The Fourth Meeting of the WHO/UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM)

The fourth TEAM meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland,  21-22 March 2017. This report includes the summary of discussion from the TEAM meeting sessions (see agenda in Annex 1 and list of participants in Annex 2).  TEAM reviewed progress and next steps towards finalizing interim indicators for IFA, MAD, trained nutrition professionals and breastfeeding counselling, and agreed on prevalence levels for wasting, overweight and stunting. Other activities discussed were operational guidance for Global nutrition monitoring framework (GNMF) indicators, the anthropometry data quality report, and methods and estimates for low birthweight, stunting and overweight. TEAM was also updated on the work on modelling exclusive breastfeeding rates using retrospective data. A mapping of ongoing nutrition monitoring activities was presented, and the group discussed other research priorities for TEAM, outside of its work on the GNMF. A draft workplan for 2018-2019 was discussed and it was decided that the workplan would be finalized in the next TEAM meeting.