Women and Nutrition
Background, and papers presented at SCN Symposium, held at UNICEF, New York, February 1989. Papers include “Beating the Zero Sum Game” by McGuire and Popkin, “Reflections from India and Pakistan” by Chatterjee and Lambert, “Grameen Bank Experience” by Quanine, “Improving the Nutrition of Women in Tanzania” by Kisanga, “Nutrition Security System at Household Level” by Bajaj, “Issues in Need of a Global Focus” by Ghassemi. (See feature in SCN News No. 4.)
Appropriate Uses of Child Anthopometry
Report based on workshop held by ACC/SCN, June 1989. Basic concepts, uses for screening, growth monitoring, population assessment, and surveillance. Prepared and edited by G. Beaton, A. Kelly, J. Kevany, R. Martorell, and J. Mason. (See feature in SCN News No. 5.)
Managing Successful Nutrition Programmes (due out shortly)
Report of ACC/SCN workshop held at IUNS meeting in Korea, August 1989. Includes reports on 16 large-scale nutrition programmes, and summary of discussions on targeting, staff issues, community participation, management information systems, sustainability and replicability.
Controlling Iron Deficiency (due out shortly)
Report based on an ACC/SCN workshop held in Dublin in June 1990. Focuses on iron supplementation and practical means of improving large-scale programmes. Also introduces fortification and diet change. Gives information from six large-scale programmes. Prepared and edited by S. Gillespie, J. Kevany, and J. Mason. (See feature in this issue.)
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Edited by John Mason, Associate Editor Mahshid
Lotfi with contributions from SCN staff Stuart Gillespie, Marito Garcia, and
Paula Yoon. We are most grateful for contributions as shown in Sources
after articles; illustrations in ‘Preventing Anaemia’ are by Lindsay
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