NiE (and cross-cutting issues)

Cash-for-Work is a short-term intervention used by humanitarian assistance organizations to provide temporary employment in public projects (such as repairing roads, clearing debris or re-building infrastructure) to the most vulnerable segments of a population. The methodology is relatively new, but its use has become increasingly common in food insecure, disaster-affected or post-conflict environments. In this …

Infant feeding and Ebola Outbreak. This question was posted in the en-net for discussion

What should be the nutritional support to adult patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in treatment centres in West Africa? This question was posted in en-net forum for open discussion.

One of the most important elements behind the success of the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) model of service delivery is its proven capacity for achieving and sustaining high levels of coverage over wide areas. Two-stage cluster sampled surveys have been used to estimate the coverage of selective feeding programs. This approach suffers from …