Resources
Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6 – 59 months from 84 countries
Children can be stunted and wasted at the same time. Having both deficits greatly elevates risk of mortality. The analysis aimed to es...
Stunting in protracted emergency contexts: ENN briefing note
What are the implications for humanitarian programming of responding to stunting in protracted emergency contexts, and what should we b...
Research Priorities on the Relationship between Wasting and Stunting
Background Wasting and stunting are global public health problems that frequently co-exist. However, they are usually separated in ter...
Clinical management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever: A pocket guide for front-line health workers
This pocket guide provides strong support for the practical application of key lifesaving interventions that are feasible in an ETU as ...
FAMILY PLANNING IMPROVES NUTRITION
EVIDENCE FROM STUDIES IN LOWAND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES Across the globe, undernutrition takes a grave toll on women, infants, and chi...
WHO/UNICEF/WFP Interim guideline: Nutritional Care of Children and Adults with Ebola Virus Disease in Treatment Centres
This interim guideline provides recommendations on nutritional support to adults and paediatric patients in Ebola treatment unit (ETUs)...
Technical Briefing Paper: The relationship between wasting and stunting: policy, programming and research implications (2014)
This paper is a narrative review of the available literature on the relationship between wasting and stunting. It was born out of prev...
L’alimentation du nourrisson dans le contexte du virus Ebola – Mise à jour
French version of WHO/UNICEF guidance on infant feeding in the context of ebola. West Africa crisis 2014.
Introduction to infant feeding in the context of HIV
See: http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/topics/child/nutrition/hiv…