United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies

Hall 3, IIT, Chennai, Wednesday 5 March 2003, 0900-1200 hours

Chair: Marjatta Tolvanen (UNICEF), Rapporteur: Saskia van der Kam (MSF/Holland)


Agenda

Wednesday
5 March		 0900-0950 Updates of thematic groups and announcements
  • Capacity development nutrition in emergencies
  • SMART project
  • Infant feeding in emergencies working group
  • Sphere project
  • NutritionNet
0950-1015 Next steps and priorities for action
1015-1155 Community Therapeutic Care
Experiences with, and research on, home based treatment of severely malnourished as an alternative to therapeutic feeding centres:
  • Update on the CTC programme—Steve Collins, Valid International (25 minutes)
  • Social and ethical issues related to CTC—Joseph-Matthew Mfutso-Bengo, University of Malawi & Valid International (15 minutes)
  • Experiences in CTC in North Sudan— Anna Taylor, Save the Children Fund UK, (15 minutes)
  • Protocol for Home Treatment, Implementation of a clinical trial in Sierra Leone— Carlos Navarro-Colorado, Action Contre la Faim (15 minutes)

Discussion and next steps (30 minutes)
1155-1200 Closure