ethiopia

Summary of published research.

Issue 40, February 2011 (page 92)

Health Intelligence Network for Advanced Contingency Planning (HINAP)

The Rwanda crisis of 1994, resulting in an estimated 50,000 deaths from cholera amongst refugees in Goma and the subsequent repatriation of over one million refugees back to Rwanda in 1997, have clearly demonstrated the need for advance health information and risk mapping for effective contingency planning for large population movements.

Issue 4, June 1998 (page 19)

Household food security and child malaria in Haiti

Summary of published research.

Issue 38, April 2010 (page 7)

Improved surveillance prevents excess mortality: the Gode experience

Summary of published paper.

Issue 14, November 2001 (page 6)

Increased diarrhoea following infant formula distribution in 2006 earthquake response in Indonesia: evidence and actions

Natural disasters are common in Indonesia. While still recovering from a series of such events, a severe earthquake struck Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces during the morning hours of May 27, 2006.

Issue 34, October 2008 (page 30)

Infant feeding in tsunami affected villages in India

Summary of published research.

Issue 29, December 2006 (page 10)

Infant Feeding Patterns and Risk of Death

Summary of published paper.

Issue 26, November 2005 (page 7)

Infant feeding strategies and PMTCT - Mashi trial from Botswana

Summary of published research.

Issue 29, December 2006 (page 26)

Lessons Learned From Complex Emergencies

Published paper.

Issue 24, March 2005 (page 7)

Management of shigellosis in undernourished children

Summary of published paper.

Issue 13, August 2001 (page 6)

Mental health in emergencies

Summary of published papers.

Issue 18, March 2003 (page 8)

Mental health needed for caring capacity

The UNICEF Framework of Underlying Causes of Malnutrition and Mortality identifies three underlying factors that influence nutritional status: food security, mother and childcare, and public health.

Issue 9, March 2000 (page 8)

Multi-storey gardens to support food security

Addressing food insecurity in resource poor settings is difficult in any context. However, in protracted refugee camp situations, where people are almost entirely dependant on humanitarian assistance, the challenges are even greater.

Issue 29, December 2006 (page 39)

Postscript to 'The risks of wet feeding programmes'

This is a very interesting and clear analysis of a nutrition intervention which experienced an unanticipated cholera epidemic.

Issue 3, January 1998 (page 5)

Public financing of health in developing countries

Summary of published research.

Issue 39, September 2010 (page 23)

Refugee Influx Can Improve Services for Locals

Summary of published paper.

Issue 5, October 1998 (page 8)

Refugee Participation in Camp Health Services

Summary of published report.

Issue 22, July 2004 (page 6)

The effects of HIV on Botswana’s development progress

This work is a condensed version of a working paper written for the WFP. The author wishes to thank Mr. Arif Hussein & Ms. Joyce Luma at the WFP.

Issue 29, December 2006 (page 24)

The Risks of Wet Feeding Programmes

The author of this article, Steve Collins is a medical doctor. During the autumn of 1996 he was Oxfam's health team leader in Liberia. This article is based upon his experiences during this period, while setting up a wet feeding programme in the village of Vonzula, situated in Grand Cape Mount county of Liberia. It highlights the need for an adequate assessment of the local patterns of disease before establishing wet feeding programmes.

Issue 3, January 1998 (page 4)

Therapeutic challenges and treatment of hypovolaemic shock in severe malnutrition

Summary of proceedings.

Issue 38, April 2010 (page 17)

UNICEF framework fosters collaboration in Afghanistan

Summary of published report.

Issue 37, November 2009 (page 6)

WFP Recipients’ Weight Gain at Reach Out Clinic

This report outlines the weight progress of clients attending the Reach Out clinic of Mbuya parish clinic in 2002, who were receiving WFP food (see field article p28).

Issue 25, May 2005 (page 5)