When: 10 December 2023 from 15:15 – 16:30 hrs UTC+4
Where: Hybrid event at Health Pavilion, Blue zone, COP28, Dubai
Organizers: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Food Fortification Initiative (FFI), International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IFSBH), Micronutrient Forum (MNF), Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat, Standing Together For Nutrition (ST4N), World Health Organization (WHO).
Livestream : Click here to follow the livestream
Micronutrient deficiencies, a pervasive global health issue, impacting human well-being is exacerbated by the multifaceted impacts of climate change. Optimizing the health and resilience of populations in the face of current and future shocks is critical as we strive to protect and nourish future generations
This event will elevate a common narrative on nutrition in an era of rising challenges, especially related to climate change, and offer policy and action recommendations to support nutrition resilience in ways that have a neutral or positive impact on the environment. The event will highlight critical work on nutrition-resilient systems, the resolution on Food Fortification adopted at the World Health Assembly in 2023, as well as the work conducted by Member States with a strong action agenda on nutrition and climate change, notably using fortification as a means to achieve nutrition resilience.
Moderator
- Sophie Healy-Thow, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
- Alexandre Brecher, Scaling Up Nutrition Secretariat
Speakers
- Afshan Khan, SUN Coordinator and Assistant Secretary-General
- Bharati Kulkarni, National Nutrition Institute of Nutrition
- Cecilia Fabrizio, Standing Together For Nutrition
- Claire Heffernan, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Research and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund, Action Against Stunting Hub
- Francesco Branca, World Health Organization
- Genet Gebremedhin, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
- Jessie Genoway, Food Fortification Initiative
- Mathew Mhuru, National Food and Nutrition Commission, Zambia
- Saskia Osendarp, Micronutrient Forum
- Syliva Roozen, International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
- Umi Fahmida, SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition, Indonesia