December 1, 2021: Sessions

DECEMBER 1, 2021: SESSIONS

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2021

 

Pre-conference workshops- REGISTRATION CLOSED

Workshop 1: Phone surveys to measure health and nutrition indicators: Practical learnings from COVID-19 focused surveys

Time: 22:30-00:30 EST | 03:30-05:30 GMT |  08:30-10:30 PKT | 09:00-11:00 IST/SLT | 09:15-11:15 NPT | 09:30-11:30 BST

HostIDinsight

Level: Basic/intermediate

No. of participants: 30

Expected attendees: Researchers, M&E professionals, program implementers

NOTE: Due to the limited slots available for this workshop, registration is closed. The selected participants will receive the joining link.

Workshop 2: Improving the measurement of food security to assess COVID-19 impacts 

Time: 00:30-02:00 EST | 05:30-07:00 GMT  | 10:30-12:00 PKT | 11:00-12:30 IST/SLT | 11:15-12:45 NPT | 11:30-13:00 BST

HostInternational Food Policy Research Institute

Level: Basic

No. of participants: Open to all registered participants

Expected attendees: Professionals in M&E focused organizations, researchers, practitioners focused on delivering interventions to improve food security and diets  


 

Opening Plenary: What do we know so far about the impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition in South Asia?

Time: 06:00-07:30 EST | 11:00-12:30 GMT | 16:00-17:30 PKT | 16:30-18:00 IST/SLT | 16:45-18:15 NPT | 17:00-18:30 BST
Welcome by moderator

Purnima Menon, International Food Policy Research Institute

Opening remarks by co-chairs

Shahidur Rashid, IFPRI  & Vinod Paul, NITI Aayog

Importance of implementation research for improving programs for women and children in the context of COVID-19 (video)

Margaret Bentley, The Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition (SISN)

Impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health and nutrition: Global situation analysis

Saskia Osendarp, Micronutrient Forum

Impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health and nutrition: South Asia situation

Aatekah Owais, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health

Adapting program actions and implementation research to support nutrition during COVID-19: An example from Nepal

Pooja Pandey, Helen Keller International (HKI), Nepal

Q&A
Overview of Conference

Rasmi Avula, IFPRI

Closing Reflections

Vinod Paul, NITI Aayog
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Aga Khan University and SickKids Centre for Global Child Health
Shahidur Rashid, IFPRI

Thematic Session 1:Impact on nutrition outcomes and its determinants 

Time: 07:30-09:00 EST | 12:30-14:00 GMT | 17:30-19:00 PKT | 18:00-19:30 IST/SLT | 18:15-19:45 NPT | 18:30-20:00 BST
Co-chairs: Tahmeed Ahmed, icddr,b & Phuong Nguyen, IFPRI
The consequences of the pandemic on pregnancy outcomes: Efforts in ensuring pregnancy weight gain in the times of COVID-19

Sreeparna Mukherjee & Ipsita Bhattacharjee, Child in Need Institute

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on nutritional status of children between 6 months to 3 years enrolled under creche program in southern Odisha

Shahnawaz Khan, Public Health Resource Society

Impact of COVID-19 on nutritional status and other morbidities among under-five children including those born during the pandemic and treated in a diarrheal disease hospital in Bangladesh

Sharika Nuzhat, icddr,b

Understanding child nutrition during the pandemic: A qualitative study of mothers of under-two children from urban informal settlements of Mumbai

Nikhat Shaikh, SNEHA (Society for Nutrition Education & Health Action)

Impact of COVID-19 on dietary diversity and nutritional status of pregnant women and under-two years children among beneficiaries of a livelihood improvement program

Gulshan Ara, icddr,b

The impact of pandemic lockdown measures on nutrition of school-age children: A household survey in Pakistan

Jai K Das, Aga Khan University

Q&A