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Panel 1: Basic drivers of acute malnutrition: environment and seasonality

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FAO
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Status
Ongoing course

Childhood wasting is an increasing global public health problem and studies have shown that emergency rates of global acute malnutrition persist in the longer-term in some dryland contexts—even in the absence of an obvious emergency and despite ongoing packages of essential nutrition interventions.

FAO and Tufts are co-hosting this technical series to review the basic drivers of malnutrition in Africa’s drylands and discuss an adapted conceptual framework for addressing acute malnutrition in Africa’s drylands.

This the first event in a four part series. The panel, "Basic drivers of acute malnutrition: environment and seasonality" aims to highlight and promote understanding of the seasonal and inter annual variability in climate, environment and ecology of drylands and implications for the underlying drivers of acute malnutrition, the seasonality of wasting and disease and on international action.

Visit the series website for background on the series, welcome videos, details about each panel, and opportunities to get involved. We encourage you to attend all of the events in the series. You must register for each event separately.

How to Register

Panel 1 Recording (English)

Panel 1 Enregistrement (Français)