Publication and documents

Nutrition Situation and Nutrition Manuals

• Integrating poverty and gender into health programmes: A sourcebook for health professionals (Module on nutrition)
• Health in Asia and the Pacific
• Development of food-based dietary guidelines for the Western Pacific Region
• Towards healthier mothers, children and families: A nutrition guide for community health workers

Nutrition/National Plans of Action for Nutrition (NPAN) and Nutrition policies

• Pacific Food Summit
• Asia-Pacific Workshop on Raising the Profile of Nutrition
• Workshop on National Plans of Action for Nutrition: Key Elements for Success, Constraints and Future Plans
• Development and Implementation of Intersectoral Food & Nutrition Plans and Policies, 15-19 November 2004
• Development and Implementation of Intersectoral Food and Nutrition Plans and Policies (23 February 2007)
• Development and Implementation of Intersectoral Food and Nutrition Action Plans and Policies (07 July 2006)
• Development and Implementation of Intersectoral Food & Nutrition Plans and Policies, 24-28 November 2003 (24 November 2003)

Infant Nutrition

• WHO/UNICEF Consultation on Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion and Support
• WHO/UNICEF Workshop on the New Child Growth Standards for Children under Five

Micronutrients (Vitamin and Mineral) Deficiencies

a) Supplementation

• Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programmes for women of reproductive age: An analysis of best programme practices

• Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) in Women of Reproductive Age: Its Role in Promoting Optimal Maternal and Child Health
• Presentation on Best Practices for Preventing Iron Deficiency Anaemia
• WHO/UNICEF Consultation on Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion and Support
• Preventive Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Can Improve Iron Status of Reproductive age Women: Experience in Cambodia, the Philippines and Viet Nam (Nutrition Reviews, Volume 63, Supplement 1, December 2005)
• Meeting on weekly iron/folic acid supplementation for preventing anaemia in women of reproductive age in the western pacific region (2003)

• Intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation in menstruating women (2011)

b) Fortification

• UNICEF/WHO/FFI Meeting on Implementation in Asia of the Recommendations on Wheat Flour Fortification
• FAO/WHO Meeting on Food Standards to Promote Health and Fair Trade in the Pacific
• The Feasibility of Micronutrient (Iron) Food Fortification in Pacific Island Countries (A report of Mr Robert Hughes prepared for WHO Western Pacific Regional Office)
• A study on regulatory requirements for food fortification in the Pacific (A report by Dave Clarke, Amelia Carter and Brigid Borlase - Allen & Clarke, Policy and Regulatory Specialists Limited prepared for WHO Western Pacific Regional Office)
• Iodine Deficiency Disorders Elimination Project in Tibet(Final Activity Completion Report)
• FAO/SPC/WHO Pacific Islands Food Safety and Quality Consultation
• Micronutrient fortification for countries in Western Pacific Region (A report by Professor Rosalind Gibson) (2006)

Overweight and Obesity

• Legislative Interventions to Prevent and Decrease Obesity in Pacific Island Countries (David Clarke and Tim McKenzie, Allen & Clarke, Policy and Regulatory Specialists Limited) Report prepared for WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
• Workshop on obesity prevention and control strategeis in the pacific
• Obesity in the Pacific: Too big to ignore
• The Asia Pacific perspective: Redefining obesity and its treatment
• Using domestic law in the fight against obesity: An introductory guide for the Pacific
• Diet, the food supply and obesity in the Pacific

Physical Activity

• Workshop on the Implementation of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health in the Pacific, 3-6 April 2006, Suva, Fiji
• Workshop on the Implementation of Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health in Asian Countries, 10-13 October 2006, Manila, Philippines