United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirty-Third Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies

Sunday 12 March 2006 1000-1600 hours, World Council of Churches/Ecumenical Centre and
Tuesday 14 March 2006, 1400-1600 hours, Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4

Chair: Fathia Abdallah (UNHCR)
Co-Chairs: Caroline Abla (OFDA/USAID), Caroline Wilkinson (ACF France)

Sunday 12 March 2006 1000-1600 hours, World Council of Churches/Ecumenical Centre

Time
(Including discussion)		 Topic Speaker / Resource Person Remarks
PART ONE: Joint session of the Working Groups on Nutrition in Emergencies, and Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
1000 - 1020 Introduction Group Chairs confirmed
1020 - 1120 Statement on use of preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies in populations affected by an emergency Tina VanDenBriel (WFP) (CDC)
Adrien Diaz (ACF Spain) 		CDC to be confirmed
1120 - 1200 Infant Feeding in Emergencies (including HIV/AIDS) Infant Feeding Group (ENN) confirmed
1200 - 1230 Report on Innocenti + 15 meeting, Declaration and publication David Clark (UNICEF) confirmed
 1230 - 1330 Lunch
PART TWO: Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies
1330 - 1350 Assessment/Nutrition Monitoring (Transition between Emergency & Development)  Zita Weise Prinzo (WHO)
Noreen Prendiville (FAO)  		confirmed
1350 - 1410  Update on SMART Update Nuria Salse (ACF Spain) confirmed
1410 - 1420 Interagency Supplementary Feeding Desk Review Frances Mason,
Jeremy Shoham,
Carlos Navarro 		confirmed
1420 - 1440 LQAS, other Software Bruce Cogill (FANTA) confirmed
1440 - 1500 Food Security experience Mija Ververs (IFRC)
Florence Egal (FAO) 		confirmed
1500 - 1600
  • Participants statement
  • Work plan 2006-2007
  • Summary points
 All confirmed

 

Tuesday 14th March 2006, 1400-1600 hours, Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies

Time
(Including discussion)		 Topic Speaker / Resource Person Remarks
1400 - 1410 Review of the 2005 work plan Chair persons confirmed
1410 - 1420 Summary from Sunday   to be confirmed
1420 - 1430  Community-based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children Zita Weise Prinzo(WHO) confirmed
1430 - 1445 IASC Nutrition cluster, concept and practice Flora Cibanda (UNICEF)
Anne Callanan (WFP) 		confirmed
1445 - 1500 Humanitarian Tracking Service Frances Mason (SC-UK) confirmed
1500 - 1515 Double burden of malnutrition case study Marika Ferrari
(National Research Institute
on Food and Nutrition)		 confirmed
1515 - 1545 Discussion All confirmed
1545 - 1600 Election of new chair persons All confirmed