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Regional Training in Nutrition in Emergencies

High quality professional training courses in East Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia

The NIE Regional Training Initiative is coordinated by the Centre for International Health and Development (part of University College London) in collaboration with academic institutions in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Course Information

The intensive 6- and 12-day courses in Nutrition in Emergencies have been designed to help equip participants with the expertise needed to lead or support nutrition responses. They are intended to build the skills of anyone who has an involvement with emergency nutrition, including health and food security staff, and general programme managers. In addition to providing the most up-to-date technical theory of NIE, we employ a range of training techniques to help participants to think more practically about what they would need to do to prevent and treat malnutrition during an emergency.

The course materials are based on the NIE Harmonized Training Package (HTP) which has been developed by international experts on behalf of the Global Nutrition Cluster. The HTP is the most up-to-date training resource for emergency nutrition.

Each course includes modules on the causes and types of malnutrition as well as the main areas of focus for nutrition professionals in emergency settings:

  • Surveys and surveillance
  • Therapeutic and supplementary feeding
  • Infant and young child feeding in emergencies
  • General food distributions
  • Micronutrient assessment and intervention
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Humanitarian standards and coordination
  • Emergency preparedness

Particular emphasis is placed on how nutrition responses link to other sectors and on the integration of emergency-type interventions into longer-term strategies for preventing and treating malnutrition. During the 12-day courses additional topics are included relevant to NIE, such as: working with communities, and advocacy and communication in emergency contexts.

Course Schedule

May 2011: The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center will be running a 10 day, Nutrition in Emergencies Professional Short Course in Chiang Mai Thailand. The course will run from 23rd May – 2nd June 2011 and is open to all participants in the region and globally.

The cost of the course is U.S $2500 which includes accommodation and all meals and applications will close on 23rd April 2011. To download a course application form visit www.nietraining.net.

For further information email coordinator@nietraining.net.