In June 2016, SPRING, in partnership with USAID's Bureau for Food Security and Bureau for Global Health, hosted the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning & Evidence Exchange (MSN-GLEE) conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Staff from USAID's Bureau for Food Security, Bureau for Global Health, the Office of Food for Peace, USAID Missions in Asia, implementing partners, and host country governments shared their experiences and research, enabling widespread engagement across the countries and improving understanding of emerging concepts.
Experts in agriculture, economic growth, WASH, nutrition, and health programs gave presentations and led interactive sessions on a range of topics designed to strengthen country-led efforts to improve nutrition. USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy and accompanying technical guidance briefs formed the basis for an exciting agenda designed to help participants identify places where a multi-sectoral nutrition programming approach can be strengthened.
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Meeting Agenda (PDF, 304 KB)
MSN-GLEE Asia Attendees Photo (JPG, 200 KB)
Disclaimer: The contents of the presentations are the responsibility of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
Presentations
| The State of the Region | |
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| The State of the Region - Overview of ASEAN Countries (PDF, 1.4 MB) | Dorothy Foote, Programme Specialist, UNICEF |
| The State of the Region - Central and South Asia (PDF, 480 KB) | Carolyn Hart, Director, SPRING |
| USAID's Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy: The Framework in Action | |
| Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014-2025 (PDF, 2.06 MB) | Elaine Gray, Nutrition Advisor, USAID, Bureau for Global Health |
| Introduction to Multi-Sectoral Prgramming, Collaboration, and Coordination | |
| Introduction to Multi-Sectoral Prgramming, Collaboration, and Coordination (PDF, 340 KB) | Moderator: Gwyneth Cotes, Director, Globial Initiatives, SPRING Panelists: Geeta Bhakta Joshi, Member, Nepal National Planning Commission Mohammad Iftekhar Rashid, Nutrition Specialist, USAID/Bangladesh Mohammad Raisul Haque, Program Head, HNPP, BRAC |
| What Works in Nutrition? Evidence from Nutrition-Specific and Nutrition-Sensitive Programming | |
| What Works in Nutrition: Nutrition-Sensitive Prgramming (PDF, 2.64 MB ) | Heather Danton, Director, Food Security and Nutrition, SPRING |
| What Works in Nutrition: Nutrition-Specific Actions (PDF, 1.608 MB ) | Rolf Klemm, Vice President for Nutrition, Helen Keller International |
| Less Guess: The Secret Life of Social and Behavior Change Communication | |
| Less Guess: The Secret Life of Social and Behavior Change Communication (PDF, 6.55 MB) No Water Video (MPG, 10.40 MB) Early Initiation TV Spot (MPG, 10.70 MB) | Ann Jimerson, Senior Specialist in Behavior Change, Alive & Thrive |
| Achieving Results and Scale in Integrated Programming | |
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| Achieving Results and Scale in Integrated Programming (PDF, 701 KB) |
Moderator: Carolyn Hart, Director, SPRING Presenters: Sharmila Neogi, PMS Maternal Health, USAID/India Malika Makhkambaeva, Project Management Specialist, USAID/Tajikistan Pooja Pandey Rana, Deputy Chief of Party, HKI/Nepal Arif Rashid, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, USAID Mohammad Nurnobi, Program Management Specialist, USAID/Bangladesh |
Six Concurrent Sessions |
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| Nutrition in the Humanitarian Context | |
| Responding to Emergency Food and Nutrition Needs in an On-Going Complex Emergency (PDF, 1.16 MB) |
Lori Du Trieuille, Senior Humanitarian Advisor, USAID/Afghanistan |
| Malnutrition in Pakistan: Humanitarian or Development Challenge? (PDF, 800 KB) |
Abdul Rehman, Program Management Specialist, USAID/Pakistan Food for Peace |
| Nutrition Policy in Real Life: Examples and Opportunities | |
| Nutrition Policy in Real Life: Examples and Opportunities (PDF, 504 KB) Thailand Country Report (PDF, 6.47 MB) |
Somchai Durongdej, Associate Professor, Shinawatra University |
| Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Experiences from Programming at the Country Level | |
| Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: The USAID Agricultural Research Perspective (PDF, 5.86 MB ) | John Bowman, Senior Agriculture Advisor & Program Area Leader, USAID, Bureau for Food Security |
| Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Experiences from Bangladesh (PDF, 1.77 MB ) | Aaron Hawkins, Chief of Party, SPRING/Bangladesh |
| WASH Hands. Eat. Drink. Excrete. Repeat.: Linking WASH Programming and Nutrition | |
| WASH Hands. Eat. Drink. Excrete. Repeat.: WASH and Nutrition (PDF, 2.93 MB) | Rochelle Rainey, Senior Advisor, WASH, USAID, Bureau for Global Health |
| The Role of Women's Empowerment in Nutrition-Specific and Nutrition-Sensitive Programming | |
| Role of Women Empowerment in Reduction of Child Stunting: Experience of CARE's SHOUHARDO Program (PDF, 558 KB ) | Syeda Ashrafiz Zaharia Prodhan, Senior Technical Coordinator - Women's Empowerment, CARE/Bangladesh |
| The Role of Agricultural Extension Services in Supporting a Multisectoral Approach to Improving Nutrition (PDF, 774 KB ) | Andrea Bohn, Associate Director, INGENAES Project |
| The Five Components of Effective Programming for Food Fortification | |
| Food Fortificatioin as a Means to Achieving Nutrition Goals (PDF, 720 KB) | Omar Dary, Health Science (Nutrition) Specialist, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Rizwan Yusufali, WFP, South Asia Visith Chavisit, Professor, Mahidol University Mutriba Latypova, Country Coordinator, GAIN/Tajikistan Dora Panagides, Senior Manager, Large Scale Food Fortification, GAIN |
| Update on the New USAID Indicators | |
| Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Monitoring & Indicators: USAID Working Group Across GH, BFS, FFP, OFDA (PDF, 960 KB) | Elizabeth Bontrager, Nutrition Advisor, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Arif Rashid, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, USAID |
| Strengthening Coordination, Policy and Leadership | |
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| Moderator: Heather Danton, Director, Food Security and Nutrition, SPRING | |
| Strengthening Coordination, Policy, and Leadership: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Private Sector (PDF, 1.01 MB) |
Amit Chandra, Health Systems Advisor, Millenium Challenge Corporation |
| Conflict of Interest: Managing the Issue to Support Effective Engagment and Nutiriton Policy Planning (PDF, 420 KB) |
Breda Gavin-Smith, Consultant Public Health Nutritionist/Col, SUN Movement/FANTA |
| Malnutrition and Food Systems in South-East Asia: Emerging Trends (PDF, 1.65 MB) |
Katrien Ghoos, Senior Regional Nutrition Advisor, World Food Programme |
| Closing Remarks | |
| Comments Relating the Experience of Thailand in Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (PDF, 402 KB) | Pattanee Winichagoon, Associate Professor, Mahidol University |
