SEPTEMBER 15, 2020: SESSIONS
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Conference Hashtag: #Deliver4Nutrition
Time: 10:30-12:00 IST
OPENING SESSION & LAUNCH OF INDIA NUTRITION IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH GAP MAP
Opening & welcome remarks
Purnima Menon and Shahidur Rashid, International Food Policy Research Institute
Launch and presentation of the India Nutrition Implementation Research Gap Map
Marie Gaarder and Stuti Tripathi, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Expanding funding support to help close delivery gaps in nutrition
Shahid Jameel, India Alliance
Moderated panel on building research capabilities and research funding in India
- R Hemalatha, National Institute of Nutrition
- Ashutosh Jain, Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog
- Harish Iyer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Shirshendu Mukherjee, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
Q&A
Time: 12:00-13:30 IST
THEMATIC SESSION 1: SUPPORTING NUTRITION BEHAVIORS IN THE FIRST 1000 DAYS
Co-chairs: Phuong Nguyen and Purnima Menon, International Food Policy Research Institute
Opening remarks by co-chairs
A community-based convergent approach in ensuring pregnancy weight gain and reduction of anemia
S G Mukherjee, Child In Need Institute
Impact of Mother-Baby Friendly Initiative Plus on use of human milk for term and preterm neonates
Ruchika C Sachdeva, PATH
Q&A
Closing remarks by Sila Deb, National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (TBC)
Parallel Sessions
Time: 15:30-17:00 IST
THEMATIC SESSION 2: BRINGING IT TOGETHER FOR GOOD NUTRITION: WHAT WILL CONVERGENCE TAKE?
Co-chairs: Rasmi Avula, International Food Policy Research Institute; Alok Ranjan, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Opening remarks by co-chairs
Frontline perspectives on implementing a convergent framework of action against malnutrition in urban informal settlements in Mumbai
Sudha Ramani, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai
Close the gap in nutrition
Neha Saigal, IPE Global
Field-level experiences with convergence: Work with POSHAN Abhiyaan
Sneha Palit, Piramal Foundation
Mainstreaming Nutrition Agenda in Gram Panchayats
C S Gowda, Sulochana Thapar Foundation
Q&A
Closing remarks by co-chairs
Time: 15:30-17:00 IST
THEMATIC SESSION 3: SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING: HUMAN RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FINANCING
Co-chairs: Avani Kapur, Accountability Initiative; William Joe, Institute of Economic Growth
Opening remarks by co-chairs
Public private partnership for system strengthening (ICDS): A case of Swasth Bharat Prerak Program
Prapti Adhikari, The India Nutrition Initiative
Quality assessment of MIYCN service delivery in the ‘First 1000 Days of Life’
Shailesh Jagtap, Alive & Thrive
Social Audit under National Food Security Act 2013
Tapan Gope, GIZ
Social identity, recognition and redistribution in health service delivery
Soumya Pancholi, Government of Haryana and Ashoka University
Financing nutrition in India
Ritwik Shukla, Accountability Initiative
Q&A
Closing remarks by co-chairs
Time: 17:30-18:30 IST
PLENARY SESSION 1: Building quality health (and other) systems to deliver impact for nutrition
Quality in health systems and implications for nutrition
Margaret E. Kruk, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Discussants:
- Rajani Ved, National Health Systems Resource Center
- Alok Kumar, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Chair: Purnima Menon