Nutrition for Resilience conference

16 - 20 October 2023. The Hague.  Nutrition for Resilience #N4R - Ensuring Micronutrient Security in
an Era of Complex Global Challenges.

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Interactive program

The world is facing multiple, complex and cascading challenges that are adversely impacting human well-being, including nutrition and micronutrient security. #MNF2023 brought together diverse international and national delegates across sectors and disciplines to drive compelling and evidence-based agendas that promote nutrition and strengthen population resilience in the face of rising shocks including climate change and man-made conflicts.

At the closing of the conference, a Way Forward Statement was presented on behalf of more than 50 global experts from research, academia, program, and policy institutions with six evidence-based recommendations for immediate action by community, national, regional, and global leaders. These recommendations aim to guide policymakers and funders to fulfill the promises of the Sustainable Development Goals and to protect nutrition and health in the face of unprecedented crises

Extracts of the programme

16/10 CGIAR Innovations in Transforming Food Systems for Nourishing Nations

This session showcased CGIAR innovations that demonstrate positive impact, with potential for adoption and scaling, for nourishing nations. A panel of experts will be engaged to react to these innovations; and discuss the emerging trends and priorities to accelerate research for improving global food and nutrition security.

Silvia Alonso (Ethiopia) A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in Kenya increases child milk intake in Eldoret, Kenya – the MoreMilk project
Alan De Brauw Video-based behavioral change communication to change consumption patterns: An experiment in Ethiopia
Quennie Vi Rizaldo Dried small fish powder increases nutrient in local food products in Myanmar

16/10 Results from the Burkina Faso 2020 National Micronutrient Survey

Results from the Burkina Faso 2020 National Micronutrient Survey - Industry Symposium sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation.

• Souleymane Tirogo (Burkina Faso) Overview of survey design and key findings of the household data
• Karim Bougma (United States of America) Dietary patterns and burden of morbidity, malaria and inflammation among children, adolescents, and women in Burkina Faso
• Kimberley P. Bouckaert (United States of America) Prevalence of anemia, iron and vitamin A deficiencies among children, adolescents, and women in Burkina Faso
• Roelinda Jongstra (United States of America) Status of vitamin B12, folate, zinc among children and women and iodine among women in Burkina Faso
• Aatekah Owais (United States of America) Predictors of anemia, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia among children and women in Burkina Faso

17/10 UNPACKING STRATEGIES FOR EMPOWERING AFRICA'S YOUTH FOR INCLUSIVE MULTISECTORAL NUTRITION PROGRAMMING, ENGAGEMENT AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

The importance of youth engagement in nutrition initiatives and the need for nutrition resilient youth inclusive programming, which remain a gap in both development and fragile settings. The presentation was facilitated by African youth leaders, who are representatives from Organization of African Youth (OAY), Food Technology and Nutrition Students Society of Kenya (FOTANS) and Kavle Consulting Kenya, to discuss key elements of advocacy, inclusive capacity development and leadership and innovative ways to engage youth networks and nutrition graduates focusing on experiences and lessons learned from Kenya and Mozambique.

20/10 Building resilience against child wasting and mortality in Africa’s dryland

As part of the Global Action on Child Wasting, twenty-two countries launched their roadmaps that include costed actions across health, food, social protection and WASH systems. These country roadmaps address underlying and immediate causes of malnutrition and highlight the importance of tackling the drivers of child acute malnutrition to build resilience, especially in Africa’s drylands. This session will discuss opportunities with implementation and financing drawing on the experience from selected countries.

• Gwenaelle Luc (France) Setting the scene for preventing child wasting in Africa’s dryland
• Mahamadou Tanimoune (Senegal) Non affordability of Healthy Diets in Africa’s dryland
• Keita Modibo (Mali) Accounting for basic drivers of child wasting in designing preventive strategies for Africa’s Dryland
• Irene W. Kimani (Kenya) Bringing innovative solutions to scale in Africa’s Dryland

Related:

12 September 2024. Conference Webinar: Nutrition for Resilience: Launching a New Era for National Progress. With SUN Coordinator Afshan Khan, MNF Executive Director Saskia Osendarp and leaders and experts for a preview of #N4R’s exciting conference program and how nutrition resilience can support progress towards global nutrition goals.