eLENA web site now available in Spanish

25 May 2012 -- WHO today published the eLENA web site in Spanish, providing access to the latest nutrition guidance for millions of Spanish readers. Translation of the eLENA web site into the four remaining official languages of WHO – Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian – is currently under way. Publication of the site in all six of WHO’s official languages is expected to be completed this summer.

• eLENA web site in Spanish

As part of eLENA's expanding catalogue of nutrition actions, the latest guidance is now included on four new topics. If you would like to suggest a new topic to be included in eLENA, please contact us at: elena@who.int.

• Community-based supplementary feeding for promoting child growth
• Food supplementation for children with moderate acute malnutrition
• Vitamin D supplementation in infants
• Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant women

Moderate acute malnutrition affects about 40 million preschool-age children worldwide. In a new technical note soon to be published – Foods for the management of moderate acute malnutrition in infants and children 6–59 months of age – WHO summarizes current thinking and presents some principles on the dietary management of children with moderate acute malnutrition. The technical note will also propose a nutrient composition profile for supplementary foods.