Upcoming webinars and other virtual events

 

 

Separated by quarantines and travel restrictions, nutrition stakeholders have turned to virtual events to connect, share information and discuss issues. Below is a selection of upcoming webinars and virtual events of interest – a list we will update weekly (so check back regularly!).  The list includes three sections, Webinars, Conferences, and Useful Online Resources.

Please share your webinar or other virtual activities of interest: Send us an email with the details (be sure to include date, time and a link) or share the information on social media using the hashtag #OnlineMIYCN!

Webinars

1000 Days, Bread for the World: Nourishing the Future: Taking A Systems Approach

October 20, 3:30 PM EST 

Join Bread for the World, 1,000 Days, and the Alliance to End Hunger for a side event during the 2021 Borlaug Dialogues. During this Nutrition Year of Action, it is ever more important that food systems focus on improving nutrition. Join this side event to hear from diverse experts and leaders working to accelerate progress on nutrition.

Speakers:
Samson Kanai, Corteva
Brendah Wekesa, One Acre Fund
Dr. Jim Barnhart, USAID (invited)
Kathy Spahn, Helen Keller International
Cecilia Gamboa, Scaling Up Nutrition, Costa Rica
Kimberly Cernak, Eleanor Crook Foundation
Rev. Eugene Cho, Bread for the World
Eric Mitchell, Alliance to End Hunger
Blythe Thomas, 1,000 Days

Register here: https://bit.ly/3ulXJ67

Global Nutrition Cluster: Learning and Sharing Café on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies. Preventing and Managing Inappropriate Donations of Breastmilk Substitutes and Other Prohibited Products 

October 7, 14:00-15:30 (GMT+2, CET, Geneva time)
 During this Learning and Sharing Café the IFE Core Group will be: Launching a new infographic on Preventing and Managing Inappropriate Donations of BMS and other prohibited products. 
The webinar will also include:
•    A brief presentation on the UNICEF BMS procurement guidelines.
•    Experiences and real life examples from countries such as Myanmar, Slovenia, Cambodia, Caribbean and South America on how these were able to successfully prevent and /or effectively intercept and handle donations during emergencies.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4M4XVavQnaA1xgcCBEiqQ

 

WHO/UNICEF: Improving nutrition through bold actions in health and food systems – fostering commitments for N4G

11th – 14th October 2021

Upon the call for side events leading up to N4G, UNICEF and WHO propose to organize a series of virtual events focusing on the nexus of nutrition in health and food systems in the week of 11th to 14th October 2021. Two events of approximately 90 minutes would be scheduled each day. The week’s events will highlight key priorities and actions that countries are taking, or are planning to take, to deliver essential nutrition actions in health systems and promote safe and healthy diets to ensure health and well-being for all, leaving no one behind. The week aims to drive ambitious and impactful country commitments at N4G by: - showcasing countries’ best practice examples inspire others in their journey to commitment making; - focusing attention on high impact interventions needed to improve nutrition; and - describing key resources that countries can use to address the priority topics relevant to the scope of N4G.

11th Oct. 13:00 to 14:30 CEST: Early identification and treatment of wasting

• 11th Oct. 15:00 to 16:30 CEST: Promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding.

• 12th Oct. 13:00 to 14:30 CEST: Reformulating processed foods.

• 12th Oct. 15:00 to 16:30 CEST: Improving the quality of complementary feeding.

• 13th Oct. 13:00 to 14:30 CEST: Ending micronutrient malnutrition.

• 13th Oct. 15:00 to 16:30 CEST: Improving diets through fiscal policies.

• 14th Oct. 13:00 to 14:30 CEST: Improving diets through labelling and marketing restrictions.

• 14th Oct. 15:00 to 16:30 CEST: School-based nutrition policies and programmes.

Learn more here. 

Conferences

Useful Online Resources

Investing in Child Nutrition: E-learning Course on Infant and Young Child Feeding from A&T, UNICEF, Global Health Media Project, & Raising Children Network 

Working with UNICEF and a global network of experts, Alive & Thrive developed an e-learning course based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Combined Course on Growth Assessment and IYCF Counselling as a free online resource to address gaps in training for those working in child health and nutrition in developing countries, especially in primary healthcare and community settings. Available in English and French, the self-paced course can be used as a solid introduction or a refresher course; modules include counselling skills, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and growth assessment. Resources on COVID-19 and breastfeeding have been recently added to the platform.  

Online training courses on nutrition from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy has created free online certificate courses as part of the Feed the Future Ethiopia Growth through Nutrition Activity. The intended audience for these courses includes those who are engaged in designing, implementing, funding and evaluating multisectoral programs and policies in Ethiopia and other LMIC countries. Each module involves an online lecture and completion of a quiz. Additional courses are added as they become available. Recently added: COVID-19 and Nutrition.

Maternal micronutrient supplementation: What does it take to improve adherence?

The purpose of this course from Nutrition International is to provide program planners and implementers guidance and tools to help improve the quality of maternal micronutrient supplementation programs delivered within antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC).
 

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