FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, CHILD-CENTERED APPROACH TO UNDERNUTRITION

INTRODUCTION

Chair of the session

• André Briend, Affiliated Professor, University of Copenhagen

Panelists

• Lieven Huybregts, Research Fellow,
• IFPRI Isabelle Moussard Carlsen, Director of Operations, ACF France

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

• Marlene Hebie, GOAL Nutrition Impact and Positive Practices (NIPP), a multisectoral behaviour-change approach supporting the continuum of undernutrition prevention and treatment at community level.
• Gloria Adobea Odei Obeng-Amoako, Makerere University Prevalence, characteristics and treatment outcomes of concurrently wasted and stunted children 6-59months admitted to outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Karamoja, Uganda.
• Pawankumar Patil, Action Against Hunger India An innovative intervention package enhancing the reach and impact of CMAM program on children under-5 from tribal migratory population in Maharashtra, India.