Course

Unit 1

Theory

Hours: 6

The Lancet Global Health Overview

Global Nutrition Report and its relation with positive health, universal health coverage, malnutrition (under-nutrition, overweight, obesity, micronutrient malnutrition), Hidden Hunger, nutritional status, nutrition intervention, food and nutrient supplements, food substitute, nutrition education

Food and nutrition security –overview, challenges and solutions (local, national, state)

Poverty, hunger, HDI -components and indicators, comparison of global HDI with national and state HDI, calculations for reditGHI and HDI

Practical

Hours: 10

To compare nutritional surveillance data sets: nutritional profile, determinants of nutritional status and gender differences, health data of MCH and other populations (at regional national and global level) and calculate trend lines of past 5 years and write a critique for way forward

Unit 2

Theory

Hours: 8

Food Systems Approach to Sustainable Healthy Diets Knowledge, Leadership, Capacity, Coordination & Governance

Steps taken by GoI such as Green Revolution, White Revolution, GMOs and bio-fortified crops

Food Corporation of India – Buffer stock

Public Distribution System – Strength and Weaknesses

Role of World Food Programme in ensuring Food and Nutrition Security

Practical

• Nutrition and Health Program Planning at Sub-National Level

• Understanding the sub-national level: local, district or regional level situation through the use of available data sets; understanding the local nutrition health delivery systems for Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA), decentralization & governance

• Survey to understand the health systems of India – at primordial, primary, secondary and tertiary care- issues, concerns and best practices and way forward.

• Engage in understanding field level Bottom-up, inter-sectoral, multi-stakeholder collaboration at the sub-national level for any program or policy (Management, Leadership & Partnership for District Health)- – issues, concerns and best practices and way forward.

Unit 3

Theory

Hours: 8

Concept of nutrition in all child survival programs and national health and development programs

Maternal health in the perinatal period and beyond

A global analysis of the determinants of maternal health and transitions in maternal mortality

Vulnerabilities and reparative strategies during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period: moving from rhetoric to action

Best Practices – Recent National and International Examples and Case Studies from NHM and Poshan 2.0

Need for revision in nutrition programs and policies: Critique on gaps & need for regular upgrading

Practical

To conduct a coverage evaluation survey

Using quantitative & qualitative methods) for delivery of key nutrition health interventions in a community,

• collect data

• analyse,

• interpret,

• report &

• suggest recommendations for improving coverage & delivery of services

Unit 4

Theory

Mainstreaming and Nutrition at National and International Level Concepts of nutrition advocacy

Concepts and practices in nutrition advocacy– steps for success; some examples from successful nutrition advocacy programs

Eat right India Movement

Other New Initiatives for Nutrition Advocacy

Role of FAO, WHO, NGO‘s & United Nations in Global /National advocacy & program implementation support to Government Operationalizing national/state policies and targets – steps for advocacy and mainstreaming of nutrition at field levels in various programs

Course Description

The course aims to focus on the advances in Public Health Nutrition at National level and Global level

1. To understand and define the advanced concepts in Public Health Nutrition (PHN)
2. To understand the global importance of nutrition across the life cycle and its role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
3. To assess the impact of public policies on community nutrition and global health targets.
4. To explore nutritional surveillance systems, for monitoring and evaluating public health nutrition programs.
5. To analyze epidemiological data to understand the relationship between diet and community health.
6. To emphasize the need for Health Promotion in diverse population.

1. Lal, S. (2018). Textbook Of Community Medicine Preventive And Social Medicine With Recent Update. CBS Publishers & Distributors Private Limited.
2. Public Health Nutrition in Developing Countries. (2011) Edited by Sheila Vir. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. LTD.

Webliography

1. UNICEF. https://www.unicef.org/
2. WHO. http://www.who.int/
3. World Food Programme. http://www.wfp.org/content/about-wfp-
4. WHO. United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition. http://www.who.int/nutrition/decade-of-action/en/
5. Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Malnutrition. http://motherchildnutrition.org/india/overview-india.html
6. Double burden of malnutrition. http://www.who.int/nutrition/double-burden-malnutrition/en/
7. United Nations Development Programme. Sustainable Development Goals.
   http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html
8. Global targets 2025 http://www.who.int/nutrition/global-target-
   2025
9. Improving breastfeeding, complementary foods and feeding practices. www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_breastfeeding.html
10. National Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding. www.wcd.nic.in
11. WHO Health Statistics and Information Systems. Global Health Estimates. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/en/
12. WHO Non-communicable diseases and risk factors. http://www.who.int/ncds/en/
13. Overview of Non-Communicable Diseases and Related Risk Factors. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/fetp/