Congratulations
to the participants of the second Professional Short Course in Nutrition in
Emergencies held in Thailand as part of the NIE Regional Training Initiative!
The course was run by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, in collaboration with
University College London, and was held in Bangkok from the 8th to
the 19th October, 2012.
Twenty-two
people, from both within and beyond the region, attended the 11-day course that covered the
essentials of NIE, including assessments, food assistance, infant and young
child feeding in emergencies, micronutrient interventions and emergency
preparedness. The course had a regional focus and benefited from strong participation by WFP, UNICEF, and other operational organisations. Trainers and facilitators for the course came from ADPC, WFP, UNICEF, OCHA, Valid International, ENN, UCL, and elsewhere. The eleven days culminated with
an emergency simulation exercise set in the fictional country Toivoland, during
which participants brought together the various skills and knowledge gained during the course to tackle a nutritional crisis, compounded by conflict and government
bureaucracy.
We
would like to thank all the participants, organisers, and trainers who made the course a success. We will be posting more photos from the course on our facebook page.