Keyword: Supplementary feeding programmes (SFP)

For more related articles, please see the category Supplementary feeding.

A collaborative approach to a nutritional crisis in an area accessible only by air

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)

Bangwe Home Based Care Project in Malawi

Summary of published research.

Issue 25, May 2005 (page 10)

Chronic Malnutrition: a Problem not Addressed by SFPs

An Appeal for a Development Programme by MSF Spain in Mandera District, Kenya.

Issue 7, July 1999 (page 12)

Delivering Supplementary and Therapeutic Feeding in Darfur: coping with Insecurity

This article describes the ongoing challenges that insecurity poses to the GOAL nutrition programme in Dafur and the strategies they have responded with.

Issue 28, July 2006 (page 10)

Evaluation of the Supplementary Feeding Programme carried out in Marsabit District, Kenya, April-November 1997

MSF implemented a nutrition rehabilitation programme in Marsabit District between April and November 1997, in response to the drought that affected north eastern Kenya in 1996.

Issue 4, June 1998 (page 27)

Fighting long-term nutritional deprivation among the Sarahawi refugees

Summary of report.

Issue 14, November 2001 (page 15)

Government versus NGO efficiency, Bangladesh

Summary of published paper.

Issue 20, November 2003 (page 10)

Intervention Study on Cases Presenting Precursor Signs of Kwashiorkor

This article is based on a report written by Dominique Brunet which was, in turn, based on the findings of research undertaken by Save the Children UK in DRC.

Issue 26, November 2005 (page 7)

Nutrition intervention in crisis some worrying practices

During recent field work (notably in Burundi), I came across certain worrying practices in the emergency nutrition sector.

Issue 16, August 2002 (page 28)

Reflections on food and nutrition interventions in Huambo

Angola has been at war for almost 3 decades. This has had a profound influence at all levels of the country’s infrastructure: economic, social, public, commercial, political and military.

Issue 10, July 2000 (page 17)

Selective Feeding Programme for Detainees in Rwanda

CONCERN is currently providing a supplementary wet-ration to over 7,500 detainees in twelve cachots (commune level detention centres) in Rwanda. The objective of this supplementary feeding programme is to reduce the burden of food provision on the families of the detainees and, indirectly, to assist households to become food secure.

Issue 2, August 1997 (page 4)

Supplementary feeding using RUTF in Malawi

Summary of published research.

Issue 29, December 2006 (page 13)

Supplementation Programmes for Pregnant and Lactating Women.

In emergencies, a marginal or deficient diet for a pregnant or lactating woman has repercussions not only for her own health, but also for the health of the unborn, and the young infant.

Issue 7, July 1999 (page 6)

The Use of BP-5 Biscuits in Supplementary Feeding Programmes

MSF has been involved in giving emergency medical/nutritional assistance to Sarshahi and New Hadda camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nangahar Province, Eastern Afghanistan since early 1994.

Issue 2, August 1997 (page 20)