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SPHERE - PRINCIPLES & UNIVERSAL
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
Welcome to the Sphere Handbook, the
most widely known and recognised set of common principles and universal minimum
standards for humanitarian response.
IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER ALL THROUGH A
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EXAMPLE: MINIMUN STANDARDS IN FOOD
SECURITY & NUTRITION
This
chapter is divided into four sets of minimum standards:
Food security and nutrition assessment
Infant and
young child feeding
Management of
acute malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies
Food security
The fourth
set, food security, is subdivided into three sections: food security – food
transfers; food security – cash and voucher transfers; and food security –
livelihoods.
The Protection Principles and Core Standards must be used consistently with
this chapter.
Although primarily intended to inform humanitarian response to a disaster, the
minimum standards may also be considered during disaster preparedness and the
transition to recovery activities.
Each of the sections contains the following:
If the
required key indicators and actions cannot be met, the resulting adverse
implications for the affected population should be appraised and appropriate
mitigating actions taken.
Appendices include checklists for assessments, guidance on measuring acute
malnutrition and determining the public health significance of micronutrient
deficiencyand nutritional requirements.A select list of references, which points
to sources of information on both general issues and specific technical issues
and is divided into source material and further reading, is also provided.