Resources
Guideline vitamin A supplementation children 6-59 months, WHO 2011
Vitamin A deficiency affects about 19 million pregnant women and 190 million preschool-age children, mostly from the World Health Orga...
Guideline Vitamin A supplementation in infants 1-5 months of age, WHO 2011
Vitamin A deficiency affects about 19 million pregnant women and 190 million preschool-age children, mostly from the World Health Orga...
Diarrhoea - why children are still dying and what can be done, UNICEF/WHO 2009
Dremains the second leading cause of death among children under five globally. Nearly one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million ea...
WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children - A Joint Statement by WHO and UNICEF, 2009
This statement presents the recommended cut-offs, summarizes the rationale for their adoption and advocates for their harmonized appli...
A Toolkit for Addressing Nutrition in Emergency Situations
The basic right to adequate food and nutrition is implicit in any emergency response and is reflected in humanitarian law. The purpose ...
Community-based management of acute malnutrition, WHO, UNICEF, WFP, UNSCN 2007
Severe acute malnutrition remains a major killer of children under five years of age. Until recently, treatment has been restricted to...