The following is a list of reports that contain summaries of progress towards the better treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition.
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
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.
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.
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
The objectives of the Consultation were to:
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:
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)
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.
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.
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.
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 .
Emergency Nutrition Network has released a new Field Exchange issue with a special focus on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
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.
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 .
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)
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.
Report for the April 2008 International Workshop on the Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
The August 2008 report on priority interventions focused on prevention, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS in the health sector.
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.
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.