The Third Meeting of the WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM)

Overview

The third TEAM meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland, 15-16 September 2016. This report includes the summary of discussion from the TEAM meeting sessions (see the agenda in Annex 1 and participants list in Annex 2). Updates on all ongoing activities in the TEAM workplan were provided by the groups working on those. The concept notes and/or terms of reference on iron and folic acid (IFA), minimum acceptable diet (MAD), trained nutrition professionals and breastfeeding counselling indicators were discussed. It was agreed that the calls for consultants for IFA, MAD and trained nutritional professionals would be finalised and advertised. It was decided that the TEAM working group working on breastfeeding counselling indicator would revise the concept note including a recommendation for an interim indicator. Other activities discussed were rules for tracking WHA global nutrition targets, prevalence level ranges for stunting, and wasting and overweight.