September 25–29, 2017 | Baltimore, MD

FANTA staff presented at these sessions during the Fall 2017 CORE Group Health Practitioner Conference:   

Pre-Conference Workshop: Planning and Conducting Advocacy at National and Subnational Levels, September 25, 1:00pm–4:00pm

Tara Kovach and Kavita Sethuraman, joined by Danielle Heiberg (Global Health Council) and Annie Toro (US Pharmacopeia), will present Planning and Conducting Advocacy at National and Subnational Levels. Using Visualisation of Participatory Programmes (VIPP) methodology to engage participants, and with examples from several countries, the workshop will focus on the key elements of a comprehensive advocacy process.  

Panel: Collaboration with Governments for Ensuring Quality Nutrition Services September 26, 11:00am–12:30pm 

Serigne Diene and Amanda Yourchuck will be members of the panel on Collaboration with Governments for Ensuring Quality Nutrition Services. Focusing on improvements in the utilization of nutrition services and overall nutritional impact in Malawi and Nigeria, panelists will share lessons learned and how they may be useful for expansion of improved nutrition services into new areas.

Poster Sessions: September 27, 5:30pm–7:00pm 

FANTA’s Web-Based Manual for Country-Level Nutrition Advocacy Using PROFILES and Nutrition Costing
Tara Kovach and Lesley Oot will showcase FANTA’s web-based Manual for Country-Level Nutrition Advocacy Using PROFILES and Nutrition Costing. 

Uganda’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Toolkit 
Amanda Yourchuck will demonstrate Uganda’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Toolkit, an online repository of tools and resources for implementing multisectoral interventions.

90-Second Science, September 28, 9:00am–10:30am 

Zeina Maalouf-Manasseh will present on the effectiveness of micronutrient interventions during the first 1,000 days on children's growth in Bangladesh at the “90-Second Science” session.