United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Special meeting of the ACC/SCN Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies on the Assessment of Adult Malnutrition in Emergencies

Hosted by The World Food Programme at the Stanley Hotel, Nairobi, 4 April 2001

The SCN Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies have organized this special meeting to take place during the SCN annual session to be held in Nairobi 2-6th April. The aim of this one-day meeting is to improve humanitarian response to the nutritional needs of malnourished adults through sharing experience and recommendations on assessment of malnutrition in adults. The elderly and adolescence will be included in the discussion where assessment issues apply.

Objectives:
  • To reach a common understanding of the recommendations on the assessment of malnutrition in adults
  • To identify practical steps to improve practice in the assessment of adult malnutrition.

Background Material:

Adults: assessment of nutritional status in emergency–affected populations. ACC/SCN, July 2000 --available at the meeting, or can be downloaded from: http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/, or requested by Email from: scn@who.int

Agenda

10:30

Overview of technical issues,
Presentation of RNIS recommendations

Steve Collins

11:30

Agency Field Experience

Concern
CDC
Helpage
ACF

 

Arabella Duffield
Bradley Woodruff
Dolline Busolo
Carlos Navarro

12:30

Coffee

12:45

Panel discussion

Panel experts: Carlos Navarro Colorado, Nick Norgan, Steve Collins, Peter Salama, Arabella Duffield, Dolline Busolo Chair: Bradley Woodruff

14.00

Lunch

15.00

Break out groups

16.45

Coffee

17.00-
18.30

Concluding session

Consolidation of technical recommendations
Identification of next steps

If you plan to attend:

bulletSend an Email to foreilly@tcd.ie with your name and email address.
bulletIf you have not already done so, return a completed registration form for the 28th ACC/SCN Session – download from the web: http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/ or request it from : scn@who.int