WHO Regional Publications, Eastern Mediterranean Series 33 Food and nutrition surveillance systems Technical guide for the development of a food and nutrition surveillance system WHO Regional Publications, Eastern Mediterranean Series 33 Food and nutrition surveillance systems Technical guide for the development of a food and nutrition surveillance system World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Food and nutrition surveillance systems: technical guide for the development of a food and nutrition surveillance system for countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean p. .- (WHO Regional Publications, Eastern Mediterranean Series; 33) 1 ...
International SymposiumonUnderstandingtheDoubleBurdenof Malnutrition for Effective Interventions Contribution ID: 56 Type: Poster KuwaitNutritionalSurveillanceSystem(KNSS):A tool for monitoring effectiveness of the double burdendiseasesinterventionprogrammes. Background: TheStateofKuwaitestablishedNutritionSurveillanceSystem(KNSS),whichhasbeenrunningformorethan 20 years. It has been described by WHO as one of the well progressing surveillance systems in the region. KNSShasbeendesignatedtocollect,analyse,anddisseminatedatayearlyfromKuwaitipopulationgroupson various aspects of nutrition. Among children, it gathers data on infants feeding and breastfeeding practices, anthropometric measurements and haemoglobin level. It also collects data on anthropometric measurements of Kuwaitiadultsinadditiontothelevelsofcholesterol,bloodglucoseandhaemoglobin. ItisrunbyTheFood andNutrition Administration (FNA) at The Ministry of Health (MOH), Kuwait. Methods: Kuwait Nutritional Surveillance System (KNSS)collects data from Kuwaiti citizens using standardized data collection ...
Foodandnutritionsurveillance:an international rv'2 Norge W Jerome and Judith A Ricci ABSTRACT Systems providing routine food and nutrition ing nutritional emergencies and for on-going programme man surveillance (FNS) in local and national populations are essential agement. The basic aim should be to provide relevant and Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/65/4/1198S/4655726 by guest on 04 January 2023 to the understanding of relations between nutrition and health and accurate information that can be utilized efficiently. Therefore, the implementation of appropriate actions to promote the well information must be timely, relevant to the decision-makers being of those populations. The purpose of an FNS ...