United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

Thirty-Fourth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

Draft Agenda (2 Feb 2007)

Chair: Andrew Tomkins (ICH)
Co-Chairs: Stuart Gillespie (IFPRI), Randa Saadeh (WHO), Bruce Cogill (Unicef)

Sunday 25 February 2007 This session is very informal and intended to elicit focused discussions on key issues.
Time	Topic
1400-1415	Introductions and quick news updates from the floor
1414-1430	Framework for priority actions on nutrition and HIV/AIDS
1430-1500	“How do we work together to operationalize the known linkages between food security, nutrition, HIV and AIDS?” Open discussion. Outcomes from this session will be summarized and fed back to the Tuesday session.
1500-1530	Food and Nutrition Bulletin Working Group policy paper. Discussion of the proposal to prepare a policy paper -- its scope, structure, format, basic content, and an agreed process for finalizing the paper.
1530-1600	Any other business

Tuesday 27 February 2007 “Working more effectively together for Reducing Mortality and Improving Food Security in HIV endemic communities”
1600-1800	UN reform and Nutrition/HIV – towards “Three Big Ones” and developing public/private partnerships – challenges and opportunities Andrew Tomkins (ICH) – 15 mins The impact of the Nutrition Cluster on Nutrition in HIV Bruce Cogill (Nutrition Cluster, UNICEF) 15 mins Food, nutrition and AIDS: how do we operationalise the links? Stuart Gillespie (RENEWAL) – 15 mins Recent joint achievements, progress and updates from the UN family Randa Saadeh (WHO) – 15 mins The impact of HIV on mortality in severe acute malnutrition – the need for ART Pamela Fergusson (Malawi) 15 mins Community Therapeutic Care for managing severe acute malnutrition in HIV – the need for RUTF Paluku Bahwere (Valid) – 15 mins Discussion and Conclusions on Priority Actions Speakers plus Steve Collins (Valid) and Claire de Menenzes (AAH) – 30 mins