THE HOW!

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THE HOW!

• Focusing on operations in global nutrition

The 18th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial
Lecture Controversies in Reducing
Undernutrition A debate on The Lancet series on
Maternal and Child Undernutrition
Marcia Griffiths The Manoff Group
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The Lancet Series
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The Lancet Series

• Makes a strong case for centrality of nutrition
  in development

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The Lancet Series

• Focus on critical regions and countries
• Emphasis on woman during pregnancy and child age
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The Lancet Series

• Provides a list of interventions deemed
  effective
• Selection of interventions should be reviewed

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The Lancet Series
HOW
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The Lancet Series

• Omits information and insights into what is known
  about nutrition operations

HOW
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The Lancet Series

• Does not recognize that quality of implementation
  determines effectiveness

HOW
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The omission of the
HOW

• Leaves the nutrition sector disabled in competing
  for attention and resources
• Continues to divide the community by not
  recognizing achievements outside a controlled
  research environment
• Leads to some inadequate and misguided
  recommendations

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The omission of the
HOW

• Gives the mistaken impression that monitoring and
  promotion of adequate child growth is wrong

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The omission of the
HOW

• Gives the mistaken impression that monitoring and
  promotion of adequate child growth is wrong
• Ignores the importance of demand creation and
  behavior change communication for all aspects of
  nutrition

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The omission of the
HOW

• Gives the mistaken impression that monitoring and
  promotion of adequate child growth is wrong
• Ignores the importance of demand creation and
  behavior change communication for all aspects of
  nutrition
• Neglects the importance of developing and
  maintaining a community base for nutrition

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To address the

• Complete an authoritative review of nutrition
  operations

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To address the

• Complete an authoritative review of nutrition
  operations
• Develop and support a work program to fill gaps
  that emerge from the review of operations

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To address the

• Complete an authoritative review of nutrition
  operations
• Develop and support a work program to fill gaps
  that emerge from the review of operations
• Create and support a virtual hub for the
  advancement of nutrition operations that includes
  a capacity building and mentoring network