Category: Nutrition assessment
Merlin started working in Sierra Leone in 1996 in response to health and nutritional crises caused by the civil war and is currently supporting programmes in both Kenema District in the East of the country and in Freetown.
Issue 11, December 2000 (page 21)
Excerpts from Working Group Report.
Issue 10, July 2000 (page 10)
The year of the 1998 famine will go down as another disastrous period in the history of southern Sudan.
Issue 6, February 1999 (page 19)
During emergencies the elderly are often identified as a vulnerable group who appear susceptible to malnutrition and disease.
Issue 1, May 1997 (page 10)
Summary of published research.
Issue 29, December 2006 (page 14)
In this article we will explore the use of capturerecapture techniques to estimate the sensitivity (also called exhaustivity) of two case-finding methods. The sensitivity of a case-finding method is a measure of how well the method performs at finding cases.
Issue 27, March 2006 (page 13)
Assessment of Adult Malnutrition was the subject of a special meeting held during the SCN’s 28th session in Nairobi in April 2001.
Issue 13, August 2001 (page 11)
Summary of published research.
Issue 25, May 2005 (page 10)
Summary of published research.
Issue 25, May 2005 (page 9)
In Ethiopia, the role of the national Nutrition Information System (NIS) has been clearly stated in the Ethiopian National Nutrition Programme (NNP). There are three constituent parts to this role.
Issue 40, February 2011 (page 12)
This article from Cambodia shares observed differences in acute malnutrition prevalence between WH and MUAC in national survey and some programming data that run counter to the pattern observed in other regions. The authors go on to discuss programming implications for the interim CMAM guidelines in Cambodia.
Issue 39, September 2010 (page 47)
Summary of published research.
Issue 38, April 2010 (page 12)
A recently published paper reports the results of a study conducted by Concern Worldwide on severely malnourished adults in Baidoa, Somalia, a town at the epicentre of the 1992 famine.
Issue 6, February 1999 (page 11)
Summary of published research.
Issue 35, March 2009 (page 14)
Summary of research.
Issue 41, August 2011 (page 9)
Summary of research.
Issue 36, July 2009 (page 6)
Summary of published research.
Issue 35, March 2009 (page 17)
This article describes a surveillance system developed and implemented by AAH and partners in Malawi, that monitors nutrition and food security (through a food stress index) in a sample of children under 5 years at sentinel sites. The development of user friendly software programmes for data analysis is facilitating the integration of the system into government structures.
Issue 33, June 2008 (page 22)
Ethiopia has suffered from numerous natural and man-made emergencies and continues to be vulnerable to rapid and slow onset emergencies. Since the major famine in 1984/85, considerable efforts have been made to install a credible and effective early warning system (EWS) as part of emergency preparedness to enable a timely disaster response.
Issue 40, February 2011 (page 62)
A Summary of Initial Findings.
Issue 3, January 1998 (page 8)
This article describes a new survey method for assessing acute malnutrition in nomadic pastoralist populations, including a case study from Mali.
Issue 35, March 2009 (page 31)
Following deterioration in the food security situation in Zimbabwe at the end of 2001, by December 2002, a number of emergency assessments had been carried out in the country.
Issue 18, March 2003 (page 31)
Somalia has been without a central government for the past eleven years and has within its borders a number of areas that are highly vulnerable in terms of food insecurity.
Issue 14, November 2001 (page 12)
Summary of research.
Issue 18, March 2003 (page 5)
Summary of research.
Issue 37, November 2009 (page 14)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 15, April 2002 (page 5)
The history of the Emergency Nutrition Coordination Unit (ENCU) can be divided into two five-year phases: Phase One, the inception phase (2000- 2005) and Phase Two, the expansion phase (2005-2010).
Issue 40, February 2011 (page 33)
Disaster Management structures and systems have a relatively short history in Ethiopia having evolved after the ‘great famine’ of 1973/74 when the first government institution, the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) was created.
Issue 40, February 2011 (page 65)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 15, April 2002 (page 5)
Published paper.
Issue 7, July 1999 (page 10)
The situation in Zimbabwe has spiralled into crisis as a result of complex underlying factors. First, the political environment is unstable and the government has been accused of poor governance.
Issue 18, March 2003 (page 33)
Summary of published research.
Issue 32, January 2008 (page 12)
Summary of published research.
Issue 38, April 2010 (page 15)