Resources
Livelihoods, livestock and humanitarian response: the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards
This Network Paper discusses livelihoods-based livestock programming and its role in humanitarian emergency response. It highlights the...
Infant formula: Home preparation of powdered infant formula - is it safe?
Powdered infant formula is not sterile - this has become a concern after the recent increase in the notification of serious cases and o...
HIV, infant feeding and more perils for poor people: new WHO guidelines encourage review of formula milk policies
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008;86:210-214. Abstract The release of the new WHO guidelines on HIV and infant feeding, ...
Armenian IYCF-E Case Study
The earthquake of 1988, the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Kharabagh, which resulted in the economic blockade against Armenia ...
10 Pasos para una alimentación infantil segura en situaciones de desastre y emergencia
Translated title: 10 steps for safe infant feeding in disaster and emergency situations. Spanish document included, and English version...
Working Together in Emergencies: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
SCN News 34, 2007: 37-42 Outlines the background and work of the IFE Core Group and highlights issues. www.unsystem.org/scn/Publicati...
Working together in emergencies
SCN News 2007: 37-42 Available online at: www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/SCNNews/scnnews34.pdf Outlines the background and work o...
Why infant formula causes deaths due to diarrhoea
A paper that describes how the use of infant formula contributes to diarrhoea in emergency and resource limited settings. Explains the ...
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort st...
Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii and other Enterobacter sp. from food and food production environments
Research paper on bacteria in food products, with a special focus on infant formula and powdered milk. See also WHO Guidelines for the ...