United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition



 

Thirty-Fifth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle

Draft Agenda (19 Feb, 2008)

Chair: Ricardo Ricardo Uauy (IUNS)
Co-Chairs: Chizuru Nishida (WHO), Ana Beatriz Vasconcellos (Brazil)

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Time Topic
1430-1600 Effectiveness of interventions for accelerating the reduction of maternal and child undernutrition through community-based approaches
  • Reducing malnutrition through national primary health care programmes in Brazil
    Dr Ana Beatriz Vasconcellos, Coordenadora Geral da Política de Alimentação e Nutrição Ministério da Saúde
  • Forging alliances for efficient National Nutrition Community-Based programme in Madagascar
    Mr Ambinintsoa Raveloharison, National Coordinator of Office National de Nutrition, Dr Simon Rakotorina, Head of Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health
  • Community-Based Intervention Programmes for improving nutrition throughout the Life Cycle: Vietnam Experiences
    Dr Le Thi Hop, Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Viet Nam
  • Discussion: Overview of appropriateness of interventions for accelerating the reduction of maternal and child undernutrition through national community-based approaches