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16th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2008)
14-17 May 2008 Geneva, Switzerland
Visit www.eco2008.org for more information.
35th Annual International Conference on Global Health: Community Health
27-31 May 2008, Washington DC, USA
Please visit
www.globalhealth.org/conference for more information
5th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications
1-4 June 2008, Helsinki, Finland
For more information, please contact
wcpd2008@congrex.fi
World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
3-5 June 2008, FAO, Rome, Italy
High-level meeting organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
Read more here.
2008 Pacific Health Summit with special focus on "Nutrition"
16-18 June 2008, Seattle, USA
For more information, please visit
www.pacifichealthsummit.org or contact Ms. Sheila Charles
scharles@nbr.org
AGENG 2008 Conference: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering for a
Sustainable World
23 - 25 June 2008, Crete, Greece
Please see www.ageng2008.com for more
information
11th ECOWAS Nutrition Forum "Food and Nutrition Security : Challenges in a
context of Globalization"
September 2008 (dates tbc), Freetown, Sierra Leone
Information to come at www.ecowas.int
IMEKO International Conference on Metrology of Environmental, Food and
Nutritional Measurements
9-12 September 2008, Budapest, Hungary
For information:
http://www.icem2008.mke.org.hu/temp/
Central European Congress on Obesity and Nutrition
25-28 September 2008, Hotel Thermal, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
For more information, please visit
www.cecon2008.cz
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) 2nd European Conference for
Physicians
4-5 October 2008, Vienna, Austria
Conference Saturday 4 October
Breastfeeding Basics Course Sunday 5 October
Read
more here.
3rd Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference: The Epidemiological and
Nutritional Transition in Developing Countries: Accelerating progress for
nutrition in Africa
13-16 October 2008, Cairo, Egypt
For more information please visit
www.aneconference.org or send an email to
contact@aneconference.org
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance on “Gender and
Climate Change”
19-22 October 2008, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the United Nations
International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR)
www.capwip.org
World Urban Forum 4
3-7 November 2008 Nanjing, China
Read more at
http://www.globalplannersnetwork.org/pdf/wuf4brochure.pdf
Congreso Internacional de Salud Escolar y Universitaria
24-28 Noviembre 2008, Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba
Read more at www.inhem.sld.cu or
www.cpalco.cu
World Congress on Oils and Fats & 28th ISF Congress 2009
27-30 September 2009, Sydney, Australia
www.isfsydney2009.com
SAVE THE DATE!
19th International Congress of Nutrition 2009 Nutrition Security for All
4-9 October 2009 Bangkok, Thailand
www.icn2009.com for more information.
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BPNI Certificate Course on “Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling
Specialist
BPNI/IBFAN Asia is organizing certificate training Courses on Infant
and Young Child Feeding Counseling: A Training Course – The 3 in 1 Course
(An Integrated Course on Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and Infant Feeding
& HIV-Counseling) at, Lucknow, Gwalior, Gorakhpur, Hindupur, Delhi and Ranchi
during April, May and June 2008.
Interest and commitment: Protecting, promoting and supporting
breastfeeding and complementary feeding. Help for solving mother's problems
Who can do it: Doctors, Staff nurses, Graduates in nutrition, science,
dietetics, home science, social work etc.
Duration of training: 7 days (51 Hours) including 5 X 2 hrs clinical
practice in hospital.
Competence after receiving training: Participants will be able to provide
individual counselling on breastfeeding, complementary feeding HIV and Infant
Feeding Initiate setting up a infant and young child feeding counseling center
Provide referral level support.
Training: 4 National Trainers will train 24 infant and young child
feeding counseling specialists in one training session
Course Fees: Rs. 5,000/- (includes training materials, lunch and tea)
Training Venues and Dates:
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from 28 April - 4 May 2008
- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh from 8 - 14 June 2008
- Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh from 17 - 23 June 2008
- Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh from 21 - 27 June 2008
- Delhi from 22 - 28 June 2008
- Ranchi, Jharkhand from 26 September - 2 October 2008
For more information please visit www.bpni.org.
Public Health In Complex Emergencies training program 2008 (www.phcetraining.org)
May 19-31, 2008: American University of Beirut, Lebanon
August 11-23, 2008: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand
November 3-15, 2008: Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda
The Public Health in Complex Emergencies training program (PHCE) is a two-week
residential course that focuses on critical public health issues faced by NGO/PVO
personnel working in complex emergencies. The goal of the course is to enhance
the capacity of humanitarian assistance workers and their organizations to
respond to the health needs of refugees and internally displaced persons
affected by these emergencies. Participants will master key competencies in all
of the following sectors: Context of Emergencies, Reproductive Health,
Epidemiology, Weapons, Violence and Trauma, Communicable Disease, Protection and
Security, Environmental Health, Psychosocial Issues, Nutrition and Coordination.
Tuition is $2,400 and includes accommodation, three meals daily, and all course
materials. There are very limited funds available for scholarships. In the past,
some participants have secured financial aid from ministries of health, WHO
regional offices and private sources. The course is currently offered in English
only.
Applications should be submitted directly to the partner organization. Once
accepted, applicants will receive detailed registration information and
procedures for payment. Tuition includes a $250 non-refundable registration fee.
Please apply at least one month prior to the date of the course you wish to
attend.
American University of Beirut – FHS Lebanon: Noura Nehlawi
nn32@aub.edu.lb; Website:
http://fhs.aub.edu.lb/phce. Click on
Continuing Education
Asian Disaster Preparednss Center Thailand: Janette Lauza-Ugsang
janette@adpc.net; Website:
http://www.adpc.net. Click on Trainings and
Workshops
Makerere University School of Public Health Uganda: Prima Nalubega Wasukira
P_nalubega@yahoo.co.uk; Website:
http://www.musph.ac.ug. Click on Upcoming
Events
Summer Course on Refugee Issues
7-15 June 2008, York University, Toronto, Canada
For more information contact Irene Connie Tumwebaze at
summer@yorku.ca
Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course
9-27 June 2008, UCL, London, UK
University College of London, UCL Institute of Child Health, Centre for
International Health & Development
Read
more here.
Alpro Foundation Award for Masters
Declaration of intent to be submitted before 15 June 2008.
Masters degree students focusing on the impact of vegetable foods on our health,
the environment or the economy from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy,
United Kingdom and Ireland may participate in the competition.
For more information,
please visit: www.alprofoundation.org
or contact Dr. Stephanie De Vriese
stephanie.devriese@alpro.be.
Wageningen International
Subscribe to Wageningen International e-newsletter to receive updates on
short courses and capacity development programmes 4 times per year. Subscribe
at:
http://www.cdic.wur.nl/UK/E-newsletters
Summer Course on Assessing Public Health in Emergency Situations (APHES)
7-18 July 2008 in Brussels, Belgium
Organized by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of
Disasters (CRED) at Université catholique de Louvain
APHES is a two-week intensive course that is designed to familiarize
professionals with epidemiological techniques to determine impacts of disasters
and conflicts. It will also cover different uses of quantitative tools for the
assessment of health needs in populations affected by catastrophic events. The
course will be given by a renowned international faculty and will introduce
participant to the methods and tools of epidemiology in the context of
humanitarian emergencies. Upon successful completion, participants will receive
a university certificate and 10 ECTS credits. All applicants require English
fluency and a basic knowledge/background in applied statistics and epidemiology.
Experience in the humanitarian or development field will be an asset. Topics
taught in this course include: malnutrition, mortality, population displacement,
conflict and health, morbidity and EPI computer applications.
Read more at www.cred.be/Aphes or contact
Bernadette.Dubus@uclouvain.be.
Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional Instrumentos de Diagnóstico e
Estratégias de Intervenção Descentralizada
4 – 15 de Agosto de 2008 em Lichinga, Moçambique
Seminário de Formação Internacional InWEnt – Internationale Weiterbildung und
Entwicklung gGmbH (Formação e Aperfeiçoamento Profissional Internacional) é uma
empresa voltada para o desenvolvimento de recursos humanos, formação contínua e
diálogo com atuação no mundo inteiro. Course reader:
www.inwent.org/publikationen/fachpublikationen/index.de.shtml
Para mais informações:
InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany; Escritório Regional SADC;
Ponto Focal Moçambique; Av. Patrice Lumumba 290 – 1º andar; Maputo, Moçambique.
Tel: +258 – 82 3014840; Fax: +258 – 21 485070; E-mail:
felix.cossa@inwent.org.mz
SETSAN – Secretariado Técnico de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional; Av. FPLM
2658- (Recinto do IIAM - Pavilhão Novo); Tel: : +258 – 21461873; Fax: +258 –
21462403; E-Mail:
comunicacao@setsan.org.mz; Web:
www.setsan.org.mz
Introduction to Mathematical Models of the EPIDEMIOLOGY & CONTROL OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Short Course for Public Health Professionals, since 1990
1-12 September 2008, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
For further details visit the course website
www.imperial.ac.uk/cpd/epidemiology/ which includes full information on how
to apply for the course, or download the course brochure from
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/31511700.PDF
Nutrition In Emergencies
1-5 September 2008, London, UK
A week long course in Nutrition in Emergencies is being run by the Centre for
Public Health Nutrition, University of Westminster. This intensive training
introduces current best practice within this rapidly evolving sector.
The aim is to give an overview of nutrition programming in humanitarian
emergencies. Topics studied include an overview of the different types of
malnutrition, their direct and underlying causes, how malnutrition is measured,
and common nutritional interventions. Trainers and facilitators are all
experienced in the humanitarian sector. For more information see
www.wmin.ac.uk/sih/page-979 or
email: cav-admissions@wmin.ac.uk.
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) 2nd European Conference for
Physicians
4-5 October 2008, Vienna, Austria Conference Saturday 4 October
Breastfeeding Basics Course Sunday 5 October
Read
more here.
Breastfeeding: Advocacy & Practice - A Regional Outreach Course
17-29 November 2008, Penang, Malaysia
Organized by the Infant Feeding Consortium (IFC), from the Institute of Child
Health, London and the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), Penang
http://www.waba.org.my/pdf/bapbrochure2008.pdf
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International Relief and Development (IRD) seeks a Senior Technical
Advisor in Food Technology and Nutrition for the Sustainable Food and
Agriculture Systems (SFAS) unit, one of IRD’s five technical sectors (Health,
Civil Society, Economic Development, SFAS, and Infrastructure). The Senior
Technical Advisor will provide overall leadership and technical advice for
research and program development related to food technology and human nutrition.
This position is an open-ended, renewable appointment based at IRD headquarters
in Washington DC. Building upon its pioneering noodle fortification program in
Indonesia, The Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems (SFAS) unit within IRD
seeks expand its innovative initiative to build capacity within the private
sector food processing industry of the developing world to fortify a range of
food products, from Ready to Use Foods (RUFs) to supplemental foods to school
feeding provisions to commercial sales for general consumption. The Senior
Technical Advisor will play a pivotal role in identifying opportunities,
developing partnerships with private sector entities, ensuring the nutritional
quality of products, overseeing monitoring on-going programs, and evaluating
program impact a the individual and population level. Read full vacancy notice
and apply online at www.ird-dc.org under
“Careers/Headquarters Positions” reference, “Senior Technical Advisor – Food
Technology and Nutrition”
Vacancy in WHO: Director, Health and Nutrition Tracking Service (HNTS).
Deadline for application: 21 May 2008.
Read more.
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Other Announcements
New website: CE-DAT Complex Emergency Monitor (www.cedat.be)
Access CE-DAT data through a map portal and a timeline tool including overview
of the nature of mortality in complex emergencies. The
April
2008 CE-DAT Scene newsletter introduces the new website tools.
New website: European Network on reducing marketing pressure on children
(www.shdir.no/marketing)
The European Network on reducing marketing pressure on children consists of
countries in the WHO European Region who want to work together to find ways to
reduce the marketing pressure on children of energy-dense, micronutrient-poor
foods and beverages. This website was established on 14 April 2008 in order to
communicate information about activities and plans in the European Network on
reducing marketing pressure on children. The report from the first meeting in
the network can be
downloaded here. The meeting took place in Oslo, Norway in January 2008.
Seeking Nominations for the 2009 Awardee of "The Gene White Lifetime
Achievement Award for Child Nutrition"
The Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award was created in 2004 to honor
individuals who have made outstanding contributions toward ending childhood
hunger on an international scale. This prestigious Award is presented each year
as the highlight of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation’s annual Gala, which
is held in March in Washington, DC. Prior recipients of the prestigious Gene
White Lifetime Achievement Award include: Gene White (2004), Senator George S.
McGovern and Senator Robert J. Dole (2005), Dr. Josephine Martin (2006),
Catherine Bertini (2007), Edward M. Cooney (2008). Any individual, private or
public organization, governmental unit, or academic institution may submit a
nomination for the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations will be
accepted until November 15, 2008. Candidates will be evaluated by a Selection
Panel, utilizing specific and stated criteria, and the recipient of the Gene
White Lifetime Achievement Award will be confirmed by the Board of Directors of
the Global Child Nutrition Foundation. All nominations are confidential and the
identity of the nominees and the nominating person or organization are kept in
strict confidence. For further information on submitting a nomination: Please
see www.gcnf.org or contact: Julie Curtis,
Global Child Nutrition Foundation, 700 S. Washington St., Suite 300, Alexandria,
VA 22314; 703/253-2145;
jcurtis@schoolnutrition.org.
Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Challenge Paper on Hunger and Malnutrition
More than 55 international economists, including 5 Nobel Laureates, will assess
more than 50 solutions and assemble a list of priorities for everyone involved
in solving the world's biggest challenges. The aim of CC08 is to take stock of
the world's biggest problems and the most promising solutions and provide
informed input into the policy making process surrounding efforts to deal with
these problems. CC08 will revisit issues from CC04, as well as take up new
issues in the light of improved knowledge of the state of the world since 2004.
CC08 will provide an in-depth assessment of the costs and benefits of solutions
to some of the biggest challenges the world is facing today. The Copenhagen
Consensus 2008 Challenge Paper on Hunger and Malnutrition, by Sue Horton, Harold
Alderman and Juan A. Rivera (6 March 2008) is available from
http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/Default.aspx?ID=965.
Module 2 on Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) (www.ennonline.net/ife)
This module for health and nutrition workers in emergency situations, has been
updated by the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group, translated for the
first time into French and is now in print. The Nutrition Cluster supported the
update and translation as part of ENN/IFE Core Groups' IFE activity in 2007. WHO
funded the printing of 1200 copies. Print copies are now available from the ENN
(free copies, post and packaging apply, negotiable for southern sector
recipients and individuals). Contact:
enn.office@gmail.com. Downloading: The complete module is 15.6MB. Both
English and French versions can be
viewed online and
downloaded here.
New website: Integrated Phase Classification (IPC)
www.ipcinfo.org
The IPC is an innovative tool for improving food security analysis and
decision-making that has been adopted in Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and Côte
d’Ivoire. The IPC initiative has received broad-based support from national
governments, international agencies, early warning units, and donors. The global
effort to develop a common approach for food security analysis and response
through the implementation of IPC is led by the IPC Global Partners: Care
International, EC-JRC, FAO, FEWS NET, Oxfam GB, Save the Children UK and US, and
WFP.
Features include:
- IPC Maps
- Technical Manual and Updates
- Articles and Publications
- Information about how the IPC is being developed
- Training and Events
- and much more....
Le site web sur l'IPC est en ligne! L'IPC est un instrument innovant pour
améliorer l'analyse et la décision en matière de sécurité alimentaire. Les
Partenaires IPC au niveau global sont Care International, le CCR-EC, la FAO,
FEWS NET, le PAM, Oxfam GB, et Save the Children UK et US. L'IPC inclut :
- Les cartes IPC
- Le manuel technique et mises à jour
- Des articles et publications
- Des informations sur le développement technique de l'IPC
- Les ateliers et événements
- et plus encore…
See www.ipcinfo.org, contact:
contact@ipcinfo.org
World Breastfeeding Week - materials for download
Materials for World Breastfeeding Week are now available from
www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org/downloads.htm
WBW 2008 Action Folder (English),
WBW 2008 Calendar (English,
Spanish,
French,
Chinese),
WBW 2008 Logo (web
format). For groups who will be adapting, translating and reproducing the
WBW materials, please do contact WABA at
waba2008@gmail.com for a copy of the WBW Reproduction CD.
FIAN, the international human rights organisation for the right to
food, reported 7 April 2008 on a breakthrough for universal social justice
when UN member states approved the text of a complaints mechanism to guarantee
the rights of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights. The new complaints mechanism will allow victims of human rights
violations, such as violations of the right to health and the right to
food, to address the United Nations if they were not able to obtain relief
in their country. Read more at www.fian.org
and www.opicescr-coalition.org
or contact Sandra Ratjen, FIAN International,
ratjen@fian.org
How to use the Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food to monitor public
policies?
This manual which was published by FIAN International and
Welthungerhilfe is one in a series of manuals on the human right to food .
Other publications in this series are titled “How to use the Voluntary
Guidelines on the right to food”, "Documenting violations of the right to
adequate food”, “Access to land and the right to food, “Parallel Reporting
before the UN CESCR”. The purpose of these publications is to invite civil
society organizations to make use of the progress made for food as a human right
in the decade after the World Food Summit 1996 – and to equip civil society and
other actors with some tools to hold governments accountable.
English version available from
www.fian.org/resources/documents/others/screen-state-action-against-hunger
Spanish version available from:
www.fian.org/recursos/publicaciones/documentos/vigilando-la-accion-estatal-contra-el-hambre
A call for International Code on Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages to
Children
March 15th 2008 was World Consumer Rights Day. The day was chosen by two
international organizations concerned with children's health -
Consumers International (CI)
and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF)
- to launch proposals to drastically restrict the scope and scale of the
marketing of unhealthy food to children across the globe.
The coalition is calling for an International Code on Marketing of Food and
Non-alcoholic Beverages to Children to be adopted by national governments and
the food and advertising industries, as part of the World Health Organization's
(WHO) strategy to tackle obesity and diet-related diseases. The Code, which its
sponsors will be recommending to the World Health Assembly in May 2008, tackles
the failures of the food industry to regulate itself. Adoption of the Code would
be major step in helping to protect children, not only from advertising on
television and radio but also from internet and satellite TV marketing which lie
outside national jurisdictions.
'The proposal is aimed at protecting all children, whether or not their national
governments have the capacity to regulate marketing of fatty and sugary foods,'
said Dr Tim Lobstein of IOTF. 'There are currently over 150 million overweight
children in the world and the figure is rising rapidly. Companies must change
their selling practices or they may be forced to do so.'
Details of the proposed Code of Marketing can be found at
www.iotf.org/IASOmarketingreleaseMarch1508.htm and
http://www.consumersinternational.org/.
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: SCN’S Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and
Human Rights announces publication of its new edited volume on Global
Obligations for the Right to Food, exploring obligations regarding the right to
food of the global community taken as a whole. A descriptive flyer is available
at
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/GORFflyer.doc. This new book is based in
part on an earlier book, Freeedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food,
now available as a no-cost PDF file file at
http://press.georgetown.edu/pdfs/9781589010550.pdf
New website and URL for the Food and Nutrition Bulletin
The Food and Nutrition Bulletin (FNB) has a new website and URL:
www.foodandnutritionbulletin.org.
For a limited time, users can access the complete March 2008 issue online with
free registration. Additionally, the site provides search capability of 28 years
of FNB articles; issues from 1995-2008 are available for download as PDFs.
Please check back frequently: new features for contributors and readers will be
added throughout the year.
Information sheets from the Nutrition Society
The Nutrition Society Interim
Professional Body for Nutrition has updated its
Information Sheets
series which are particularly useful for nutritionists in low-income countries.
Sheet 1 lists low-cost print/hard copy newsletters and journals
Sheet 2 lists sources of low cost print materials.
Sheet 3 lists sources of CD-Roms with nutrition information
Sheet 4: lists E-mail list serves and on-line journals
Please visit www.nutritionsociety.org®
Nutrition Profession ® Developing practice, or click on the link above.
The Lancet’s Nutrition Series
The papers are available from
www.thelancet.com/collections/series/undernutrition with more articles and
speeches from the launch at
www.thelancet.com/online/focus/undernutrition.
A new website for nutrition was developed to support the launch of The Lancet’s
Nutrition Series at -
www.globalnutritionseries.org - which contain the advocacy material from the
launch, an Executive Summary of the Series and other material.
The Global Food Security and Nutrition Policies and Strategies (FSN Forum)
hosted a very interesting discussion on “Nutrition Education” from the
19th of November to the 7th of December 2007. The topic was raised by Ms Jane
Sherman, education consultant, and was facilitated by Ms Ellen Muehlhoff, Senior
Officer, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO.
The full introduction of the topic can be accessed on-line at:
http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Nutrition_education.doc
The summary of the discussion can be accessed at:
http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/Summary_on_Nutrition_Education_2.doc
The discussion proceedings can be accessed at:
http://km.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/PROCEEDINGS_-_Nutrition_education_2.doc
Information on closed discussion topics and the latest resource papers and news
on FSN are available to Forum members and non-members at the FSN home web-site:
http://km.fao.org/. The on-going Forum
discussions are only available to registered members. Registration is free and
open to all those interested in Food Security and Nutrition.
Global Nutrition Cluster website
An updated Global Nutrition Cluster website is now online at the
Humanitarian Reform Website. The website will serve as an information
sharing portal as well as a document depository (ie: Global Nutrition Cluster
meeting reports, working group minutes, Nutrition Cluster Tools, Cluster
Guidance, 2008 Workplan etc).
Médecins Sans Frontières Malnutrition Symposium - Hanoi, 1 March 2008
Taking opportunity to bring together a number key players in the nutrition
community ahead of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition in Hanoi, Vietnam in
March, the MSF held a Symposium entitled “Learning from recent successes and new
approaches to bring down mortality/morbidity in malnourished children under
three years old” with the aim to stimulate debate on how best to address acute
malnutrition in young children.
Summaries of the sessions along with the speaker’s presentations are
now available here.
FAO D-Group on Acting Locally in Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods
This tool has been developed to link field operators from different
institutional backgrounds working on nutrition, food security and livelihoods
issues, at province, district and/or community level. This virtual group of
professionals will foster dialogue and exchange of information, as well as
generate feedback into relevant policy work.
This initiative is of several similar processes, including documentation of best
practices and the development of a "Who is doing What Where?" (3W) contact
management directory.
To subscribe go to
www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/FSNL or contact Chiara Deligia, FSNL Moderator,
at chiara.deligia@fao.org
Two New E-learning Courses and Resources for Trainers: "Baseline Food
Security Assessments" and "Availability Assessment and Analysis"
"Baseline Food Security Assessments" and "Availability Assessment and Analysis"
are two new e-learning courses and resources for trainers which have been
recently released by the EC-FAO Food Security Programme. Baseline Food Security
Assessments describes the purpose and features of baseline assessments and how
they differ from action-oriented assessments. It also provides guidance on
selecting a baseline assessment method depending on context and on incorporating
historical trends into food security assessments. "Availability Assessment and
Analysis" introduces the most commonly used methods for assessing food
availability at regional, national and local levels. It also provides examples
and criteria for selecting appropriate availability indicators.
Other available courses include: Food Security Information Systems and Networks,
Reporting Food Security Information, Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis, and
Nutritional Status Assessment and Analysis.
To access the e-learning courses on-line, go to:
www.foodsec.org/DL/dlcourselist_en.asp
To download the resources for trainers, go to:
www.foodsec.org/tr_res.htm
If you have problems with on-line access, order a CD-Rom at:
Availability Assessment and Analysis:
www.foodsec.org/DL/dlorder_en.asp?modulecode=FA&modulelang=en
Baseline Food Security Assessments:
www.foodsec.org/DL/dlorder_en.asp?modulecode=FB&modulelang=en
Low Input Food and Nutrition Manual: Growing and Eating More Using Less
Manual on nutrition and sustainable agriculture (especially Permaculture)
available for Non-Profit use only from
www.neverendingfood.org/?page_id=92.
Users are encouraged to send their feedback, suggestions, ideas and comments on
how it can be improved to nordin@eomw.net.
New & Noteworthy in Nutrition, Issue 1 (December 2007)
Is now available from
www.prb.org/pdf07/nnn01.pdf
Richard Skolnik, the director of International Programs at Population Reference
Bureau (PRB), is the editor of NNN. Richard retired from the World Bank in 2001,
as the director of human development for the South Asia Region. He was deeply
involved at the Bank in work on nutrition, family planning, health, and
education. After leaving the Bank, Richard was a professor at The George
Washington University, where he primarily taught global health to undergraduate
students, and was the executive director at the Harvard School of Public Health
of an AIDS treatment program for three countries in Africa. Richard was also
actively involved in the establishment of Stop TB, served three rounds on the
technical review panel of the Global Fund, and has served on a number of WHO
working groups. In addition, Richard is the author of a recently published
undergraduate textbook, Essentials of Global Health. PRB’s
nutrition-related articles and publications, plus more information about both
PRB and Richard, can be found at www.prb.org.
For more information please contact NNN@prb.org.
To subscribe to New & Noteworthy in Nutrition please: 1. Create a new e-mail
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of the message type: SUBSCRIBE NEWANDNOTEWORTHY, 4. Omit your signature text
from the message, 5. Send the message, and you will receive confirmation of your
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European network on reducing marketing pressure on children
As a follow-up of the World Health Assembly resolution in May 2007, in which the
WHO was asked to develop a set of recommendations on marketing of foods and
non-alcoholic beverages to children, and of recommendations in the WHO European
Charter on Counteracting Obesity, Norway has taken on the responsibility to lead
and facilitate a European network on reducing marketing pressure on children.
The Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs is the network
secretariat. Ten countries in the WHO European Region are currently taking part
in the network (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Portugal and the United Kingdom). The network will hold its first
meeting (by invitation only) at Lysebu Hotel in Oslo, on 17-18 January 2008. The
results of the meeting will be further reported in SCN News 36 to be published
in July 2008.
New WHO Growth Reference data for children and adolescents 5-19 years
WHO has recently published growth reference data for children and
adolescents, 5-19 years (or 61-228 months). The WHO Reference 2007 is a
reconstruction of the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO
reference. It uses the original NCHS data set supplemented with data from the
WHO child growth standards sample for under-fives. The same statistical
methodology was used as in the construction of the WHO standards. This reference
complements the WHO child growth standards for 0-60 months published in April
2006 (WHO Child Growth Standards).
Read more here (http://www.who.int/growthref/en/).
Reference charts and tables by indicator:
World Breastfeeding Week 2008 (1-7 August) - Mother Support : Going for
the Gold
WABA has recently announced that the theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2008 (1-7
August) is Mother Support : Going for the Gold. As every country sends
its best athletes to compete at these global games, WABA maintains that it is
important to remind ourselves that, in a similar fashion, a healthy young
athlete can only emerge from a healthy start on life. There is no question that
optimal infant and young child feeding is essential for optimal growth and
development. WBW 2008 calls for greater support for mothers in achieving the
gold standard of infant feeding: breastfeeding exclusively for six months, and
providing appropriate complementary foods with continued breastfeeding for up to
two years or beyond. Read full announcement at
http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/pdf/WBW2008Announcement.pdf and stay
updated with ideas for action, activities, downloadable materials, reports etc
at
www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org
Global Food Security and Nutrition Forum (FSN Forum)
The Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) of FAO invites you to
participate in the FSN Forum. The purpose of this Forum is to provide an online
platform where practitioners can share their experiences and resources, provide
peer coaching and support and find collective solutions to issues related to
Food Security and Nutrition (FS&N), with a focus on FS&N Policies and
Strategies. Discussions will take place on the Forum’s mailing list and directly
on the Forum’s website http://km.fao.org/fsn/.
The Web site is also an important pool of relevant resources and information on
FSN. The forum is public. Joining the forum is free, voluntary and open to
anyone interested in contributing advice, experience and expertise for use by
others, or for adapting others’ advice, experience and expertise for their own
use.
The forum was launched on 16th October 2007 with an e-discussion on
“Promoting food security and nutrition information for improved decision making
and response”, facilitated by Mark Smulders, Coordinator of the FAO-FIVIMS
Programme.
To become a member of this community, please register on the Forum’s Web site.
If you need more information please contact Ms. Huyen Tran, Forum Moderator at
huyen.tran@fao.org or
fsn-moderator@fao.org
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