Cross posted from: "[health-vn discussion group]" health-vn@cairo.anu.edu.au
Announcing the release of http://motherchildnutrition.org - a new portal about Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition & Malnutrition.
The fight against persistent underweight, stunting and wasting among children in developing countries is based on appropriate maternal, infant and young child feeding practices including micronutrient deficiencies prevention and control. However, wasted children are those at immediate risk of dying and will need timely detection and correct management for their survival.
With new technologies, increased resources and greater understanding now more available than ever for tackling malnutrition, practice on the ground is still struggling to show results as it attempts to keep up with the pace.
This website and the links contained therein aim to address these shortfalls by offering online access to the latest worldwide developments in the fields of preventive and curative nutrition. We would hope that a growing online community of practitioners, contributors and an interested public, develops through continued interest and usage.
More than half of all child deaths are associated with malnutrition, which weakens the body's resistance to illness.
I trust that you will find this portal useful. Kindly forward this email to your health care network, colleagues, friends and relatives. Everyone should have access to this information. After all, everyone has the right to make a difference.
HIFA2015 profile: Nand Wadhwani works with Health Education To Villages, a programme launched by the Rehydration Project to address the challenge of improving health education in underdeveloped countries. HETV works primarily in the areas of mother and child nutrition, water, hygiene, sanitation and diarrhoea management. nand AT hetv.org
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Nand Wadhwani, India
mailto:nand@hetv.org