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Reference guide in support of humanitarian assistance missions

The following references provide valuable information that can guide you in your volunteer efforts. 

  • Relief web
  • Sphere Project
  • Monitoring adequacy of rations
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • United Nations
  • Adolescent Nutritional Assessments
  • Adult Nutritional Assessments
  • Instruments and Tools: Nutrition
  • Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide, 2003 Revised Edition
  • Practical Anthropometry 101 and 102
  • Emergency Nutrition Network
  • Nutrition in Emergencies: Lesson list , United Nations
  • Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • USAID Famine Early Warning System (FEWS)
  • USAID Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
  • World Food Program (WFP)
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • Community Therapeutic Care 
  • ILDS Dermlink Grant

Additional references

  • Norton Scott, MD, MPH. "The Dermatologist's Baedeker: Preparation for medical assistance missions" from Dermatology Clinics, January 1999, 17(1):187-208 ix-x.
  • Young H, et al. Public nutrition in complex emergencies. Lancet. 364(9448):1899-909, 2004
  • Kigutha HN. Assessment of dietary intake in rural communities in Africa: experiences in Kenya. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 65(4 Suppl):1168S-1172S, 1997 4

 

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