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UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
A report compiles from information available to the ACC/SCN
Jan/Feb 1989
This report, which updates and extends information published in the ACC/SCN's "First Report on the World Nutrition Situation" (November, 1987), is based on information made available to the ACC/SCN by governmental and international agencies. It was prepared as a contribution to the Inter-Agency Food and Nutrition Surveillance (IFNS) Programme. Funding provided by the Swiss and Dutch governments, through the IFNS, and by SCN member UN agencies through SCN, is gratefully acknowledged. The IFNS Programme is implemented by FAO, UNICEF, and WHO.
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the ACC/SCN or its UN member agencies concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries.
Information and additional copies of this report can be obtained from the ACC/SCN Secretariat. Inquiries should be addressed to:
Dr. John B. Mason
Technical Secretary,
ACC/SCN,
c/o World Health Organization,
20, Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION (ACC/SCN)
OBJECTIVES OF THE REPORT
DATA PRESENTATION
THE INTERAGENCY FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME (IFNS)
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE LAYOUT OF THE CASE-STUDY GRAPHICS
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Chad
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Lesotho
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Rwanda
Sudan
Tanzania
TogoLATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
A. INTER-AGENCY FOOD AND NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME
B. GLOSSARY
C. MAIN DATA SOURCES