"This background paper, seeks to stimulate discussion and advance the consensus on measures (standards and indicators), methods and systems for assessing the performance and outcomes of humanitarian action. Specifically it proposes that trends in health and nutrition measures are vital indicators of humanitarian need and of humanitarian outcome ... The paper proposes the establishment of a tracking service for the systematic measurement of these selected indicators in crisis situations, and outlines a strategy for how this could be further developed." (Quoted from paper)