United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirty-Fifth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

Draft Agenda (21 Feb, 2008)

Chair: Andrew Tomkins (Institute of Child Health)
Co-Chairs: Bruce Cogill (UNICEF), Stuart Gillespie (IFPRI), Randa Saadeh (WHO)

Tuesday 4 March 2008
“Making progress now with Nutrition Interventions for HIV and AIDS”

Time Topic
1515-1645 1) Update on the evidence for the Impact of Nutrition Interventions on Progression and Survival in HIV/AIDS
Anirban Chatterjee

2) Nutrition Support within PEPFAR supported programme for HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Minh, Ngoc

3) Developments in Nutrition and HIV policies in Asia
Randa Saadeh

4) Update on management of HIV infected severely malnourished children
Mark Manary

5) Recent evaluations of Cash Transfer Schemes to improve Household Food Security in HIV affected families
Andrew Tomkins

6) General Discussion
Items 1-5 will each consist of a 10 minute presentation followed by a 5 minute discussion which should focus on clarification of issues. These topics can then be returned to during the General Discussion which is open to all the participants at the workshop