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OPTIMISING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE |
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Valid International was founded in 1999 as a means to bring about change in humanitarian practice. Since then, Valid has worked withlike-minded individuals and organisations to improve the delivery of humanitarian and development assistance. Through operational research and the development and implementation of evidence-based approaches, Valid International is committed to increasing the impact of humanitarian action.
Valid provides specialised advisers to support programme implementation, evaluate programme impact and research humanitarian and development techniques. Our team of international experts can provide you with: |
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| NEWS |
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| Article in Observer Food Monthly Published |
| An article recently published in 'The Observer Food Monthly' included this video regarding RUTF and its application. Including an interview with Derek Stavely (Valid Nutrition) and Tom Arnold (Concern Worldwide). |
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| WHO Publish new growth standards and the identification of SAM in infants and children |
| The statement presents the recommended cut-offs, summarizes the rationale for their adoption and advocates for their harmonized application in the identification of 6 to 60 month old infants and children for the management of severe acute malnutrition. It reviews the implications on patient load, on discharge criteria and on programme planning and monitoring. It also recommends the increase of the MUAC cut-off for defining severe acute malnutrition in children 6 months to 5 years of age from 110 mm to 115 mm. |
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| GAIN Award, May 2009 |
| The jury of the recent Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Business Award gave special recognition to Valid International's approach to CTC implementation of RUTF in developing countries. The complete press release is below. |
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| CTC Manual |
| This detailed manual has been produced by Valid International to provide a step-by-step guide to implementing Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programmes. The CTC Manual is also available to order as a printed book (priced at £9.50 excluding delivery).To order a hard copy of the CTC Manual, please contact office@validinternational.org. Alternatively follow the link below to a zipped file containing the CTC Manual and the its Annexes |
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| The International Workshop on Integration of CMAM |
| The International Workshop on Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) took place at the Academy for Educational Development Conference Center in Washington DC (USA) on April 28-30th, 2008. The workshop brought together nutrition experts from around the world to discuss the progress made in the field of CMAM and its integration into regular MoH services |
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| SQUEAC |
| Valid International, in conjunction with Mark Myatt from Brixton Health, recently developed two new tools for monitoring programme coverage: the Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SQUEAC) and Simplified LQAS Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SLEAC). Key information, including methodology and recent experiences using SQUEAC & SLEAC, are included in this document. |
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| 1. Technical assistance in all aspects of CTC/CMAM and emergency nutrition programme implementation. This includes advice and assistance in planning, training, set up, management, monitoring and evaluation of CTC/CMAM programmes. |
| 2. Training and mentoring to help build the capacity of local staff and partners |
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3. Monitoring and Evaluation support
at project, agency and
intra-agency levels to provide practical and realistic recommendations that can improve the delivery of humanitarian aid |
| 4. Developing community mobilisation strategies based on local strengths and opportunities |
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| 5. Needs assessments, emergency preparedness and response development |
6. Programme evaluation and
re-alignment through collaboration, to develop operational research and evaluation capacity, facilitate agency learning and develop our partners’ academic capacity and profile |
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