Dismantling Silos in Child Nutrition: Examining the Evidence and Leveraging Social Protection Platforms

Speaker(s)

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  Tanya Khara, MSc (she/her/hers)

  Technical Director
  Emergency Nutrition Network
  Oxford, England, United Kingdom

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Kathryn Dewey, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Distinguished Professor Emerita
  Nutrition
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Mia Blakstad, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Social Protection Specialist
  The World Bank
  Rockville, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Presenting Author(s)

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  Yue Zhan, PhD Candidate

  PhD Candidate
  Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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  Mona Luisa Niebuhr, MS (she/her/hers)

  Senior Social Protection Specialist
  The World Bank
  Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

This session will explore the evidence for and opportunities of joined up approaches to addressing different forms of child malnutrition such as wasting and stunting in the context of shrinking resources and overlapping crises. It will highlight practical entry points for achieving greater impact, including nutrition-sensitive social protection programs, and examine how these approaches can more effectively align systems, financing, and service delivery to reach vulnerable children at scale.

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM - 2:40 PM ET

  Why Connecting Across Malnutrition Silos Matters – And What the Evidence Reveals
  

  Speaker: Tanya N. Khara, MSc (she/her/hers) – Emergency Nutrition Network
• 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM ET

  Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection Saves Money and Lives
  

  Speaker: Mia Blakstad, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – The World Bank
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM ET

  Preventing Both Stunting and Wasting via Integration of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements for Vulnerable Children 6–23 Months of Age Into Health and Social Protection Programs
  

  Speaker: Kathryn G. Dewey, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
• 3:15 PM - 3:25 PM ET

  Effects of Hybrid Food Assistance Programs on Child Nutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Yue Zhan, PhD Candidate – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

  Co-Author: Naina Qayyum – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

  Co-Author: Sean B. Cash – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

  Co-Author: Harold Alderman – International Food Policy Research Institute

  Co-Author: Mei Chung – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
• 3:25 PM - 3:35 PM ET

  From Cash Transfers to Nutrition Outcomes in Somalia: Embedding Nutrition and Food Security in an Adaptive Social Protection System
  

  Speaker: Mona Luisa Niebuhr, MS (she/her/hers) – The World Bank
• 3:35 PM - 4:00 PM ET

  Panel Discussion - Dismantling Silos in Child Nutrition: Examining the Evidence and Leveraging Social Protection Platforms
  

  Speaker: Mia Blakstad, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – The World Bank

  Speaker: Kathryn G. Dewey, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

  Speaker: Tanya N. Khara, MSc (she/her/hers) – Emergency Nutrition Network

  Speaker: Mona Luisa Niebuhr, MS (she/her/hers) – The World Bank