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50 FEATURES www.unsystem.org/scn document, available from Feinstein Famine Center, Tufts University). Dufour C and Borrel A (2007) Towards a Public Nutrition Response in Afghanistan: Evolutions in Nutritional Assessments and Response. In Pain A and Sutton J (eds) Reconstructing Agriculture in Afghanistan. Food and Agriculture Organization: Rome. Egal F (2003) Methodology for training-cum-planning workshop on: Alleviating Malnutrition in ... Province/Area; The Role of Food and Agriculture”, (unpublished document, available from Florence Egal, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO Rome: Florence.Egal@fao.org). Gatchell V (2003) Scurvy in Afghanistan: a review of the history, risk factors, supplementation program and potential food-based strategies to prevent scurvy. UNICEF and Tufts University, Kabul. Groupe URD (2002) The Quality Project in Afghanistan: Mission I, July-August 2002. http://www.urd.org Groupe URD (2003) The Quality Project in Afghanistan: Mission II, January-February 2003: http://www.urd.org Grunewald F (2002) From Emergency Aid to Sustainable Food Security: 10 years of agricultural recovery in Afghanistan. Field Exchange 15:7-9. Levinson J (2003) Institutionalization of Nutrition. In Gillespie S, McLachlan M and Shrimpton R (eds) Combating Malnutrition: time to act. Human Development Network: Health, Nutrition and Population Series, World Bank: Washington D.C. Levinson J (1995) Multi-sectoral Nutrition Planning: a synthesis of experience. In Pinstrup-Andersen P, Pelletier D and Alderman H (eds) Child Growth and Nutrition in Developing Countries: Priorities for Action. Levitt E (2007) Pursuing Food System Approaches to Promote Food Security and Reduce Malnutrition in Afghanistan (unpublished report, available from GRM Afghanistan and Emily Levitt, ejl5@cornell.edu). Ministry of Public Health, UNICEF, Center for Disease Control, Tufts University (2005) Nutritional Micronutrient Survey. Ministry of Public Health, Kabul. Ministry of Health of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Tufts University, UNICEF (2003) Evaluation of Supplementary Feeding Programmes. (unpublished report, available from Public Nutrition Department, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul). Ministry of Public Health of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan and Tufts University. (2003a) Public Nutrition Policy and Strategy 2003-2006. Ministry of Public Health, Kabul. Shrimpton R (2002) Nutrition and Communities. In Nutrition: a Foundation for Development, Geneva: ACC/SCN. Contact: charlotte.dufour@fao.org Acknowledgements This article reflects the experience and contributions of nutritionists who have laid the foundations for nutrition coordination since 2002: Annalies Borrel, Fitsum Assefa, Felicite Tchinbindat, Edith Cheung, Diane Holland, Wendy Johnecheck, Rosio Godomar, Manijeh Ali, Henri Mdebwe, Rose Khan and Emily Levitt. Most importantly, nothing would have been possible without our Afghan colleagues from MOPH: Dr. Zarmina, Dr. Najeeb, Dr. Roya, Dr. Shams and the growing Public Nutrition team; from UNICEF: Dr. Shah Mahmood and Dr. Zakia; from MAIL: Nazeera Rahman and the Extension and Home Economics team; from FAO: Mahbooba Abawi, Farida Lamay, Dr. Shahrestani, Nazifa Natique, Seemen Sharifi and Fatima Razae; and from WFP: Jamshid Zewari. The author wishes to thank Florence Egal, FAO, and François Grünewald, President of Groupe URD, for guiding her in preparing the 11 th Horwitz, as well her friends and colleagues: Peggy Pascal (Groupe URD), Diane Holland, Annalies Borrel (UNICEF), and Karim Merchant (FAO). SCN NEWS # 34 back to contents
www.unsystem.org/scn UPDATE: ECHUI 51 Strengthening the message: ECHUI at the 34th Annual Session Reported by Micheal Hutak, Communication Specialist, ECHUI, WFP The 34 th Session of the SCN at FAO Headquarters in Rome this past February was an important milestone in the evolution of the Ending Child Hunger and Undernutrition Initiative (ECHUI). The Initiative’s key strategic document, the draft Global Framework for Action (GFA), was made available to all SCN participants ahead of the meeting, as part of the invitation to SCN members to comment on and improve its ideas and help determine its future directions. The session got underway under the theme "Working Together": a notion crucial not just to the success of the Initiative, but arguably to the sustainability and long-term effectiveness of development efforts for children. ECHUI and the SCN As the session proceeded with ECHUI in the spotlight, the SCN encouraged the core focus and aspirations of this effort: to put the still-pervasive phenomena of child hunger and undernutrition at the center of policy debate and to establish a broad-based partnership effort for mobilising attention and catalysing action on the causes, extent and impact of child hunger and undernutrition and the strategies and solutions available to address it – particularly at country, local and family levels. The Initiative was considered in the business meetings of the SCN’s three constituencies - bilaterals, UN agencies and civil society organizations. In these discussions, the enthusiasm for redoubling our collective efforts to tackle child hunger and undernutrition helped to confirm the timeliness of ECHUI, and a consensus that with renewed focus, commitment and goodwill - and using the evidence and good practices available - we can all “work together” to eliminate these scourges which contribute to the preventable deaths of more than five million under fives every year. Leading up to the SCN Annual Session, several of the SCN’s Working Groups considered the evolving GFA and provided valuable, detailed comments which have since been reflected in the document. These include: greater specificity and clarity regarding the country-led nature of the actions that the Initiative will seek to promote; the need to tailor available solutions to country circumstances and local evidence of the causes of the problems affecting children; further specification of the available and tested approaches, including in areas such as homestead food production, complementary feeding and maternal care and nutrition; and the strengthening of the application of a human rights-based approach in the strategies and aims of ECHUI. It is envisaged that the Global Framework will continue to be refined over the coming months through continued interactions with partners and as a result of the findings and recommendations of the forthcoming Lancet series on nutrition. As initiating agencies, WFP and UNICEF were greatly encouraged by the SCN’s comments that “broadly welcomes the ECHUI and not only agrees on the goals of ECHUI but also the need for such an initiative to strengthen the response across the world to the problem of child hunger and undernutrition.” The SCN’s generous offer to “further strengthen, to contribute to and to collaborate to help take efforts forward for ending child hunger and undernutrition” is one that should be eagerly taken up by the ECHUI Partners Group, scheduled to hold its inaugural meeting in October this year. ECHUI in brief To recap briefly, the strategic approach of the Initiative is to mobilise evidence of the problem and the available solutions to advocate for and catalyse the stepping-up and integration of existing efforts – particularly those at country level - in order to accelerate progress and increase coherence and effectiveness. It is believed that ECHUI can add significant value to what is already in place: • by promoting greater cohesion among initiatives – ranging from those for child survival, maternal and newborn health, for micronutrients and against hunger; • by helping to raise awareness and communicating that good nutrition is a major development outcome in itself - as well as a cornerstone for sustained, broad-based development and poverty reduction; • by focussing on data and measurable results for children; • by promoting attention to and analysis of the multiple and varying causes of poor nutrition, growth and hunger in different settings; back to contents SCN NEWS # 34
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