Collaborating to improve the management of acute malnutrition worldwide www.cmamforum.org CMAM Forum Resource Update: February 2014 This update is to share some of the newly available nutrition and health resources on the CMAM Forum website. Click on the “link” to access the document. Please let us know if you have any additional resources. Mise à jour des ressources du CMAM Forum: février 2014 L’objectif de cette mise à jour est de présenter certaines des nouvelles ressources sur la nutrition et la santé qui sont disponibles sur le site Web du CMAM Forum. Cliquez sur le « lien » pour accéder au document. Veuillez nous faire savoir si vous avez des ressources supplémentaires. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meetings: Announced meetings Réunions: Réunions annoncées World Health Assembly 2014. WHO (19-24 May, Geneva, Switzerland) Link International Symposium on Understanding Moderate Malnutrition in Children for Effective Interventions. IAEA (27-29 May 2014; Vienna, Austria) Link Flier Micronutrient Forum Global Conference (2-6 June 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Link III World Congress of Public Health Nutrition (7-12 Nov 2014, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain) Link 2nd International Congress Hidden Hunger (3-6 March 2015, Stuttgart, Germany) Flier Documentation of meetings held Documentation relative aux réunions tenues 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 Home fortification community of practice: join via: http://network.hftag.org/ 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 Coverage monitoring network: checklist development & coverage report assessment. CMN Link 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 Glucose metabolism in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition. J of Clin Endocrinology & Metabolism [Aabstract] Link 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 Managing children with severe acute malnutrition – what’s new? A health policy perspective. Indian Pediatr Link Nutrition rehabilitation centers and locally prepared therapeutic food in the management of severe acute malnutrition. Pediatrician’s perspective. Indian Pediatr Link The effectiveness of blanket supplementary feeding programmes in preventing acute malnutrition. Evidence from research carried out in Chad. ENN Briefing Note Link 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 1 Country-specific resources related to undernutrition Ressources spécifiques aux pays liés à la dénutrition Nutritional status of children associated with socio-demographic variables and food security in rural Bangladesh. Malaysian J of Nutrition Link Impact of wealth inequality on child nutrition in Bangladesh. Paediatrica Indonesiana Link Are children in West Bengal shorter than children in Bangladesh? Economic and Political Weekly Link Relationship between food insecurity and nutritional status of Brazilian children under the age of five. Rev Bras Epidemiol Link Assessment of nutritional status of preschool children in the Bangang rural community, Cameroon. Int J of Biotechnology and Food Science Link Malnutrition in hospitalized children: prevalence, impact, and management. [Canada] Canadian J of Dietetic Practice & Research Link A survey of undernutrition in children under three years of age in rural Western China. BMC Public Health Link The micronutrient status of children aged 24–60 months living in rural disaster areas one year after the Wenchuan Earthquake. [China] PLoS ONE Link Incidence and course of child malnutrition according to clinical or anthropometrical assessment: a longitudinal study from rural DR Congo. BMC Paediatrics Link Does Ethiopia’s productive safety net program improve child nutrition? Norwegian Ministry of Life Sciences Link Prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors among adult visceral leishmaniasis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Research Notes Link Strengthening nutrition in Ghana: a report on FANTA activities from 2007 to 2013. FANTA Link Chronic malnutrition, breastfeeding, and ready to use supplementary food in a Guatemalan Maya Town. Human Organization, Society for Applied Anthropology [Abstract] Link 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 Food security: status and concerns of India. The Int J of Humanities & Social Studies Link Nutritional status of tribal children in Andhra Pradesh. [India] IntJ of Medical Research & Health Sciences [Abstract] Link Evaluation of physical growth status of boys from low income families of slums of Kolkata. [India] J Hum Ecol Link Selected risk factors related to underweight children aged 24-59 months in Jambi province, Indonesia. Health Science Indones Link 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 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 Nutritional status of children in two districts of the mountain region of Nepal. J of Nepal Health Res Counc Link Adolescent malnutrition: prevalence and pattern in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Nigeria. Niger J Paed Link Non-profit food distribution: working with businesses to reduce undernutrition in Nigeria. IDS Link Food taboos and traditional customs among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea: missed opportunity for education in antenatal clinics. Contemporary PNG Studies [Abstract] Link The assessment between IL-6 and IL-8 and anthropometric status in malnourished children. [Romania] Rom J Morphol Embryol Link Determinants of rural household dietary diversity: The case of Amatole and Nyandeni districts, South Africa. Int J of Development and Sustainability Link 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 2 Core concepts of human rights and vulnerable groups in Nutrition Policy of Sudan. Int Jof Nutrition and Food Sciences Link The role of business in providing nutrient-rich foods for the poor: a case study in Tanzania. IDS Link 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 Advantages and challenges of integration: opportunities for integrating early childhood development and nutrition programming. Annals of the NY Academy of Science Link Association between nutritional status and the immune response in HIV + patients under HAART: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews Link Associations between women's autonomy and child nutritional status: a review of the literature. Maternal & Child Nutr [Abstract] Link Capacity building in the health sector to improve care for child nutrition and development. Annals of the NY Academy of Science Link 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 Designing appropriate complementary feeding recommendations: tools for programmatic action. Maternal & Child Nutr Link Evolution of the biochemical profile of children treated or undergoing treatment for moderate or severe stunting: consequences of metabolic programming? Jornal de Pediatria Link Hunger whilst “in utero” programming adult osteoporosis. Rambam Maimonides Medical J Link Impact of maternal diet on human milk composition and neurological development of infants. The American J of Clinical Nutrition [Abstract] Link Manual of pediatric nutrition. People Medical Publishing House Link People affected by conflict 2013. Humanitarian needs in numbers. Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters CRED Link 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 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 Theory-driven process evaluation of a complementary feeding trial in four countries. Health Edu Res [Abstract] Link Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development: making the links. Annals of the NY Academy of Science Link 3