The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #17
Dear all,
We hope you are well. Please find below this week’s updates in and around the Program in International Nutrition. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Nidhi and Saurabh
PIN Seminars
This week:
"Project for a comprehensive reevaluation of WHO hemoglobin cut-offs used to define anaemia"
María Nieves García-Casal, PhD,
Scientist
Food and Nutrition Action in Health Systems Unit (AHS)
Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS)
The World Health Organization
March 24, 2022 | 11:30 AM EST
Save the dates for upcoming Spring 2022 PIN Seminars:
Md. Munirul Islam, MBBS, PhD,
Scientist, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division and
Senior Consultant Physician, Dhaka Hospital
March 31, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Shibani Ghosh, PhD,
Research Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and
Associate Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Tufts University
April 14, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Jennifer Friedman, MD, PhD,
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and
Director, Lifespan Center for International Health Research (CIHR)
April 21, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Reina Engle-Stone, PhD,
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
May 5, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
PIN Podcasts
PIN Podcast | PIN 16 - Rolf Klemm — share.transistor.fm
Dr. Rolf Klemm joins the PIN Podcast to tell us about his work as Vice President of Nutrition at Helen Keller International (HKI)
Listen to our previous episodes here
PIN #DYK
Other Seminars and Events of Interest
Measuring What Matters: 10 Years of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, why has it mattered, and what’s next? — ifpri.zoom.us
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is the first-ever direct measure of women’s empowerment and inclusion in the agriculture sector and was launched in 2012 at the 56th UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Thursday, March 24, 2022 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST | Register here
The Rentierization of Food: Regimes of Property and the Making of Chile’s Globalized Agriculture | CALS — cals.cornell.edu
Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Sociology
Friday, March 25, 2022, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST
Division of Nutritional Sciences Seminar — www.human.cornell.edu
"Nutrient sensing and hormonal control of metabolism"
Dr. Katrin J. Svensson, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 11:30 AM - 12:30PM EST
Nutrition Graduate Student Organization @Cornell Virtual Spring Speaker Seminar
The Nutrition Graduate Student Organization (NGSO, Cornell) is hosting Dr. Chelsea Singleton of Tulane University for a virtual seminar, titled: “Violence and Nutrition: A Historical Synopsis of Associations and Their Influence on Nutrition Equity.”
Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 3:00 PM EST
News and Updates
Global report on the state of dietary data — www.intake.org This joint FAO and Intake publication is the first ever Global report on the state of dietary data. The purpose of the report is to take stock and celebrate the collection and use of dietary data in LMICs, while generating further momentum for investment in dietary surveys.
On World TB day WHO calls for increased investments into TB services and research — www.who.int On World TB Day, WHO calls for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information into the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Although 66 million lives have been saved since 2000, the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed those gains. For the first time in over a decade, TB deaths increased in 2020.
Empowering rural women: joint UN programme's new phase to target countries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific | World Food Programme — www.wfp.org ROME: Four United Nations agencies today announced the forthcoming launch of a new phase of a joint programme that aims to secure rural women’s livelihoods, rights and resilience to advance sustainable development.
USDA-NIFA Invests Over $5M in Human Chronic Disease Prevention | National Institute of Food and Agriculture — nifa.usda.gov KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment of over $5 million to support projects that impact diet, nutrition and chronic disease prevention.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) instituted to protect breastfeeding against unethical marketing, has been adopted by many countries, including Bangladesh.
Review of the Impact Pathways of Biofortified Foods and Food Products
Biofortification is the process of increasing the concentrations and/or bioavailability of micronutrients in staple crops and has the potential to mitigate micronutrient deficiencies globally.
Women of reproductive age (WRA) are at increased risk for anemia and iron deficiency. However, there is limited population-level data in India, which could help inform evidence-based recommendations and policy.
The delivery of nutrition-related interventions and counselling during antenatal care is critical for a healthy pregnancy for both mother and child.
Antenatal care (ANC) is the largest health platform globally for delivering maternal nutrition interventions (MNIs) to pregnant women. Yet, large missed opportunities remain in nutrition service delivery.