THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Conference Hashtag: #Deliver4Nutrition
Time: 11:30-13:00 IST
THEMATIC SESSION 7: Severe wasting in India: Technical and programmatic insights
Co-chairs: Abner Daniel, UNICEF India; Tarun Choudhury, Society for Applied Studies
Opening remarks by co-chairs
Early identification: Key to improve nutritional status of SAM and MAM children
Lahari Yaddanapudi, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas, IIT Mumbai
Incidence of severe acute malnutrition among children under five in Bihar
Aritra Das, CARE India
Rehabilitating undernourished children through Poshan Sanjha Chulah approach
Harish Chand, World Vision India
Experience with community management of SAM in Abu Road block of Sirohi district, Rajasthan
Ishaprasad Bhagwat, The India Nutrition Initiative, Tata Trusts
Q&A
Closing remarks by co-chairs
Parallel Sessions
Time: 15:30-17:00 IST
THEMATIC SESSION 8: Women together: Consolidating insights from women’s group programs for nutrition
Co-chairs: Sapna Desai, Population Council; Kalyani Raghunathan, International Food Policy Research Institute
Opening remarks by co-chairs
Leveraging and institutionalization of community-led multi-sector integrated interventions
Monica Shrivastav, ROSHINA Lady Irwin College
Changing dietary diversity in 6-23-month-old children through women’s collectives
Rakesh Jha, Project Concern International
Learnings from a comprehensive evaluation of a nutrition-focused pilot intervention through women’s SHGs in Bihar
Avishek Hazra, Population Council
Role of participatory women group-based intervention in improving health and nutrition behavior of lactating mothers in Eastern India
Reshmi R S, International Institute for Population Sciences
Q&A
Closing remarks by co-chairs
Time: 15:30-17:00 IST
THEMATIC SESSION 9: Systems strengthening: Using data to improve programs
Co-chairs: Manita Jangid, International Food Policy Research Institute; Divya Nair, IDinsight
Opening remarks by co-chairs
A comprehensive framework of indicators to track progress on nutrition in India
Manita Jangid, IFPRI
M-Health intervention has the potential to alleviate constraints in using administrative data systems for improving service delivery in India
Rasmi Avula, IFPRI
Strategic use of program data (SUD) as system strengthening measure to improve the implementation of maternal nutrition interventions
Vishal Shastri, Alive & Thrive
Reflections on the use of data in the Aspirational Districts Program
Rama Kamaraju, NITI Aayog
Reflections on supporting India’s development programs with data
Divya Nair, IDinsight
Q&A
Closing remarks by co-chairs
Time: 17:30-18:30 IST
PLENARY SESSION 3: Supporting adequate child growth in times of crisis: Why does it matter?
Chair: Rasmi Avula, International Food Policy Research Institute
Opening remarks by chair
Estimated impacts of COVID-19 on child wasting and mortality
Marie Ruel, International Food Policy Research Institute
COVID-19 implications on child growth: Will “catch-up” be possible?
Jef Leroy, International Food Policy Research Institute
Early wasting in India
Ranadip Chowdhary, Society for Applied Studies
Reflections on addressing wasting in India during COVID-19 and beyond
HPS Sachdev, Sitaram Bharti Hospital and Medical Research Centre