Integrated Nutrition and Early Child Development Interventions: Preventing Health and Economic Disparities

Global Nutrition Council (GNC)
Supported by Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition and Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – Room 157 ABC

Monday, March 30, 2015
8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Chairs

Kristen M. Hurley, PhD, MPH and Silvia Fernandez-Rao, PhD

Presentations

Integrating nutrition and early child development interventions: The scientific basis and theoretical framework. Maureen M. Black, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Critical versus sensitive periods for integrated nutrition and child development interventions: Lessons learned. Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Findings and lessons learned from integrated nutrition and early child development interventions. Aisha K. Yousafzai, PhD, Aga Khan University, Pakistan, India

Financial, programmatic, and policy Issues: Scaling up integrated nutrition and early child development interventions. Florencia Lopez Boo, PhD, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC