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Cross-cutting issues

The purpose of this forum area is to launch broader discussions of relevance to the humanitarian nutrition community and provide space for subjects that don’t fit easily into one thematic area. Topics are likely to be less technical or ‘Q&A’ in nature. It is unlikely that discussions will reach precise answers but perhaps a consensus or dichotomy of opinions, which may spur some ideas for progress and new areas of work or research. A discussion may be initiated by anyone and should have some topicality. Anyone who initiates a discussion can write at any length about a subject although the briefer and more succinct the entry the more likely it will be to encourage a response. Examples of broad discussion topics are: how the media has covered the Haiti earthquake response or whether the cluster system as part of the humanitarian reform process has improved emergency nutrition responses.

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 TopicViewsRepliesAuthorPosted
Discussion The relationship of acute malnutrition rates to Climate change.     2961MOHAMMED ALOTHMANI23 Jul 2023
Question Women's (maternal and non-maternal) mental health and nutrition3700Brooke Bauer, Global Nutrition Cluster Technical Alliance21 Jun 2023
Discussion Does anyone have experience using non-invasive Hb testing devices?4784Hatty Barthorp1 Jun 2023
Question Seeking: Examples of linking climate, food systems and nutrtion3400Leah Richardson29 May 2023
Discussion Request to share CHW Tools for nutrition or health services8332Alice9 Mar 2023
Discussion How can digital platforms and apps contribute to eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition?5,8112Shaheen Akter26 Mar 2021
Question Call for input to 'Making nutrition an integral part of Universal Health Coverage' Tokyo 20206,3380Tamsin10 May 2019
Question How Nestle penetrates the nutrition community in Africa!!!!!!6,2710Anonymous 225051 May 2019
Discussion Gender 6,7799Sultan Ahmed15 Mar 2019
Question Transitioning emergency nutrition programmes to development5,8090Abigail Beeson17 Feb 2019
Discussion Despite having worse wasting level and similar stunting level, why South Asia have less under five mortality than Sub Saharan Africa? 16,2024Melaku Begashaw29 Jan 2019
Discussion ENN and CHIFA7,2281Neil Pakenham-Walsh16 May 2018
Discussion Demande d'information: Interventions / Recherches en permaculture dans les pays en développement 7,9521Elizabeth Westaway30 Oct 2017
Question Possibilités accrues de support Tech RRT pour les organisations individuelles pour les activités de changement de comportement social (SBC)8,5080Andi Kendle25 Sep 2017
Question malnutrition7,7150Anonymous 392524 Sep 2017
Discussion Effects of famine on the elderly8,7737Ann Burgess8 Jun 2017
Question Accountability to Affected People 8,1450Barbara 12 May 2017
Question Academic institutions exploring the humanitarian-development nexus?8,1370Anonymous 318617 Apr 2017
Discussion Standard operating procedures for community nutrition7,9931Odongpiny Charles27 Mar 2017
Question Bridging humanitarian aid and development 8,3070Anonymous 318620 Mar 2017
Discussion WASH-Nutrition Survey: Your Input8,7432Jona13 Mar 2017
Discussion antenatal care9,7996Anonymous 392510 Jan 2017
Question Open consultation: Nutrition and Food Systems9,2220Tamsin8 Nov 2016
Question Nutrition Resources in Portuguese9,0430Regine Kopplow31 Oct 2016
Question A plea for improved knowledge sharing on malnutrition in French for Africa 8,9320Ambarka Youssoufane4 Oct 2016
Discussion Contribute to the new edition of the Sphere Handbook9,7703Marie McGrath30 Sep 2016
Discussion need nutrition resource translation10,1555Hassane4 Aug 2016
Discussion Nutrition content for public health students9,4612Juliana Mandha3 Aug 2016
Discussion Can the private sector tackle undernutrition for the world's poorest?9,3116Vivienne Benson16 Jun 2016
Discussion WASH and nutrition discussion on the SuSanA forum11,3204Tamsin7 Apr 2016
Question NEWS: General Assembly proclaims the Decade of Action on Nutrition8,5050Richmond Aryeetey1 Apr 2016
Discussion Standard Key Messages for Nutrition as soon as any disaster happened9,5022Anonymous 327117 Mar 2016
Discussion Psychosocial factors & the progression to either marasmus or kwashiorkor9,8975Bill Kinsey11 Nov 2015
Discussion Link between malaria and undernutrition9,3171Ben Hobbs3 Nov 2015
Discussion NGO transparencing, funding private sector8,7412Giuseppe Di Giulio14 Jul 2015
Discussion Do stunted mother give birth to stunted children?9,6035Anonymous 288430 Mar 2015
Discussion What are specific nutrition interventions linked to climate change.9,3014Anonymous 287826 Mar 2015
Discussion Field Exchange 48 Syria edition: your views11,3602Marie McGrath1 Dec 2014
Question Nutrition in Emergencies Guidelines for Middle Income Countries8,4950Douglas Jayasekaran4 Nov 2014
Question How can you play your role as a nutritionist in a resource limitted setting?9,0080Francis Xavier Mulwana31 Oct 2014
Discussion Infectious period of Ebola Survivors post-recovery9,1592Genevieve Hutchinson19 Sep 2014
Discussion ENA Vs SUN approaches9,8611Desmond Kamara22 Aug 2014
Discussion Developing multisectoral nutrition planning guidelines10,5903Anonymous 234623 Jul 2014
Question human resources for health and nutrition integration and WASH9,9120Cornelia Wakhanu10 Oct 2013
Question Urban malnutrition - a search for data and programme experiences9,3810Tamsin16 Aug 2012
Question Any information, materials on defining nutrition core competencies and a national nutrition training program?9,2060Noreen M Mucha2 May 2012
Question State of the Humanitarian System Report: Survey. Please contribute.9,2660Tamsin9 Jan 2012
Discussion Sexual abuse and exploitation in beneficiary populations perpetrated by humanitarian workers11,3201Tamsin1 Apr 2011
Discussion Writing a university text book on NIE in Arab and Middle East Region, any suggestions, ideas or information? Thank you 10,3883Osama A. Salih12 Mar 2011
Discussion Transitioning emergency nutrition programmes to development9,7521Anonymous 53525 Jan 2011
Discussion Design framework for CMAM programming13,1406Tamsin13 Dec 2010
Discussion evidence of impact of integrating programming10,5461Victoria Sibson18 Nov 2010
Discussion How fair and accurate was the media coverage of the Haiti crisis? Should we, as a sector, try to hold the media to greater account? How could we do this? 11,2712Tamsin4 Jun 2010