IMTF convenors, governors and regional representatives meet
A meeting was held at the IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, March 19-20, 2012 to update members on the IMTF activities in 2011 and to discuss plans for 2012.
Reports
The following is a list of reports that contain summaries of progress towards the better treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition.
- UNICEF. (2008) State of the world’s children 2008: Child survival. UNICEF, 2007.
- UNICEF. (2006) State of the World’s Children 2006: Excluded and invisible: UNICEF, 2005.
- UNICEF. (2006) Progress for children: A report card on nutrition: Number 4. UNICEF, May 2006.
Commentary. Ready-to-use therapeutic food. Can the children be saved with fortified peanut paste?
In the February 2011 issue of the Journal of World Public Health Nutrition Association, Michael Latham (of blessed memory), Urban Jonsson, Elizabeth Sterken and George Kent discussed issues related to Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for the management of Severe Malnutrition.
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN): The UK’s position paper on undernutrition
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has released UK’s position paper on Scaling Up Nutrition. The document explains why the UK is scaling up to reduce global undernutrition and what this means.
Review of Community Based Managememnt of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger
FANTA-2 has undertaken Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition review in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
ANEC 4 NAIROBI DECLARATION
“Education and professional core competencies for nutritional practice and nutritional support and training of health workers in the treatment and prevention of nutritional problems across the life cycle”
Nutritionists and related health professionals attending the 4th African Nutrition and Epidemiology Conference in Nairobi resolved for core competencies for nutrition practice and support and management of nutritional problems.
THE JOHANNESBURG RESOLUTION
“CARING FOR SEVERE MALNUTRITION (SM) OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN AS A CORE COMPETENCY FOR PAEDIATRIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS”
Niger's hunger crisis: a legacy of lessons unlearned
By Samuel Loewenberg The Lancet 2010;376:579-81
Niger is facing a catastrophyic hunger crisis as aid agencies scramble to secure funding to feed more than half of the country's 8 million people.
Interim Guidelines for the Management of Acute Malnutrition in Adelescents and Adults
Malnutrition remains a major challenge in the country that is compounded by the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS. The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with various partners provide a number of services to prevent, control and treat malnutrition
Preventing Severe Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach (PM2A): A Food Assisted Approach
The Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under 2 Approach (PM2A) is a food-assisted approach to reducing the prevalence of child malnutrition by targeting a package of health and nutrition interventions to all pregnant women, mothers of children 0-23 months and children under 2 in food-insecure program areas, regardless of nutritional status.
Report of IMTF Activities at the International Congress of Nutrition 2009
The 19th International Congress of Nutrition was held in Bangkok Thailand from 4-9 October 2009 under the theme “Food Security for All”. It was the first to be held in Asia in 20 years and was attended by several thousand nutrition scientists from all over the world.
TASK FORCE REPORT TO IUNS - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MALNUTRITION
The International Malnutrition Task Force (IMTF) for the prevention and control of malnutrition was launched in September 2005 in Durban at the 18th International Congress of Nutrition
Severe malnutrition: report of a consultation to review current literature
The objectives of the Consultation were to:
- critically review new evidence in relation to current guidelines;
- consider if changes to the guidelines may be required as a result of the new evidence,
WHO, UNICEF, WFP and UNHCR Consultation on the Dietary Management of Moderate Malnutrition in Under-5 Children
The World Health Organisation (WHO) convened a meeting in Geneva (September 30th - October 3rd, 2008) on the dietary management of moderate malnutrition (MM). The objectives of the meeting were:
- to identify areas of consensus on the nutrient needs and dietary management of MM in children that can be translated into evidence-based global guidelines and
- to identify knowledge gaps that should be addressed by research, both in the area of dietary management and the modalities for providing that diet.
Challeges, successes and opportunities to improve nutrition in Uganda
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Uganda Nutrition Congress
19th – 20th February, 2009. Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. Organised by the Uganda Action for Nutrition Society (UGAN)
Should Commercially produced or Home-based Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) be used to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition
Dear Colleagues
This topic has come up for discussions following a recent article published by Dr Prasad and colleagues against “The current thinking – that a centrally produced and processed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) should supplant the locally prepared indigenous foods in treatment of SAM in India". This according to the authors would ignore the multiple causes of malnutrition and destroy the diversity of potential solutions based on locally available foods.
Interagency Review of Selective Feeding Programs in South, North and West Dafur States, Sudan
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP) and FANTA in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and South, North and West Dafur State Ministries of Health (SMOHs) have conducted a joint review on the quality and effectiveness of selective feeding programs in South, North and West Dafur States.
Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under Two Approach
Prevalence of undernutrition has been shown to be lower in communities receiving a preventive approach compared to providing food and other health and nutrition assistance.
Community Therapeutic Care (CTC): A new approach to managing acute malnutrition in emergencies and beyond
Caroline Grobler-Tanner and Steve Collins
Traditionally, the management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in emergencies includes setting up therapeutic feeding centers (TFCs). However TFC's are difficult to establish, expensive to operate, and often have very limited coverage .
Infant and Young Child Feeding
Emergency Nutrition Network has released a new Field Exchange issue with a special focus on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
Indicators for Assessing Infant and Young Child Feeding: Part I Definitions
In contrast to a strong consensus on exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age, the lack of international consensus on simple indicators of appropriate feeding practices for children 6-23 months has hampered progress in measuring and improving Infant and Young Child Feeding practices and infant and young child nutritional outcomes.
Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition
A Training Guide for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) which aims to address the gap between need and capacity for management of Severe Acute Malnutrtion by increasing knowledge of and building practical skills to implement CMAM in both emergency and non-emergency contexts has been developed .
Scaling Up International Food Aid: Food Delivery Alone Cannot Solve the Malnutrition crisis
A recent two-day international meeting in New York City on preventing and treating childhood malnutrition was organized by Columbia University’s Institute of Human Nutrition and the humanitarian organization Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)
Report of the IMTF's study at ANEC, Cairo, October 2008
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for completing the International Malnutrition Task Force (IMTF) survey during the third ANEC at Cairo, Egypt, 2008.
International Workshop on the Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition
Report for the April 2008 International Workshop on the Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
Priority Interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector
The August 2008 report on priority interventions focused on prevention, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS in the health sector.
Accelerating the reduction of maternal and child undernutrition
The current issue of the SCN NEWS focuses on Accelerating the reduction of maternal and child Undernutrition, which was the theme of the Symposium on 3 March 2008 at the 35th SCN Session, held 2-7 March 2008 in Hanoi, hosted by the Vietnamese Government. This 36th edition of SCN News features papers from the speeches and presentation at the SCN Session Symposium.
Review of CMAM in post-emergencies
FANTA has conducted a review of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in the post-emergency context. The review is a synthesis of lessons on integration of CMAM into national health systems.