by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 9, 2020 | Baby Care
Overview In 2012, the World Health Assembly (WHA) approved a Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition that identified six global targets related to priority nutrition outcomes to be achieved by 2025. In 2014, Member States...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 9, 2020 | Baby Care
The inter-agency team releases annually estimate for child stunting, overweight, underweight, wasting and severe wasting. These new estimates supersede former analyses results published by the JME group, and the entire time series is updated based on available data to...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 9, 2020 | Baby Care
Overview The Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016–2017 is the report of the second comprehensive analysis of nutrition-related policy environment, coordination mechanisms, available capacities and actions being taken in the WHO Member States. 176 Member States (91%)...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 9, 2020 | Baby Care
Overview The inter-agency team released new joint estimates for child stunting, overweight, underweight, wasting and severe wasting (March 2019 edition) using the same methodology as in previous years. These new estimates supersede former analyses results published by...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 9, 2020 | Baby Care
Overview UNICEF and WHO, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Johns Hopkins University, developed annual country, regional and global low birthweight estimates for 2000-2015. This is the first time such estimates have been made...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 9, 2020 | Baby Care
Each issue of the Health Emergency Highlights contains information on the current humanitarian context, the health priorities and response operations in the three to four focus countries for that month. Each issue also highlights policy work in the area of health...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 6, 2020 | Baby Care
Each issue of the Health Emergency Highlights contains information on the current humanitarian context, the health priorities and response operations in the three to four focus countries for that month. Each issue also highlights policy work in the area of health...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 6, 2020 | Baby Care
Videos introduce the audit and review of stillbirths and neonatal deaths Every year an estimated 2.7 million neonatal deaths and 2.6 million stillbirths occur. By counting the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths, gathering information on where and why these...
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 3, 2020 | Baby Care
Promoting healthy growth and preventing childhood stuntingThe WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development hosted a Promoting Healthy Growth and Preventing Childhood Stunting colloquium “Childhood stunting: challenges and opportunities” on 14th October 2013....
by Chinonso Emeka | Oct 3, 2020 | Baby Care
Overview The Training Course on Child Growth Assessment is a tool for the application of the WHO Child Growth Standards. It is intended primarily for health care providers who measure and assess the growth of children or who supervise these activities. The course is...
