News
26 November 2020: The Global Technical Assistance Mechanism (GTAM) is now The Global Nutrition Cluster Technical Alliance. Follow the online launch on December 2, 2020 3-4 pm CET.
12 October 2020: In preparation for the update to the WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of wasting, No Wasted Lives and partners are calling for submission of grey literature.
15 September 2020: WHO - Call for consultant on Guideline development on prevention and treatment of wasting. Deadline 20 Sept. 2020. Read more here.
15 September 2020: Call for authors - Scoping review for WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of wasting in infants and children. Deadline 27 Sept. 2020. Read more here.
Papers and publications
29 December 2020: New blog post - Boys are more likely to be undernourished than girls: some thoughts on a recently published systematic review by Susan Thurstans.
21 October 2020: Released today: ENN and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) bring you a Special issue of Field Exchange on Child Wasting in South Asia.
14 October 2020: Concern Worldwide & Welthungerhilfe are launching the 2020 Global Hunger Index "Linking Health and Sustainable Food Systems" Fri 16th Oct at 2pm. Register here.
30 September 2020: The Global Panel has release the new foresight 2.0 report 'Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity'. Read more here.
28 September 2020: 29th September 2020. The Global Panel is launching the new report: "Foresight 2.0 Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity". Join the launch here.
Tools and training
23 November 2020: Tech RRT and partners invite you to another IYCF-E learning & sharing café. Monday 30th November at 2pm (Geneva time). Info and registration here.
22 October 2020: Tech RRT and partners invite you to a webinar on nutrition surveys in the COVID-19 context29th October at 2pm (Geneva Time). In English with French & Spanish interpretation.
9 October 2020: UNICEF has developed a modified design of the MUAC tape that adheres to the safety and hygiene precautionary measures introduced in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
8 October 2020: Tech RRT and partners invite you to two webinars on IYCF programming in the context of COVID-19. 22nd and 27th October with French, Spanish and Arabic interpretation.
Events
7 January 2021: The Conflict Research Programme have just launched a new online exhibition (Silent) Voices: The Bukavu Expo, in collaboration with a number of research institutions in the DRC.
10 December 2020: MAMI Ethiopia research programme online update meeting: Monday 14th or Tuesday 15th December 2020 at 11am (UK). 14:00 – 16:30 Ethiopian time. More info and registration here.
4 December 2020: Upcoming FAO webinar "Our Basic Texts: 'Raising levels of nutrition' FAO's contribution to global nutrition" (Monday 14 December 2020 @15.00 CET). Info & registration here.
19 October 2020: Join FAO & Tufts University for the technical series on the conceptual framework for addressing acute malnutrition in Africa’s drylands. Info and registration.
7 September 2020: ENN, the WHO and the ECF invite you to a webinar on the WHO Guideline Development Process. Wed 23rd September (2-3.30pm BST). Register here.