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)
Save the Children UK have worked in Eritrea since 1957 and in 1992 a country office was established.
Issue 15, April 2002 (page 23)
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 paper.
Issue 22, July 2004 (page 7)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 23, November 2004 (page 5)
Planned institutional development can be fraught with difficulties and diverted by internal and external political agendas.
Issue 15, April 2002 (page 16)
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)
The International Nutrition Foundation (INF), in collaboration with the United Nations University (UNU) with funding from the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) will establish the Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service (IDPAS).
Issue 12, April 2001 (page 10)
A Summary of Initial Findings.
Issue 3, January 1998 (page 8)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 26, November 2005 (page 12)
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)
Over the past several years, Zimbabwe has experienced political and economic upheaval resulting in rampant inflation, drought, unemployment, food shortages and general deterioration across multiple sectors.
Issue 32, January 2008 (page 3)
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 unpublished research.
Issue 22, July 2004 (page 10)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 15, April 2002 (page 5)
Summary of situation report.
Issue 11, December 2000 (page 25)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 15, April 2002 (page 3)
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)