Nutrition in Emergencies
Description
Disasters like droughts, floods and wars lead to acute and chronic health problems, especially malnutrition. During emergencies, large numbers of affected and displaced people depend on external assistance, at least in the acute phase of disasters. Governments, NGOs and UN agencies all provide nutritional support to these people at one time or another.
However, without the necessary knowledge and skills to manage such situations, this support has poor output. The course highlights the essential concepts of food and nutrition and provides the students with essential knowledge and skills to deal with nutrition in disastrous situations.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand food and nutrition threats pertaining to disasters in order to predict and lessen their impacts
- Recognize the food supply chain and appropriate food rations in emergency
- Diagnose the types of malnutrition
- Conduct rapid nutritional assessment
- Design nutrition interventions in emergency
- Promote the importance of breast-feeding during emergency
- Introduction to Food and Nutrition.
- Micronutrients.
- Micronutrient Deficiencies Diseases.
- Malnutrition.
- Analyzing Nutritional Problems.
- Measuring Nutritional Status.
- Nutritional Status Assessment.
- Nutritional Indicators.
- Rapid Nutritional Assessment in Emergencies.
- Food Security and Nutrition: Basics and Tools.
- Nutrition Interventions Across Sectors.
- Selective Feeding Programs.
- Decision-Making Process.
Course Features
Note: The course completion period is 6 months from the date of purchase. Enjoy learning!
Certificate
The participant will be awarded a certificate of successful completion upon completing the course.