SCN PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE
REPORTS ON THE WORLD NUTRITION SITUATION
First Report on the World Nutrition Situation, November 1987
Supplement on Methods and Statistics to the First Report on the World Nutrition Situation, December 1988
Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation, Volume I, Global and Regional Results, October 1992
Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation, Volume II, Country Data, March 1993
Update on the Nutrition Situation, November 1994
Update on the Nutrition Situation 1996, November 1996
ACC/SCN STATE-OF-THE-ART SERIES (SOA) NUTRITION POLICY DISCUSSION PAPERS
Delivery of Oral Doses of Vitamin A to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency and Nutritional Blindness, by Keith P. West Jr and Alfred Sommer, June 1987, reprinted June 1993. (SOA No. 2)
The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, by Basil S. Hetzel, March 1988, reprinted June 1993. (SOA No. 3)
Women's Role in Food Chain Activities and their Implications for Nutrition, by Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Ophelia Mascarenhas and Margareta Wandel, May 1989. (SOA No. 4)
Malnutrition and Infection - A Review, by A. Tomkins and F. Watson, October 1989, reprinted June 1993 (SOA No. 5)
Women and Nutrition, including papers by J. McGuire and B. Popkin, M. Chatterjee and J. Lambert, J. Quanine, P. Kisanga, S. Bajaj, H. Ghassemi, October 1990. (SOA No. 6)
Appropriate Uses of Child Anthropometry, by G. Beaton, A. Kelly, J. Kevany, R. Martorell, and J. Mason, December 1990. (SOA No. 7)
Managing Successful Nutrition Programmes, edited by J. Jennings, S. Gillespie, J. Mason, M. Lotfi and T. Scialfa, October 1990. (SOA No. 8)
Controlling Iron Deficiency, edited by S. Gillespie, J. Kevany, and J. Mason, February 1991. (SOA No. 9)
Nutrition-Relevant Actions - Some Experiences from the Eighties and Lessons for the Nineties by S. Gillespie and J. Mason, October 1991. (SOA No. 10)
Nutrition and Population Links - Breastfeeding, Family Planning and Child Health, including papers by S. Huffman, R. Martorell and K. Merchant, R. Short, P. Ramachandran. (SOA No. 11)
Nutritional Issues in Food Aid, August 1993. (SOA No. 12)
Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries, by G. Beaton, R. Martorell, K. Aronson, B. Edmonston, G. McCabe, A. Ross, B. Harvey. December 1993. (SOA No. 13)
Controlling Vitamin A Deficiency, by S. Gillespie and J. Mason, January 1994. (SOA No. 14)
How Nutrition Improves, by S. Gillespie, J. Mason, R. Martorell. July 1996. (SOA No. 15)
Nutrition and Poverty, by S. Gillespie, N. Hasan, S. Osmani, U. Jonsson, R. Islam, D. Chirmulay, V. Vyas & R. Gross. (SOA No. 16) Planned publication date December 1997.
PLEASE NOTE: For the State-of-the-Art Series/Nutrition Policy Discussion Papers a charge of US$10 or US$15 - per copy will be made to those requesting from Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, and North America
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No. 3, early 1989 - features: Does Cash Cropping Affect Nutrition?, Nutrition in Times of Disaster.
No. 5, early 1990 - features: Nutrition and School Performance, Uses of Anthropometry, Malnutrition and Infection (Part II), Flows of External Resources for Nutrition.
No. 7, mid 1991 - features: Refugees' Nutrition Crisis, Breastfeeding, Birth Spacing and Nutrition, Community-Based Development - From a Programme Towards a Movement, Micronutrient Intakes, Incomes and Prices. Supplement. Some Options for Improving Nutrition in the 1990s
No. 8, late 1992 - features: Highlights of the World Nutrition Situation, Food Prices and Nutrition, Food Security and Nutrition 1971-91 - Lessons Learned and Future Priorities, Long-Term Effects of Improved Childhood Nutrition.
No. 9, mid 1993 - Focus on Micronutrients. Features: Addressing Micronutrient Malnutrition, Micronutrient Deficiency - The Global Situation, Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the - Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries, Zinc Deficiency -Is It Widespread but Under-Recognized?
No. 10, late 1993 - features: Nutrition and Food Aid, Nutrition and Human Rights, The Nutrition Transition.
No. 11, mid 1994 - features focusing on Maternal and Child Nutrition.
No. 13, late 1995 - features: Interview with Dr A. Horwitz, SCN Chair, 1986-1995; Behavioural Change and Nutrition Programmes; and Poor Nutrition and Chronic Disease Part I.
No. 14, July 1997 - features: The Nutrition Challenge in the 21st Century: What Role for the United Nations? Meeting the Nutrition Challenge: A Call to Arms; Update on the Nutrition Situation, 1996; Poor Nutrition and Chronic Disease Part II; Effective Programmes in Africa for Improving Nutrition.
COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
Brazil: The improvement in Child Nutritional Status in Brazil: How Did it Occur? by R. F. Iunes & C. A. Monteiro. September 1993.
Egypt. Review of Trends, Policies and Programmes Affecting Nutrition and Health in Egypt (1970-1990), by H. Nassar, W. Moussa, A. Kamel & A. Miniawi. January 1992.
India: Nutrition in India, by V. Reddy, M. Shekar, P. Rao & S. Gillespie. December 1992.
Indonesia: Economic Growth, Equity and Nutritional Improvement in Indonesia, by I. T. Soekirman, G. S. Idrus Jus'at & F. Jalal. December 1992.
Tanzania: Nutrition-Relevant Actions in Tanzania, by F.P. Kavishe. April 1993.
Thailand: Nutrition and Health in Thailand: Trends and Actions, by Y. Kachondham, P. Winichagoon & K. Tontisirin. December 1992.
Zimbabwe: Nutrition-Relevant Actions in Zimbabwe, by J. Tagwireyi, T. Jayne & N. Lenneiye. December 1992.
Orders for SCN publications should be sent to:
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