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Author:   Catherine Mears ,  Helen Young
Publisher:   Oxfam Publishing
Imprint:   Oxfam Professional
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 29.50cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9780855984021

ISBN 10:   0855984023
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   15 December 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface Executive Summary Abbreviations Main report Introduction Methodology Cereal fortification and blended food Food and nutrition in the study sites The 'pragmatics of preference' The use of food and micronutrients What made food 'acceptable'? Cereal fortification at the regional, camp, and household levels Conclusions Appendices: Methods Fortified pre-cooked blended food: definitions and examples Prices, nutritional values, and unit cost of WFP-supplied commodities, January 1997 Composition and nutritional analysis of planned rations Case-study: Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (January/February 1997) The context The field study Conclusion Appendices: Map of Jhapa and Morang Districts Age and gender composition of camp population Market prices at time of study The proces of parboiling rice List of key informants and interviewees Case-study: Somali refugees in Ethiopia The context The field study Conclusion Appendices: Ethiopia: regions and zones Location of camps, Somali Region Characteristics of teh refugee population Refugee numbers Market prices at time of study Chronology of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies List of key informants and interviewees Case-study: Burundian refugees in Tanzania The context The field study Conclusion Appendices: Map: Kigoma Region and location of camps Age and sex composition of population, Muyovosi camp Refugees Statistics Report on Registration, Kigoma Region, July 1997 Summary of food ration scales and kilo calories, January-August 1997 Proposed milling set-up, Isaka List of key informants and interviewees Glossary References

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Catherine Mears has worked in the field of public health in emergencies for several years. She is the co-author of Health Care for Refugees and Displaced People, published by Oxfam GB in 1994. Helen Young leads the Darfur Livelihoods Programme at the ODI, which combines research, capacity development and institutional change. As a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, in Sussex, she reviewed nutritional assessment and response to situations of food insecurity and famine.

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