Resources

Nutrition at the World Food Programme, Programming for Nutrition-Specific Interventions

Mid-upper arm circumference and weight-for-height to identify high-risk malnourished under-five children

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21951349

Baby-Friendly Guidance UK

This is the new UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards for maternity, neonatal, health visiting (or specialist public health nurs...

WHO Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding 2010, Principles and recommendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence

Prevalence of wasting among under 6-month-old infants in developing countries and implications of new case definitions using WHO growth standards: a secondary data analysis

Arch Dis Child. 2011 Nov;96(11):pp. 1008-13. http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2011/02/01/adc.2010.191882.full

Maternal depression and early childhood growth in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

Bull World Health Organ 2011287:607-615D http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150769/

Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation for infants 1–5 months of age

This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on the use of vitamin A supplements in infants and children 1-5 month...

Linkages Project

http://www.linkagesproject.org/publications/

Linkages Project

Linkages Project publications on feeding infants: •Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth - Facts fo...

Infant and young child feeding - tools and materials, tools developed to facilitate the implementation of the Global Strategy and increase coverage of effective interventions