United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

Thirty-Fifth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding

Draft Agenda (03 February, 2008)

Chair: David Clark (UNICEF), Co-Chairs: Isatou Jallow (WFP), Kay Dewey (UC Davis)

Sunday 2 March 2008

Time	Topic
1000-1200	Chair: David Clark Welcome and review of agenda (10 minutes) Report on implementation of 2006 recommendations (10 minutes) MIYCN Forum Kay Dewey (15 minutes introduction + 20 minutes discussion) The revitalization and expansion of BFHI (community, mother-baby-friendly, neo-natal care units) The experience from Zambia - Ms Agness Aongola – Nutritionist, Ministry of Health (20 minutes) Discussion on BFHI and other issues raised by participants (45 minutes)
1200-1300	Lunch
1300-1530	Chair: Kay Dewey Country level experience with complementary feeding interventions and their integration into child survival programmes and overall nutrition strategies, including efforts to scaling up. The experience from Mexico Dr Salvador Villalpando of the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (20 minutes + 15 minutes discussion) Implications of the Lancet Nutrition Series for programmes aiming at the reduction of maternal and child undernutrition Robert Black, Chairman, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Discussion

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Time	Topic
0830-1000	Chair: Isatou Jallow New/revised indicators of infant and young child feeding (30 minutes) Bernadette Daelmans, Kay Dewey Growth monitoring promotion: intervention or platform for action? Nuné Mangasaryan (UNICEF) (20 minutmes) Recommendations for working group, including moving ahead with MIYCN Forum (40 minutes)