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CMAM Forum Resource Update: February 2014
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Mise à jour des ressources du CMAM Forum: février 2014
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Meetings: Announced meetings
Réunions: Réunions annoncées
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World Health Assembly 2014. WHO (19-24 May, Geneva, Switzerland) Link
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International Symposium on Understanding Moderate Malnutrition in Children for Effective Interventions.
IAEA (27-29 May 2014; Vienna, Austria) Link Flier
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Micronutrient Forum Global Conference (2-6 June 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Link
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III World Congress of Public Health Nutrition (7-12 Nov 2014, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain) Link
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2nd International Congress Hidden Hunger (3-6 March 2015, Stuttgart, Germany) Flier
Documentation of meetings held
Documentation relative aux réunions tenues
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What do we know now: a decade of community based treatment of SAM. Conference report.17-18/10/2013. CMN Link
Updates
Mises à jour
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Home fortification community of practice: join via: http://network.hftag.org/
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An online public consultation is now open on the draft political outcome document for the Second International
Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) to be held 19-21 November 2014. The consultation is open until 21 March 2014.
More information on www.fao.org/ICN2 and www.who.int/nutrition
Specific resources on acute malnutrition
Ressources spécifiques sur la malnutrition aiguë
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Coverage monitoring network: checklist development & coverage report assessment. CMN Link
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Effectiveness of milk whey protein-based ready-to-use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition
in Malawian under-5 children: a randomised, double-blind, controlled non-inferiority clinical trial. Maternal & Child
Nutrition [Abstract] Link
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Glucose metabolism in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition. J of Clin Endocrinology & Metabolism
[Aabstract] Link
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Impact of lipid-based nutrient supplements and corn–soy blend on energy and nutrient intake among moderately
underweight 8–18-month-old children participating in a clinical trial. Maternal & Child Nutr [Abstract] Link
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Managing children with severe acute malnutrition – what’s new? A health policy perspective. Indian Pediatr Link
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Nutrition rehabilitation centers and locally prepared therapeutic food in the management of severe acute
malnutrition. Pediatrician’s perspective. Indian Pediatr Link
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The effectiveness of blanket supplementary feeding programmes in preventing acute malnutrition. Evidence from
research carried out in Chad. ENN Briefing Note Link
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The impact on child wasting of a capacity building project implemented by community and district health staff in
rural Lao PDR. Asia Pac J Clin Nut Link
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Country-specific resources related to undernutrition
Ressources spécifiques aux pays liés à la dénutrition
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Nutritional status of children associated with socio-demographic variables and food security in rural Bangladesh.
Malaysian J of Nutrition Link
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Impact of wealth inequality on child nutrition in Bangladesh. Paediatrica Indonesiana Link
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Are children in West Bengal shorter than children in Bangladesh? Economic and Political Weekly Link
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Relationship between food insecurity and nutritional status of Brazilian children under the age of five. Rev Bras
Epidemiol Link
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Assessment of nutritional status of preschool children in the Bangang rural community, Cameroon. Int J of
Biotechnology and Food Science Link
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Malnutrition in hospitalized children: prevalence, impact, and management. [Canada] Canadian J of Dietetic
Practice & Research Link
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A survey of undernutrition in children under three years of age in rural Western China. BMC Public Health Link
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The micronutrient status of children aged 24–60 months living in rural disaster areas one year after the Wenchuan
Earthquake. [China] PLoS ONE Link
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Incidence and course of child malnutrition according to clinical or anthropometrical assessment: a longitudinal
study from rural DR Congo. BMC Paediatrics Link
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Does Ethiopia’s productive safety net program improve child nutrition? Norwegian Ministry of Life Sciences Link
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Prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors among adult visceral leishmaniasis patients in Northwest
Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Research Notes Link
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Strengthening nutrition in Ghana: a report on FANTA activities from 2007 to 2013. FANTA Link
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Chronic malnutrition, breastfeeding, and ready to use supplementary food in a Guatemalan Maya Town. Human
Organization, Society for Applied Anthropology [Abstract] Link
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A study to compare the nutritional status assessed by CAN score and ponderal index against WHO intrauterine
growth curves among newborns at birth in selected hospital of Ambala, Haryana. [India] Int J of Nursing
Education [Abstract] Link
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Food security: status and concerns of India. The Int J of Humanities & Social Studies Link
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Nutritional status of tribal children in Andhra Pradesh. [India] IntJ of Medical Research & Health Sciences
[Abstract] Link
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Evaluation of physical growth status of boys from low income families of slums of Kolkata. [India] J Hum Ecol
Link
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Selected risk factors related to underweight children aged 24-59 months in Jambi province, Indonesia. Health
Science Indones Link
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Socio-economic factors and use of maternal health services are associated with delayed initiation and nonexclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia: secondary analysis of Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys
2002/2003 and 2007. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Link
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Clinical significance of neuropsychological improvement after supplementation with omega-3 in 8–12 years old
malnourished Mexican children: A randomized, double-blind, placebo and treatment clinical trial. Research in
Developmental Disabilities [Abstract] Link
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Nutritional status of children in two districts of the mountain region of Nepal. J of Nepal Health Res Counc Link
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Adolescent malnutrition: prevalence and pattern in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Nigeria. Niger J Paed Link
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Non-profit food distribution: working with businesses to reduce undernutrition in Nigeria. IDS Link
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Food taboos and traditional customs among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea: missed opportunity for
education in antenatal clinics. Contemporary PNG Studies [Abstract] Link
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The assessment between IL-6 and IL-8 and anthropometric status in malnourished children. [Romania] Rom J
Morphol Embryol Link
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Determinants of rural household dietary diversity: The case of Amatole and Nyandeni districts, South Africa. Int J
of Development and Sustainability Link
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Does having a migrant parent reduce the risk of undernutrition for children who stay behind in South-East Asia?
Asian and Pacific Migration J Link
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Core concepts of human rights and vulnerable groups in Nutrition Policy of Sudan. Int Jof Nutrition and Food
Sciences Link
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The role of business in providing nutrient-rich foods for the poor: a case study in Tanzania. IDS Link
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Introducing infant and young child feeding indicators into national nutrition surveillance systems: lessons from
Vietnam. Matern & Child Nutr Abstract Link
General resources on health and nutrition
Ressources générales sur la santé et la nutrition
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Advantages and challenges of integration: opportunities for integrating early childhood development and nutrition
programming. Annals of the NY Academy of Science Link
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Association between nutritional status and the immune response in HIV + patients under HAART: protocol for a
systematic review. Systematic Reviews Link
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Associations between women's autonomy and child nutritional status: a review of the literature. Maternal & Child
Nutr [Abstract] Link
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Capacity building in the health sector to improve care for child nutrition and development. Annals of the NY
Academy of Science Link
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Cluster-randomized controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutritional
interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: The WASH Benefits Study design and rationale. BMJ Open Link
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Designing appropriate complementary feeding recommendations: tools for programmatic action. Maternal & Child
Nutr Link
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Evolution of the biochemical profile of children treated or undergoing treatment for moderate or severe stunting:
consequences of metabolic programming? Jornal de Pediatria Link
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Hunger whilst “in utero” programming adult osteoporosis. Rambam Maimonides Medical J Link
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Impact of maternal diet on human milk composition and neurological development of infants. The American J of
Clinical Nutrition [Abstract] Link
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Manual of pediatric nutrition. People Medical Publishing House Link
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People affected by conflict 2013. Humanitarian needs in numbers. Centre for Research on Epidemiology of
Disasters CRED Link
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Population level differences in adult body mass emerge in infancy and early childhood: evidence from a global
sample of low and lower-income countries. Am J of Physical Anthropology [Abstract] Link
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Sphere for assessments. A short guide to help humanitarian staff involved in needs assessments to identify and
implement the sections of the Sphere Handbook that are most relevant to this task. Sphere Project Link
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Theory-driven process evaluation of a complementary feeding trial in four countries. Health Edu Res [Abstract]
Link
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Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development:
making the links. Annals of the NY Academy of Science Link
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