 | Nutrition Guidelines (MSF, 1995, 191 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
|  | Part I: Nutrition Strategies in Emergency Situations |
| | 1. Food crises |
| | 2. Assessment of the nutritional situation |
| | 3. Interventions: ensuring adequate general food availability and accessibility |
| | 4. Interventions: selective feeding programmes |
| | 5. Evaluation |
| | Part II: Rapid Nutrition Surveys |
| | 1. Introduction to anthropometric surveys |
| | 2. Anthropometric measurements and indices |
| | 3. Sampling methods |
| | 4. Analysis, interpretation and recommendations |
| | 5. Conclusions |
| | Part III Selective feeding programmes |
| | 1. Justification for selective programmes |
| | 2. Criteria for admission and discharge to selective feeding programmes |
| | 3. Screening and selection |
| | 4.Treatment in a therapeutic feeding centre |
| | 5. Treatment in supplementary feeding programmes |
| | 6. Implementation and management of a feeding centre |
| | 7. Registration and monitoring |
| | 8. Evaluation of feeding programmes |
| | 9. Food management |
| | Annexes |
| | Annex 1: Rapid assessment of the state of health of displaced populations or refugees (A.Moren - Medical News, No. 1) |
| | Annex 2: Mid - Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) |
| | Annex 3: Nutritional status assessment in adults and adolescents |
| | Annex 4: Agencies involved in food relief |
| | Annex 5: Food composition table |
| | Annex 6: GENERAL RATION: How to calculate the energetic value |
| | Annex 7: Micronutrient deficiencies |
| | Annex 8: Food basket monitoring methodology |
| | Annex 9: Analyzing nutritional survey data |
| | Annex 10: Drawing of a random number |
| | Annex 11: Standardization of anthropometric measuring techniques |
| | Annex 12: Data collection forms |
| | Annex 13: W/H Reference tables |
| | Annex 14: Selection of food items for selective feeding programmes |
| | Annex 15: Oral rehydration for severely malnourished children |
| | Annex 16a: Preparation of High Energy Milk |
| | Annex 16b: Recipes for porridge for use in therapeutic and wet supplementary feeding programmes |
| | Annex 16c: Recipes for premix for dry ration supplementary feeding programmes |
| | Annex 17a:Example of a Therapeutic feeding centre |
| | Annex 17b: example of layouth of a <<wet>> supplementary feeding centre |
| | Annex 17c: Example of a DRY SFP |
| | Annex 18a: Example of an Attendance register (tfp or SFP) |
| | Annex 18b: Example of a Nutritional Status Monitoring (SFP) |
| | Annex 19a: TFP individual monitoring card |
| | Annex 19b: SFP individual monitoring card |
| | Annex 19c: Individual card for Supplementary feeding centre |
| | Annex 19d: Example of an individual card for dry blanket SFC |
| | Annex 20: Feeding programme indicator graphs |
| | Annex 22: MSF nutrition kits |
| | Bibliography |
Preface
This guideline is presented in 3 parts:
- Nutrition Strategies in Emergency Situations
- Rapid
Nutrition Surveys
- Selective Feeding Programmes
The purpose of this book is to facilitate the application of fundamental concepts and principles necessary for the assessment of nutritional problems and the implementation of nutritional programmes to assist populations in emergency situations.
Emergency nutrition interventions are among the most vital components of an emergency relief response. It is an extremely complex subject and the form of response depends on many factors. This guideline is not supposed to be another academic work on nutrition; there are already various excellent reference works available. Nor is it meant to promote a <<recipe book>> approach to the definition of nutrition problems and the implementation/promotion of adequate responses. Every programme in each country or region has its own particularities according to the context (when in doubt, please contact your medical department at headquarters).
All MSF sections collaborated in the production of this work to help standardize nutritional emergency approaches, to allow greater comparison between programmes and over time; and to improve the impact of external reporting. Nevertheless, this guideline leaves enough room for adaption to the local context.
Nutrition should be considered as an integral part of health related issues in emergencies. Nutrition has its place in need assessment, monitoring, information systems, preventive and curative services and public health measures.
We invite field workers working in nutritional programmes to send us their comments on these guidelines. Their comments and suggestions have been essential in the formation of these guidelines and are required for the continuing development of methods and approaches to the problems faced in the field.
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