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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
The overall role of the ACC/SCN is to promote harmonizing policies and activities in nutrition in the UN system. Supporting this, the SCN has compiled information on trends in nutritional problems in the world, and on resources available to deal with these. A range of specific issues has been examined and conclusions published in our State-of-the-Art series. Recently, the SCN decided to review actions that had been taken to address the major problems of underconsumption and malnutrition especially among the poorest, to point the way for renewed efforts in the 1990s. A meeting was held in November 1990 among members of UN and certain bilateral agencies most concerned with nutrition, drawing upon others with wide experience. The meeting reviewed the lessons and decided that a summary of the conclusions should be published - hence this document.
This supplement gives a review of the historical development of policies and actions for dealing with malnutrition before grouping nutrition issues so as to facilitate the correct choice of actions. With reference to this latter purpose, nutrition is considered as an outcome. The actual policy-making process, being situation-specific, has not been considered here. Rather, the options presented under each heading should be seen as "building blocks" for policies aimed at nutritional improvement.
Formulating a nutrition policy, as an expression of what a government intends to do in order to improve the nutritional status of people on the bases of nutrition-relevant actions through a sectoral approach, is regarded by many as a valuable undertaking, but unfortunately seldom practiced.
Dr A. Horwitz
Chairman, ACC/SCN
This brief stems from ACC/SCN's Ad Hoc Group on Policies to Alleviate Underconsumption and Malnutrition in Deprived Areas, which took place in London on 12-14 November 1990, supported by GTZ. The list of participants is annexed. The paper is constructed from the rapporteurs' reports, as agreed at the meeting, and has been circulated to participants. Comments have been incorporated. At the ACC/SCN 18th Session in February 1991, it was decided to issue the document after circulation to SCN members and incorporation of final comments received. This has now been done, hence the present version. A second product of the exercise will be a revised version of the background paper ("Nutrition-Relevant Actions: Experiences from the Eighties and Lessons for the Nineties" by S. Gillespie and J. Mason) which will be finalized and issued during 1991
Nutrition and Development Policies
Grouping Issues
Choosing Options
Setting for Action
Measurement of Household Food Security
Scope of Options
Related Policies
C. NUTRITION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL
Setting for Action
Dietary Management of Infection
Dietary Prevention of Infection
Infectious Disease Control
Measurement Issues
Related Policies
E. CONTROLLING MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES