What is “nutrition in emergencies”? Nutrition in emergencies (NiE) is defined as the nutrition services that are part of emergency preparedness, response and recovery to prevent deterioration of nutritional status and death. The nutrition services can include nutritional assessment; infant and young child feeding promotion, protection and support; management of acute malnutrition, micronutrient supplementation and other interventions which can be food or non-food-based interventions. Nutrition in emergencies differs from nutrition emergencies since the latter refers to conditions of malnutrition (such as wasting, micronutrient deficiencies) in emergency-affected populations. Nutrition emergencies also occur in situations where there is food insecurity which increases risk to malnutrition, illness and death.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 06:59:46 +0000
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