Call For Papers- Annual Nutrition Symposium 2022-CLOSED

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NUTRITION SYMPOSIUM 2022

“STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION IN UGANDA”

KAMPALA; 22^ND-25^TH NOVEMBER 2022

Scope of the symposium: The Ministry of Health is organizing a four-day Nutrition Symposium focusing on the systems approach for improving nutrition in Uganda. The Symposium provides an opportunity for stakeholders to share their work, innovations, and other initiatives that promote healthy diets, inform Nutrition program, Policy, and Nutrition Information systems.

Symposium theme: Strengthening systems for improved nutrition in Uganda

Sub-themes

1. Maternal, Infant, Young Child and Adolescent Nutrition (MIYCAN) a. Scaling up BFHI implementation in promotion, protection and support of optimal breastfeeding practices b. Leveraging community care practices for improved household and community nutrition c. Nutrition in emergencies d. Early childhood development interventions in improving early Childhood Nutrition e. Innovations addressing Gender, Youth and Social inclusion to improve uptake of nutrition care seeking behavior.  2. Nutrition in Health and Disease a. Innovations for management of malnutrition b. Prevention and control of nutrition related NCDs c. Nutrition policies, guidelines, and standards 3.   Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation a. Use of data to improve nutrition services b. Using research to inform action in nutrition c. Empowering government in e-HMIS/Nutrition information systems skills d. Nutrition support supervision and monitoring tools in Nutrition systems performance

4.   Human Resources for Nutrition a. Current Nutrition Human Resource needs b. Pre- and in-service capacity building initiatives for Nutrition Human Resources  c. Advocacy for recruitment of nutritionists  5.   Nutrition Financing in Uganda      a. Role of government and nutrition stakeholders in financing nutrition programmes and activities b. Evidence from program and policy analysis for nutrition costing 6.   Supplies for Nutrition in Uganda a. Current nutrition supply needs b. Why invest in nutrition supply chains? A case for strengthening Uganda's nutrition supply chains c.  Integrating nutrition products into health system supply chains: making the case d. National Information Platform for Nutrition and how it impacts evidence based nutrition supply chain systems strengthening 7.   Multi-sectoral response to improving nutrition-food systems for accelerating human, social and economic development a. Nutrition sensitive agriculture b. The state of food security and nutrition in Uganda c. Transforming food systems for health d. Health and social protection in improving nutrition

Abstracts for Presentations: The organizing committee is calling for submission of Abstracts from policy makers, program implementers, researchers, academia, development partners and all actors within and outside Uganda. The abstracts relevant to the symposium theme or sub-themes should be written in English and not exceed 300 words. Authors should indicate which sub-theme their abstract pertains to and the preferred mode of presentation (oral or poster). The presenting author should be underlined, and contact information provided. Each abstract should be structured under Introduction, Objectives, Method, Results and Conclusion and submitted as a word document.

Send your abstracts to nutritionsymposium2022@gmail.com or via the symposium webpage by October 15, 2022.

For more information regarding the symposium, please contact the symposium secretariat chair Ministry of Health on; Tel: 0780702617; email tmateeba@yahoo.com or nutritionsymposium2022@gmail.com

Symposium Dates: 22nd -24th November 2022.    Register here for the symposium