Resources
Water requirements of malnourished children in extreme hot and dry environments
An MSc thesis studying water turnover in SAM children in Tchad which followed the indentification of many children with hypernatraemic ...
Nutritional status and survival in the siege of Turmanburg-Liberia
An MSc thesis reporting an experience in Liberia where many hundreds of SAM patients were treated only during the day with a very low m...
DFID sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets
As a whole, this set of Guidance Sheets attempts to summarise and share emerging thinking on the sustainable livelihoods approach. It d...
Use of milk powder in Emergencies - Oxfam's position
This policy was drawn up in 1997. It is only used occasionally when country offices enquire about milk powder distributions. Note, many...
Breastfeeding lowers the frequency and duration of acute respiratory infection and diarrhea in infants under six months of age
Write up of research study in the Journal of Nutrition. Reference: Lopez Alarcon M, Villalpando S, Fajardo A. J Nutr 1997 Mar; 127(3):4...
Effect of not breastfeeding on the risk of diarrheal and respiratory mortality in children under 2 years of age in Metro Cebu, Philippines.
Yoon PW, Black RE, Moulton LH, Becker S. Am J Epidemiol 1996. 143(11):1142-1148 The effects of not breastfeeding on mortality due to d...
Oxytocin and prolactin levels in breast-feeding women
Uvnas-Moberg K, Widstrom AM, Werner S, Matthiesen AS, Winberg J. Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavica 1990; 69, 301-306. Breas...
Stress-Induced Cessation of Lactation
Ruvalcaba RH. West J. Med 1987;146:228-230. Paper shares the case studies of two women following the Mexico earthquake in 1985. Both h...