defination Is the process of monitoring changes in the nutritional status of a population over a period of time. Nutrition surveillance involves Data collection, processing, Analyses, Interpretation and Communication Types/methods of nutritional survillance 1. Large-scale food and nutrition surveys The surveillance system should make an inventory of all large national surveys •related to health, food and nutrition that could act as a basis by breaking data down . •at sub regional, district and village levels. In particular, frequent surveys such as: • Demographic Health Survey • National Nutrition Survey or National Food Security Surveys should be considered. Try to ...
Background & Context Analysis Prolonged water logging in south western districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Jessore in July/August 2011, affected the vulnerable population. WFP & ACF, with local partners, intervened with emergency interventions, focusing FS/livelihood, WASH & small nutrition surveillance to address their immediate needs A number of assessments and surveys (ACF’s nutrition surveillance, nutrition survey, HKI, FS assessment WFP, FAO and Shushilan, JNA for recovery) were carried in 2011, which showed deteriorated nutrition situation. Findings from those surveys/assessments led to the development of a nutrition programme to address acute malnutrition. Objective of the Programme: Principal ...